National Register reference number.80003196- 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.
Then and now
1910 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19101992
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Zanesville city. The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U.S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June 1, 1881, with the following officers: C. C. Goddard, post commander; M. V. B. Kennedy, senior vice commander; Wilson C.
Zanesville and its immediate vicinity possess facilities for manufacturing in nearly, if not quite, all the industries requiring skilled labor, it is believed, all things considered, equal, if not superior to those of any place East or West. In every item to be taken into account in the make-up of a manufacturing city comparison is challenged. It was the remark of the late John Quincy Adams made in reference to the water power here existing, that "Zanesville was the Lowell of the West." Henry Clay, in one of his letters, after personal inspection of the water power at this point, said: "The water power furnished by the James river at Richmond makes it the best manufacturing site in the United States save that at Zanesville, Ohio." These opinions were expressed before the era of coal and railway transportation.
The manufacturing interest of Zanesville are at this time its leading attraction. It is a growing interest and is imparting to the city a permanent and solid character, and placing it among the most prosperous cities of the West. The progress made in this direction has been rapid during recent years. Old industries have been enlarged and extended, and new ones added which bid fair to become large and prosperous enterprises. This stimulus to manufacturing industry is attributed to the fact that fuel and living are so cheap, market supplies of all kinds so abundant, the facilities for shipment so superior, and the location so central and generally so advantageous. Besides a more enlightened and liberalized sentiment than heretofore existed now prevails, and there is exhibited more of a disposition to encourage productive enterprises by furnishing money at liberal rates to aid in their prosecution.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Lilienthal Building
between 2002 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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.
Reported cause
Fires
Debris and open burning
35
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Equipment and vehicle use
6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
5
Smoking
3
Arson/incendiarism
2
Recreation and ceremony
2
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 853 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Lilienthal Building between 1873 and 1975: 741 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W. M. 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 federal mineral resources record lists
6 workings within 5 miles of Lilienthal Building: 3 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Zanesville, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 62 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 17 flash flood, 5 flood.
The reports record 1 death. 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.
Thunderstorm winds blew down four power poles and power lines just north of Zanesville. Several trees were also reported down across the eastern part of the county.
Street flooding was reported in and near Zanesville after 1.30 inches fell in 20 minutes. Large branches were downed east of Zanesville. One branch fell on a passing motorist's car. There was no mention of any injuries.
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.
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
mercial buick faced with beige brick, whose facade is its most decorative pediment, over which is inscribed the word, "Lilienthal." The cornice above the cular louvered attic vents, which are also paneled. The rear of the building has a rather deteriorated porch-and-stairs arrangement on the exterior, providing stories contain four apartments which, while retaining much of their original No outbuidlings exist.
CONDITION UNEXPOSED FAIR EXCELLENT RUINS CHECK ONE XGOOD XUNALTERED oriels has a paneled frieze with rectangular panels alternating with semicir- The interior of the Lilienthal Building contains a large industrial space vogue at the.time of construction).The oriels themselves are articulated with facade with two storerooms on the first story.The main entrance is centered The Lilienthal Building is a 3-story masonry structure built of com- and recessed behind the flanking store windows.The upper 2 stories feature a 3-bay woodwork fine mantles),have deteriorated recently due to neglect. ingress and egress to the apartments on the upper stories.
configuration with the right and left bays especially distinguished by can- cessed behind the oriels and features its third story window having a triangular on the ground story, which originally housed the print shop. The second and third paneled ornament and a molded cornice.The center bay of the facade is thus re- tilevered oriels (vaguely reminiscent of the Chicago window which was in AREAS OF
Statement of significance
The Lilienthal Building is nominated as the the home, from 1905 until 1976, of business in Zanesville. His role in local affairs is further documented in the Same source which notes that tollowing the 1891 acquisition of the bindery, he 1905 1976. 1600-1699 INVENTION ART LAW SCIENCE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD ARCHITECTURE PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT "has been engaged in the development of his job printing, bookbinding, and book MILITARY _PHILOSOPHY MUSIC prospered, and in 1905 he commissioned the construction of a new home for his printing business in the city of Zanesville.
The structure was built for the _1400-1499 _1700-1799 _ENGINEERING the Lilienthal Printing Co.,which, when it finally closed, was the oldest _COMMUNICATIONS _LITERATURE _COMMERCE _1500-1599 XINDUSTRY - CONSERVATION the business was run by his son George (1899-1979),who closed the business in The building was built for George Lilienthal (b.1860),a Zanesville native who established himself as a printer at a young age by purchasing an existing print one years.
county atlas characterized Lilienthal as a leader in the bookbinding and printing _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN shop in 1879,and by expanding with the purchase of a bindery in 1891.His business _RELIGION _1900- printing and bookbinding business and served this purpose continually for seventy- business; the office remained here until it was closed forever in 1976. A 1927 9
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80003196, 15 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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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