Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1981. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The surveying of land and townships in the English Settlements of Colonial America began early in the 17th century. By 1750 every basic instrument of modern surveying, except for steel tape and solar compass, was in use.”
Genealogical Gleanings from Ashtabula County Ohio (1920). Machine-read text.
one of 36 National Register listings in Ashtabula County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Ashtabula County.
National Register reference number.81000428- 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.
Andover Township : ZADOC STEEL, 1808 Ashtabula Township : THOMAS HAMILTON, 1801 The first family into the township was that of GEORGE BECKWITH. Cherry Valley Township : NATHANIEL HUBBARD, 1818 DENMARK TOWNSHIP : PETER and PHOEBE KNAPP, 1809 Geneva Township : THEOBALD BARTHOLOMEW, 1802 Harpersfield Township. : Colonel HARPER, 1798 Hartsgrove Township : GEORGE ALDERMAN, 1822 Jefferson Township : MICHAEL WEBSTER, 1804 Kingsville Township ELDAD and SAMANTHA HARRINGTON,
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson Town Hall between
2020 and 2020, burning about 2 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
2
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 482 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Jefferson Town Hall between 1872 and
1975: 414 Animalia, 50 Plantae, 16 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. B. Fuller, A. Woolman, Ansley, G 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 Jefferson Town Hall: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 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
Jefferson, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud.
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.
Thunderstorm downburst winds produced a swath of damage across northern Ashtabula County. Damage stretched from the Jefferson area northeastward across Sheffield Township and into the Conneaut area. Significant tree damage was reported in Jefferson. A residence in Sheffield Township along Peebles Road had nearly 70 trees toppled. Dozens of trees were also downed in the Conneaut area with at least five homes in the town heavily damaged by fallen trees. Scattered downed trees were reported across the remainder of the area. Many power outages were reported.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines. Farm equipment was overturned and a roof was blown off a barn. Siding on an industrial building was damaged during this event as well.
The media reported numerous trees down in Jefferson and Sheriff's office confirmed trees and powerlines down across the county. First Energy reported 5000 customers lost power.
A large tree limb was downed on a house. Lawn furniture was blown across the yard. Neighbors homes were unaffected and a very small microburst is suspected.
Two men, ages 55 and 31 were struck by lightning while leaning on a metal pole in their yard. Both men were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
1,226 words on record
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
This structure is the remnant of a two-and-a-half story Second Empire a projecting entrance vestibule four feet by 18 feet. The side elevations the windows.The original brick walls were covered with stucco.All are articulated with slightly projecting bays at the center.The structure entrance vestibule was added during the rebuilding in 1929. 1927.The walls were cut down to the level of the stringcourse above This is a one-story masonry building measuring 50 feet by 90 feet with Thus the existing fabric must be regarded and evaluated from two points unexposed door openings are round-arched. Together these features suggest the 8.
Statement of significance
(in one paragraph) ing as they convert to villages or become annexed into municipalities. The Jefferson Town Hall was originally erected between 1877 and 1880 by builder John Waters at a cost of $12, 000. The structure included a second councilmen's intention to create a "Spanish-effect" architecture. The 1929 date is consistent with the height of the Spanish Colonial revival craze meeting in the restored building was held on November 2, 1929.
Although the auditorium is gone, the town hall is still known locally as the in the late 1800s, but the building is primarily significant as the site of form 1500-1599 1800-1899 1400-1499 commerce 1600-1699 1700-1799 economics communications archeology-historic transportation archeology-prehistoric industry conservation engineering theater humanitarian philosophy art military invention Period science literature exploration/settlement agriculture prehistoric sculpture law convocations, serving as the center of community life. The upper floors nationally. The repaired structure was only intended for necessary govern- floor auditorium which was the scene of lectures, meetings, plays and Xpolitics/government in the present style by Cleveland architects J.
Ellsworth Potter and Henry consideration, the building represents the broad pattern of the transition ment functions;hence the Opera House purpose was ended.The first council were destroyed by fire on November 10, 1927. The first story was renovated education from the township trustees in 1928,when the question of repairs was under The Jefferson Town Hall is locally significant because it has been the seat - religion 1880; 1929 by the community. It has been the village hall in its present for over fifty years. In addition, because the village leased the building lot place where William Jennings Bryan and other important figures lectured landscape architecture Specific dates of town and village government continuously since 1880 and is so regarded 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 81000428, 9 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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