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Charles Harshman House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.

From the record

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Trumbull County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Harshman, Charles, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 3932 Painesville-Warren State Rd., NW, Southington Township, 44470
  • When was it listed? 1983-07-07
  • Category. building
  • Township. Southington township
  • National Register reference number. 83002062 - 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

1905 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Charles Harshman House, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Charles Harshman House, surveyed 1905

Fires near this property

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Charles Harshman House in 2019, burning about 16 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 burning3

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
21 June 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15314
8 April 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15312
13 April 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15313

Every fire recorded in Trumbull County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 255 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 255 specimens collected within 10 miles of Charles Harshman House between 1894 and 1975: 230 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Rood, Almon N. Rood, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 Alternaria panax WhetzelAlternaria panax Whetzel1909W.P. WarrenGarden of Warren
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa L.Asclepias tuberosa L.1928Rood, Almon N.Braceville Tp.,
Specimen of Equisetum fluviatile L.Equisetum fluviatile L.1936Howard, R.Warren.
A photograph of the species Neogale Gray, not of this specimenNeogale Gray, 18651894William Harvey BrownWARREN
A photograph of the species Erigeron annuus, not of this specimenErigeron annuus (L.) Pers.1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus var. strigosus1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Guignardia bidwellii, not of this specimenGuignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1905Spencer, L. G.
A photograph of the species Plasmopara viticola, not of this specimenPlasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni1905Spencer, L. G.
A photograph of the species Pseudoperonospora cubensis, not of this specimenPseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Rostovzev1905Spencer, L. G.
A photograph of the species Ramularia tulasnei, not of this specimenRamularia tulasnei Sacc.1905Spencer L. G.Trumbull Co.
A photograph of the species Poa alsodes, not of this specimenPoa alsodes A.Gray1907Webb, R.J.; Rood, A.N.Braceville Twp
A photograph of the species Amelanchier arborea, not of this specimenAmelanchier arborea var. laevis (Wiegand) H.E.Ahles1908Rood, A.N.Phalanx, Braceville Twp

All 255 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Charles Harshman House: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Warren Works--General RefractoriesFire Clay (Refractory)Plant

Every working recorded in Trumbull County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

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.

From the nomination file

1,539 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

the home is of the Italianate style being square in floor plan although a kitchen wing mid-l9th century during the time in which the Italianate style was popular. central portico.There is also an indented porch off the kitchen on the north side of The roof is tin although the original the house. Windows throughout the house are 2/2. W-ruins has been poured over the original clay floor. A three by six foot cistern, which supplied The foundationis of cut sandstone blocks measuring two feet high, up to six feet long date deteriorated pilasters.T attached with square head nails. There is also a porch (unrestored) at the angle between the cube portion in the 1850's) which was destroyed in 1960.Plumbing and a modern bathroom were installed The frame of the house is oak and in perfect condition.

The home has ten rooms plus a pantry and mud room and the floor plan is thought to be The house has been painted a dark green with white trim and the brackets are set off was built in the l850's.This is a result of the present owner's effort to restore the _ science - sculpture - social/ X 1800-1899 - philosophy - politics government _ invention -other (specify) c. 1856 Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) and the austere door and window surrounds. In regard to the local context, Southington Township has been a very rural township 1874 atlas of Trumbull County. sequent restoration plus being the best example of its style in a township which has 1700-1799 industry conservation transportation engineering communications Builder/Architect humanitarian The military exploration/settlement music Specific dates law 1900- without equal. Charles Harshman 8.

Significance minder of Southington's mid-nineteenth century architecture, the Harshman house is construction and development has occurred in the southern portion of the township below indicated a significant increase in tax valuation to $5,000 in 1856.0therhistorical lack of maintenance which threatens the continued existence of these structures.The _education of later Victorian Italianate through its simpler brackets and molding along the.cornice economics elected in 1874.In 1874 a drawing of the Harshman was elected County Commissioner and were used in this factory.In 187l Mr.Harshman was elected County Commissioner and re- are said to have operated.an inn at the township center.

Charles attended Hiram College Areas ofSignificance-Check and justify below The significance of the Harshman house lies in its position as an important and rare S.R. 305 which is the result of being closer to the Warren urbanized area and the easy -commerce reelected in 1874. In 1874a drawing of the Harshman residence appeared on page 89 in the notes about Harshman include that hestarted the first cheese factory in the township house conveys the modesty of the early Italianate style as opposed to the elaborations from Warren to the northwest. _literature -art - prehistoric - archeology-prehistoric community planning _ religion - archeology-historic X architecture lost many of its earlier structures from demolition, alteration, decay, etc.

As a re- survivor of the Italianate style of architecture in Southington Township.

Read the complete 1,539-word case file.

The whole case file for this property - 1,539 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 83002062, 9 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
Chalker High School1.3 miles2011
Southington Township School (Boundary Increase)1.4 miles2012
William Woodrow House5.7 miles1982
John Wesley Mason Gothic Cottage5.8 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83002062 in Record Group 79.
Trumbull CountyAll 42 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.