Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Licking County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Warren F. Kauber Funeral Home between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15770 |
| 28 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15730 |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,030 specimens collected within 10 miles of Warren F. Kauber Funeral Home between 1884 and 1975: 859 Animalia, 139 Fungi, 26 Protozoa, 5 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. M., A. P. Morgan, A. R. Elliott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | F. S. Robinson | |
 | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1893 | J.B. Ellis | Granville |
 | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Granville |
| Caeoma podophyllatum Schwein. | 1890 | not recorded | Granville | |
 | Puccinia seymeriae Burrill | 1890 | not recorded | Alexandria |
 | Aecidium impatientis Sacc. | 1893 | not recorded | Granville |
 | Arcyria denudata (L.) Wettst., 1886 | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Granville, Ohio. |
 | Hemitrichia stipitata (Massee) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1893 | Morgan, A. P. | Granville, O. |
 | Lachnobolus globosus (Schwein.) Rostaf., 1875 | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Granville, Ohio. |
 | Lamproderma carestiae (Ces. & De Not.) Meyl., 1932 | 1893 | Tight, W. G. | Ohio: Granville |
| Leptostroma Fr. | 1893 | not recorded | Granville | |
 | Microstroma juglandis (Bérenger) Sacc. | 1893 | not recorded | Granville |
All 1,030 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warren F. Kauber Funeral Home: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pataskala, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Hail | Pataskala | 1 hurt, $100,000,000 | Large hail to golf ball size fell for an extended period of time across the far western portion of the county, causing widespread significant damage. Thirty to forty mobile homes and numerous vehicles were severely damaged. A few subdivisions in the Pataskala area had homes that sustained extensive roof and siding damage. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $15,000 | One barn was destroyed, and one house lost half of its roof. Numerous trees and large limbs were also downed. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $15,000 | Around 30 trees were knocked down around Pataskala and power lines were knocked down in Croton. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $10,000 | Trees and large limbs downed throughout town. Main Street was blocked by a fallen tree. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Pataskala | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Flood | Pataskala | $8,000 | Several roads were flooded and closed across the western half of the county. Two vehicles were trapped in the high water. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $5,000 | Siding was ripped off of a building. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $5,000 | Many large trees knocked down. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Pataskala | $4,000 | no account filed |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $3,000 | A few trees were downed in the Pataskala area. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Pataskala | $3,000 | Several roads flooded around Patakala. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pataskala | $2,000 | Trees were also reported down in these locations. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | $1,000 | Large branches were broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Pataskala | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | - | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Pataskala | - | Cable Road was flooded. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Pataskala | - | Roads were flooded and closed in and around town. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Pataskala | - | A trailer park was flooded forcing several evacuations. A gravel parking lot flooded at National Trail Raceway near Kirkersville, trapping several automobiles. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pataskala | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Pataskala | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Pataskala | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
summary paragraph boundary selection ruins yes Accessible dates resubmission Status Ownership REJECT completeness alterations/integrity unexposed Discipline OHIO deteriorated Reviewer Recom./Criteria Category RETURN clarity Licking County National Register Condition ACCEPT MRA) Substantive Review: Federal Agency: Public Acquisition Present Use Working No. Has this property been determined eligible? Date Due: sample fair AUG good 9/22/83 8.
The whole case file for this property - 941 words, 7 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 83001993, 7 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elliot House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | Mead House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | Pataskala Banking Company | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Pataskala Jail | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Bethel Baptist Church | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Pataskala Town Hall | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001993 in Record Group 79. |
| Licking County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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