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Photograph of George S. Clement House
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Clement, George S., House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 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

“Clement House is a historic building in Wauseon, Ohio, United States. Built in 1872, it has been named a fine example of the High Victorian form of the Italianate style of architecture.”

Wikipedia article George S. Clement House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 6 National Register listings in Fulton County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 137 Clinton St., Wauseon, 43567
  • When was it listed? 1983-04-21
  • Category. building
  • Township. Clinton township
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83001973 - 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.

Fires near this property

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Clement, George S., House between 2007 and 2020, burning about 3 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 burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15731
19 April 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 322 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 322 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clement, George S., House between 1894 and 1975: 313 Animalia, 7 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CLARENCE CLARK, DDT, Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Edward WilkinsonWauseon
A photograph of the species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, not of this specimenPipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1897Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Fulton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Gomphus fraternus, not of this specimenGomphus fraternus (Say, 1840)1898J. HineWauseon
A photograph of the species Sympetrum corruptum, not of this specimenSympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861)1898J. HineWauseon
A photograph of the species Parus atricapillus, not of this specimenParus atricapillus Linnaeus, 17661899not recordedWauseon, Fulton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631902not recordedWauseon
Pucciniastrum agrimoniae (Dietel) Tranzschel1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Pucciniastrum americanum, not of this specimenPucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arthur1902W.A. Kellerman
Sarcophaga spatulata Aldrich, 19161902HineWauseon
A photograph of the species Tamias striatus, not of this specimenTamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1905not recordedWauseon, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, not of this specimenTamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)1905not recordedWauseon, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA

All 322 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wauseon, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWauseon$100,000AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ON TOP OF THE LOCAL WALMART WERE BLOWN OFF. THE GREENHOUSE WAS ALSO DEMOLISHED.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWauseon$50,000A FARM HAD ITS BARN COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO DAMAGED.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWauseon$20,000Numerous trees blown down. Barns damaged. Roof damage to businesses in town.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWauseon$10,000Tree limbs and power lines downed.
December 1998Thunderstorm WindWauseon$10,000TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
July 2008Flash FloodWauseon$5,000Law enforcement officials reported numerous roads flooded across the county, with water as high as two feet flowing over some of the roads. The flooding subsided by mid morning.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWauseon$5,000Trees and power lines reported down southwest of Wauseon.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWauseon$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down and a barn destroyed southwest of Wauseon.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWauseon$1,000A tree was down near the intersection of CR 13 and CR A.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWauseon$1,000Power lines down at 14430 CR B. Reported by Wauseon FD.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWauseon$2Large limbs were downed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWauseon-A trained spotter reported tree limbs were blown, with one tree being blown onto a fence.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWauseon-EM reports large tree down on road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Trained spotters reported a large tree limb was down across a local road.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Emergency management officials reported damage to the grandstand of the high school football field.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWauseon-A trained spotter reported multiple trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWauseon-County dispatch reported power poles were blown down near US 20 and County Road 13.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWauseon-A trained spotter reported trees were blown down across Elm Street in Wauseon.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWauseon-A trained spotter reported a healthy five inch diameter tree limb was blown down across County Road 13.
July 2009HailWauseon-Emergency management officials reported hail ranging from pea to briefly as large as quarters.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down south of Wauseon.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Law enforcement reported power poles and lines down west of Wauseon.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Three power poles were blown down near Oak Shade.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Law enforcement reported trees down west of Wauseon.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWauseon-One tree down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Numerous trees and limbs were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWauseon-Trees blown down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWauseon-NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWauseon-TREES DOWN ACRSS THE COUNTY.
May 2010HailWauseon-no account filed
May 2007HailWauseon-no account filed
May 2007HailWauseon-no account filed
June 2001HailWauseon-no account filed
June 2001HailWauseon-no account filed
June 2001HailWauseon-no account filed
August 1998HailWauseon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
Fulton County Tribune1883 to 1925

Map coverage status

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

1,797 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

stories in height. The facade features two, two story, three-sided bay windows which moldings and numerous doors. An open porch, with wooden railing and a shed-type roof The main roofline is mansard-like, offering a broad truncated hip. It is supported entire main section of the roof is surmounted by wrought iron cresting (all four about 1910. A hall separates two front parlors from the dining, kitchen, and utility rooms are at the rear of the house.

The most unusual interior feature is the radiator DATE The rectangular carriage house has numerous window and door openings.Its roof isa molded cast-iron radiators (see photo).These are found in many rooms throughout the The dining room has parquet floors and a bay window to the the north on the corner lot.A carriage house rests at the extreme southwest corner Smaller children's and servant's Windows in the main portion of the house repeat the same hoodmoldings as those on the wall length,single sash windows,which serve as a vestibule.A three -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

formerly operated by Messrs. Lyon and Brigham. The Clement-Davies House remained with his widow, the former Elizabeth Croucher, until Purina Chow Company.

Wauseon officially was declared a "city" as a result of the 1980 INVENTION firm of Hunt and Co.The Clement and Greenleaf enterprise remained successful through and its position of dominance witnessed and enhanced the development of Fulton County The Clement-Davies House is significant as an outstanding his grand home about the same time that the present classical courthouse was constructed example of the High Victorian Italianate style of architecture and as representing the depression stricken People's State Bank in 1933 and rapidly became a civic and business of the People's State Bank and was serving as its Vice-President when he died in 1955.

State Senate in 1946,serving-until 1950.He is credited with the post-panic rebirth development of Wauseon through the history of one of its most prominent families. Clement came to Wauseon in 1864,ten years after the village had been founded.Wauseon remained on its board until his bank continues as a major financial her recent death in February,1981.It now is held in trust by the Toledo Trust Co.,

The whole case file for this property - 1,797 words, 13 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 83001973, 13 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

4 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (LS&MS) Railroad Depot--Wauseon0.3 miles1993
Jones--Read--Touvelle House0.5 miles1987
Fulton County Courthouse0.8 miles1973
Fulton Lodge No. 2487.3 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001973 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fulton CountyAll 6 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.
  • 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.