Mort Ransbottom House

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1910 1984

The chapter on Clay Township in 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names Roseville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Mort Ransbottom House between 2013 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 342 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mort Ransbottom House between 1873 and 1973: 304 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, William, Buker, W.E. 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.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821	1916	O.
	Tabanus sulcifrons Osten Sacken, 1878	1916	O.
	Poa cuspidata Nutt.	1873	W. M. Canby	Zanesville.
	Fissidens adianthoides Hedw.	1892	W. C. Werner	Fultonham
	Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893	1893	Morgan A.P.	Preston
	Gyromitra brunnea Underw.	1909	Moore S. R.	Zanesville
	Anthophoridae	1916	not recorded
	Bombus vagans Smith, 1854	1916	P.R. Lowry
	Colletes nudus Robertson, 1898	1916	unknown
	Aglaostigma Kirby, 1882	1920	A.E. Miller
	Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus, 1758)	1920	P. R. Lowry
	Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835	1920	A.E. Miller

All 342 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mort Ransbottom House: 6 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Muskingum County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseville, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

Every storm recorded in Muskingum County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Crooksville quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
• 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000

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 reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and 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.

The whole case file for this property - 763 words, 5 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 80003188, 5 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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
	Edward Ransbottom House	under 500 feet	1980
	Frank M. Ransbottom House	0.2 miles	1980
	Roseville High School	0.2 miles	1978
	C. W. Ransbottom House	0.2 miles	1980
	Adam Rider House	0.8 miles	1979
	Factory Site	1.0 miles	1980