Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1980. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
one of 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
National Register reference number.80003004- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 2,817 shown
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 2,817 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Washburn, Rev. Ebenezer, House between 1804 and
1975: 2,556 Animalia, 192 Plantae, 53 Fungi, 15 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A C Whitney, A. J. Basinger, A. J. Penniman and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Westerville, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Hail up to the size of golf balls affected the north side of the Columbus metro area and southern Delaware county. Hail was extensive from Dublin, through Worthington and Powell, to Westerville. Trees and shrubs were stripped of their foliage and cars and homes sustained significant hail damage. The hail covered the ground in some locations up to six inches deep in Worthington in northern Franklin county and near the Polaris Mall in southern Delaware county.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
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From the nomination file
1,185 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
Central College is a small, unincorproated village in northeastern Franklin County. Originally named Amalthea, the village was platted in 1849 by Timothy Lee who by flattened, engaged columns and a highly decorative entablature and frieze. Heart shaped and fluted fan motifs decorate the entrance. The six panel door is the same flattened engaged columns as the front door. A fluted fan motif dominates with square pilasters and raised rectangular molding. A one story addition was his death in 1873. He was instrumental in the development of the Presbyterian- Central College Presbyterian Church This well preserved church was completed in The church measures 3 by 3 bays. The entrance is located in the center bay of above the double six panel doors.
Blind arches are located on the sides of the is located at the rear of the roof ridgeline. The building measures 36'x50' ruins unexposed UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE RECEIVED OCT14 1990 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Historic Resources of Central College, Westerville, Franklin County CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER Central College Presbyterian Westerville, Ohio 43081 Ms. J. V. Zimmer Westerville, Ohio Mrs. Sarah Ballard 43081 Association Property Director PAGE Pastor Fairchild Building Church FHR-8-300A Owner DATE ENTERED Central College 7121 Sunbury Road Central College Presbyterian Church 6891 Sunbury Road FOR HCRS USE ONLY 6972 Sunbury Road (11/78) Ohio School for the Deaf Alumni Form No.
10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 2 5 1980 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Central College Multiple Resource Area, Franklin County, Ohio Sunbury Rd. A. Rev. Washburn Residence B. Fairchild Building C. Presbyterian Parsonage D.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80003004, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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