Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1982. 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 William English House is a historic farmhouse in the far western portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located along State Route 47 northeast of the village of Versailles in the northeastern corner of Darke County, the house was built in 1881 as the residence of William English, an astronomically-inclined farmer.”
Wikipedia article William English House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 25 National Register listings in Darke County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.82003562- 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.
Co., locating near Versailles, where they spent the remainder of their days ; he departed this life in 1853, and his wife in 1869. Prosper, the subject of this sketch, was born in France, on the 12th day of August, 1833 ; he, with his parents, came to Darke Co., in 1847, locating in Patterson Township, where he received his education in the common schools. He celebrated his marriage on the 2d of October, 1856, with Miss Adaline Trion, who was born in France in 1840 ; in 1869, he moved to Versailles, where he has resided ever since ; he engaged in the manufacture of tile, which business he still carries on, and, in 1879, he added the grain business, operating the Commercial Elevator - he handled, last year, about 22,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of oats, and about 2,000 bushels of corn, and, at present, is prepared to handle all kinds of grain. Mr. Dabe has had his full share of township offices since his residence in the county - served as Trustee of Patterson two years, Assessor one year, Treasurer two years, and Trustee of Wayne two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dabe are active workers in the cause of religion, being members of the Christian Church. They are the parents of fourteen children, of whom twelve are living, viz., Peter, Lewis, Edmond, Jennie M., Charles, Anna, Mary, Lawrence, Harry, Clara, Franklin and Lucy. Mr. Dabe has accumulated a considerable amount of property by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and industrious wife.
HOR VTIO DYE, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Versailles. F. L. Dye, the father of Horatio, was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in the year 1808 ; Sarah Lafevere, his wife was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in the year 1810 ; he came to Darke Co. in the year 1855, where he continued to reside till the death of his wife, which occurred in September, 1866, after which he sold out and moved to Sydney, Ohio, where he married Ann Easty in the year 1868, and at present resides there. Horatio, the subject of this sketch, was born in Miami Co., Ohio, on the 7th day of April, 1834 ; lived with his parents till he was 23 years old, working on the farm during the summer season and attending the district school in the winter ; obtained a good common-school education. When he was about 23 years old, he bought a farm of 82 acres in the same county, and engaged in the cultivation of the soil on his own responsibility, and on the 2d day of December, 1858, was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Perry, in Miami Co.; she was born in Miami Co. on the 16th day of
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 153 specimens
collected within 10 miles of English, William, House between 1911 and
1964: 143 Animalia, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Bube, O. E. (Ohmer E.), H. Price, H.L. Lewis 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
Versailles, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash 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.
No historic map-sheet match is published
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From the nomination file
1,338 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
windows with stone segmental arches, keystones, drop labels and lugsills. Nine to overlook the rich farmland to the west in Wayne Township and a small family in the turn of the century photo. removed and some of the trim has been covered. Original floors, doors, room arrangement and built in wooden closets (reported to be CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED DETERIORATED DESCRIPTION FAIR noteworthy is the handsome window moulding of ash trimmed in walnut which was obtained are highly decorative and shelter the recessed doors that create a measuring CHECK ONE doors with transoms open into this massive farmhouse that sits on a small hill and pedestal bases that have rested on concrete floors from an early date as shown heirlooms a local landmark. XEXCELLENT cemetery to the south.
- GOOD X ALTERED This two story painted brick Italianate farmhouse from 1881 has twenty-five each supported by four square posts. The posts have capitals, chamfered corners from the farm. The mouldings are different for each room upstairs and downstairs. the first in the area) make this stately farmhouse that is filled with family DATE RUINS the reentrant angles of this house that was built for maximum exposure to the sun. Originally the house had bracketing and scallops at the eaves of the house and AREAS OF
Statement of significance
The William English01s architecturally significant because this fine brick that was built on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. This Darke County farmer's The house was built and designed by William English, an Irish immigrant, who has been carefully maintained.
1400-1499 1700-1799 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION COMMERCE PERIOD AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE ART EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1881 PHILOSOPHY SCULPTURE PREHISTORIC TRANSPORTATION THEATER INDUSTRY EDUCATION ENGINEERING MILITARY X1800-1899 1900- in its original condition except for some exterior changes at the eaves.The interior _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _ECONOMICS SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN farmhouse with its four west doors acts as an astronomical calendar to indicate the immigrants began arriving to settle the farms around the villages of Versailles, fascination with the sun is shown in the house's orientation on a small hill with eight while setting aside an acre for a family cemetery to the south.An isolated Anglo _CONSERVATION school was built in the woods at the back of this farm when the French Catholic arrived in North Carolina and later settled this l60 acres of rich farmland in l823 large enough for the family and the workers who lived with the owner's family.
and located on this farm so when this house was planned, it was constructed to be -LITERATURE -1500-1599 Frenchtown and Russia by the l85o's.A hollow brick factory was owned by Mr.English at summer solstice and door D at winter Photo #l) - LAW windows and four doors facing directly west and set with a compass.The house also is settlement was established in this northeastern part of Wayne Township and a separate
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 82003562, 11 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.
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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