Bredeick-Lang House

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1911 1953

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 53 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bredeick-Lang House between 1865 and 1975: 52 Animalia, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Foster, T. (Todd), Holzer, L., MB Trautman 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.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Lophanthus nepetoides (L.) Benth.	1865	Holzer, L.	Delphos
	Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Little Auglaize River triburary, within Jennings township, near Venedocia, Jennings township
	Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803)	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867)	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Little Auglaize River triburary, within Jennings township, near Venedocia, Jennings township
	Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Little Auglaize River, within Jennings township, near Venedocia, Jennings township
	Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856)	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 1820	1929	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, at Venedocia, York Twp
	Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)	1930	MB Trautman	Little Auglaize River, W central Washington Twp

All 53 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bredeick-Lang House: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Van Wert County

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.

• 1911 USGS Delphos quadrangle1:62500
• 1944 USGS Delphos quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
• 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Delphos quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

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.

The whole case file for this property - 1,495 words, 12 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 82003663, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.