Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Champaign County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Urbana College Historic Buildings in 2002, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Urbana College Historic Buildings: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra-Met/ Urbana, Ohio | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Champlaign Co. Highway Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jacobs Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Excavating Urbana Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moore's Excavating Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ralph Moore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Urbana # 215 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Urbana Number 215 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Urbana Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Urbana Union | 1862 to 1872 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Richards-Sewall House | 0.4 miles | 1995 |
 | Dr. Adam Mosgrove House | 0.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Urbana Monument Square Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
| Scioto Street Historic District | 1.0 miles | 1984 | |
 | John Q. A. Ward House | 1.5 miles | 1974 |
 | Nutwood Place | 1.8 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002952 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Champaign County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
Block
