Built in 1910 (Romanesque architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
One of 68 National Register listings published here for Richland County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1910, Romanesque architecture, by Levi Scofield.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ohio State Reformatory between 2002 and 2005, 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 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 February 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ohio State Reformatory: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Steel-Cyclops Div/ Mansfield | Iron | Producer | ||
| Richland Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Richland Pit | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
United 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Oak Hill Cottage | 1.3 miles | 1969 |
 | City Mills Building | 1.4 miles | 1986 |
 | Bissman Block | 1.5 miles | 1986 |
 | Voegele Building | 1.5 miles | 2000 |
 | Hancock and Dow Building | 1.7 miles | 1987 |
 | Mansfield Savings Bank | 1.7 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002039 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Richland County | All 68 listed properties in this county. |
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