Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.
From the record
“The Young-Shaw House was a historic farmhouse located near Sarahsville, Ohio, United States. A simple building originally home to a wealthy farmer, it was passed down through numerous generations of the original owner's family, and it has been named a historic site.”
Wikipedia article Young-Shaw House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Noble County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.80003203- 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
1909 to 1994
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.
Isaac Bates erected a mill upon his farm, which was so arranged that it could be operated by horse-power when there was a scarcity of water. After the early mills had all fallen into ruin or disuse, a steam mill was erected at Sarahsville by a company of citizens at a cost of ^4,000. The coni])any sold out to Frederick Secrest and the mill w^as burned. Mr. Secrest then erected a grist-mdl and sawmill, which he still owns.
Jonas Ball, from Alleghany County, Md., settled in 1818 west of Sarahsville on the farm adjoining that on which his son, James Ball, now lives. Jonas Ball was a soldier in the War of 1812. James Ball, an ex-county commissioner and a prominent citizen, has lived all his life in the township, and has a vivid recollection of the pioneer scenes among which he was reared. He recalls the time when the country was so full of wolves that sheep had to be ])enned u]) securely every night, or some of the Hock was almost sure to be missing in the morning. In the neighborhood where Mr. Ball lives were the following early settlers: James Noble, James Dye and Levi Lyons.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Young-Shaw House
between 2017 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning
5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
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 103 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Young-Shaw House between 1860 and 1975: 81 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 5 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Sarahsville, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood, 2 heavy rain.
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.
Emergency management reported that several roads were flooded and closed throughout the county due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt. These roadways include: the intersection of State Route 260 and 724, State Route 821 about a quarter mile south of Dexter City, the intersection of 147 and 146 near Shenandoah School, and the intersection of State Route 564 and 145.
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
is a handsome feature of the house, although it is somewhat deteriorated at the present. It single, unadorned pilasters. Originally, an extremely handsome 1-story portico with a second story porch shielded 2/2; that on the rear is 6/6. Originally external louvered shutters were used on all windows CONDITION UNALTERED Shaw.
EXCELLENT FAIR War I.He built a rather undistinguished one-story open porch which stretched across the Young-Shaw House features double-hung sash set in plain casings.The sash on the facade is entire facade.Plans call for the restoration of the original portico.Fenestration on the is a trabeated doorway with a transom:and sidelights which are separated from the door by The interior features a modified two-over-two plan with a central hallway.The hall- sheathed with beveled siding.It measures 27'x 42' and has no additions.The facade features a 5-bay configuration with the main door centered on this elevation.This doorway XDETERIORATED The Young-Shaw House is located in Center Township, in northern Noble County.The 30- ed pillars which correspond to the pilasters which are used to trim the doorway.This porti CHECK ONE the enclosed historic photo appears to show a shake roof.The only remaining porch is a flanking the inset chimneys.The roof is of moderate pitch and is presently slate-covered; this main entryway.An historic photo shows this portico to be supported by paired attenuat- way is distinguished bya fine open-string stair with a walnut balustrade.The original 1-story shed roof porch which shields the interior bays of the 5-bay rear (north) elevation.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80003203, 13 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.
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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