Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
From the record
“The Ashville Depot is a small former train station in the village of Ashville in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. A simple weatherboaded building that was constructed in 1876, it was once the commercial center of the area.”
Wikipedia article Ashville station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Pickaway County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.80003209- 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
1914 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
David Denny, a Virginian, came here in 1800 and bought section 10 and fractional section 9. His brother, James, located here in 1806 and another brother came about the same time. Daniel Van Sickle, a miller by occupation, came here as early as 1800 and worked in Stephen Short's mill near Ashville, afterwards working in Foresman's mill on the Big Walnut. The same year James Neville, an Irishman, came to Ohio and at the first sale of land purchased the north half of section 27 and fractional 28. Joseph Mackey came into Harrison township about the same time as Neville and bought the south half of section 27; it is thought that he also purchased, from Neville, fractional section 28, as the ford across the Scioto from this land became known as Mackey's ford. Joseph Bogert came to Harrison township about 1800 and lived a number of years in South Bloomfield. John Martin came here from Virginia in 1801 and purchased the north half of section 22, where he settled.
Simon Headley built a grist-mill near the site of the South Bloomfield bridge about 1803. He sold it a few years later to Mr. Van Gundy, who continued it some years. It afterwards went to decay. At the time the mill was running, a ferry was established above the mill dam, by which people on the west bank of the river could cross to the mill with their corn or wheat, and return with the flour it produced. About 1809 James Short owned a saw and grist-mill on Walnut Creek, near Ashville. and about -the same period Mr. Shafer built a horsemill in the eastern part of the township for grinding corn - he also operated a tan-yard on his property. James Short, in 1804, built a still-house a short distance below South Bloomfield on the east side of the turnpike. In 1812 a distillery was built by William Stage, near Ashville, and in the same locality, about the same period, Richard Stage also had one.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ashville Depot
in 2009, burning under an acre 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
Recreation and ceremony
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 2,573 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Ashville Depot between 1829 and 1975: 2,510 Animalia, 48 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Abbott, R; and others 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
2 workings within 5 miles of Ashville Depot: 2 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ashville, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 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.
Several homes sustained damage in the Ashville area due to thunderstorm winds. A large shed was also destroyed and trees were downed. Three barns also had roofing materials peeled back or removed.
High water resulted in the closure of State Route 752 at multiple locations. This included at the intersection with Walnut Creek Pike and the intersection with Circleville Winchester Road.
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
The Ashville depot is a relatively simple small building which measures approximately 15 by 70 feet originally covered with tin, is now surfaced with composition shingles. The eaves are supported with decorative brackets. long, narrow silhouette. The building was threatened with destruction and was moved approximately 700 feet and placed on a CONDITION XALTERED UNALTERED XMOVED CHECK ONE XFAIR - DETERIORATED new foundation.lt is in the process of restoration by a local community group. -UNEXPOSED bay and tower with round arched windows and conical roof.The building was enlarged in 1900 and and is one story in height.Constructed of wood frame, the building rests on concrete block piers _EXCELLENT 6over 6 windows,6 light sash windows, single and double doors and a projecting bay.
The gable the tower was probably removed at that time, although the projecting bay remains. The result is a -GOOD -RUINS (originally wood piers on concrete pads). The board and batten wall surface is broken by double hung The original building was rectangular in plan and measured approximately 15by 50 feetwith a projecting AREAS OF
Statement of significance
dominant town in the region. In addition, it may well be the only existing depot from the Scioto Valley Railroad Company. 1874-75. Construction of a railroad from Portsmouth to Columbus was completed in 1876. community use. 1600-1699 BUILDER/ARCHITECT CONSERVATION ART SCIENCE PERIOD INVENTION RELIGION AGRICULTURE PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PREHISTORIC INDUSTRY SIGNIFICANCE MILITARY SCULPTURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS XTRANSPORTATION THEATER with the outside world.The presence of the depot served to make this new community the _1400-1499 _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN country road.The depot quickly became a center of commercial and passenger activities.
Norfolk & Western railroad in 1890.The enlargement and alteration of the Ashville Depot C.1900 for the surrounding farmland.Easy transport meant local industry, shops, stores, and contact road eliminated passenger service in 1976, vacated the building and threatened demolition. A group of citizens moved the depot and are in the process of adapting the structure for The Ashville Depot was built at this time.The Scioto Valley Railroad was purchased by the _ECONOMICS After several earlier attempts, the third Scioto Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in -1500-1599 The Ashville Depot is important for several reasons. The town of Ashbille was born during resulted in a long, narrow silhouette which was characteristic of the N &W stations. The rail- -EDUCATION the railroad era.
The arrival of the railroad stimulated a settlement where it crossed a major -_1800-1899 -1900- -COMMUNITY PLANNING ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMERCE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 9
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80003209, 19 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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