Samuel Caldwell House

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1909 1994

The chapter on Olive Township in History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names Caldwell. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Samuel Caldwell House between 2012 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 75 specimens collected within 10 miles of Samuel Caldwell House between 1884 and 1974: 50 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. 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.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Trillium sessile L.	1884	not recorded	Macksburg
	Daedalea ambigua Berk.	1902	Lloyd C. G.	Glenwood
	Colletotrichum trifolii Bain	1911	Scarberry J. J.	MACKSBURG
	Erysiphe polygoni DC.	1912	E. Bartholomew	Caldwell
	Populus tremuloides Michx.	1922	Davis, H.A.	Marion
	Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
	Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
	Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
	Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
	Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898	1935	Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)	near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA
	Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)	1935	Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)	Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
	Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)	1935	Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)	Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA

All 75 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Samuel Caldwell House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Noble County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 6 hail, 6 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.

Every storm recorded in Noble County

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.

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.

• 1909 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
• 1912 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
• 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1961 USGS Caldwell South quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
• 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
• 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1994 USGS Caldwell South quadrangle1:24000

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.

The whole case file for this property - 1,498 words, 18 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 80003201, 18 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
	Caldwell Downtown Historic District	0.2 miles	2020
	Noble County Jail and Sheriff's Office	0.3 miles	2004
	SHENANDOAH Crash Sites	4.0 miles	1989
	St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception	5.4 miles	1980
	Young-Shaw House	5.9 miles	1980