BlockFrom the record
One of 81 National Register listings published here for Muskingum County · listed in 1982 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fairmont Avenue Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
The listing
- Address. Fairmont Ave., Zanesville
- When was it listed? November 1982
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 82001483 - 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 1992The 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.
Fires near this property
57 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Fairmont Avenue Historic District between 2012 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15277 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15278 |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15264 |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15236 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15772 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12325 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12945 |
| 19 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12326 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fairmont Avenue Historic District: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Inc/ Zanesville, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Baker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Baker Sand Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granite Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Salt Creek Materials Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seville Road Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harry S. McClelland House | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | West View | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Ernest J. Gorsuch House | 0.5 miles | 1980 |
| McIntire Terrace Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1979 | |
 | William D. Lash House | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Capt. James Boggs Tannehill House | 0.8 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82001483 in Record Group 79. |
| Muskingum County | All 81 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- 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.
- 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.