BlockFrom the record
One of 68 National Register listings published here for Richland County · listed in 1982 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Shelby Center Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
The listing
- Address. E. and W. Main Sts., Shelby
- When was it listed? May 1982
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 82003638 - 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
1915 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 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
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Shelby Center Historic District in 2020, burning about 4 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 | 1 |
| 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15794 |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15952 |
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.
- 1915 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marvin Memorial Library | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Most Pure Heart Of Mary Church | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches | 4.4 miles | 1986 |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Churches | 4.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Silas Ferrell House | 6.7 miles | 1987 |
| Plymouth Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel | 7.3 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003638 in Record Group 79. |
| Richland County | All 68 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.