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Photograph of Perrill-Goodman Farmhouse
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Perrill-Goodman Farm House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.

From the record

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Pickaway County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Rt. 1, Box 106, Groveport, 43125
  • When was it listed? 1985-03-14
  • Category. building
  • Township. Madison township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85000565 - 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

1925 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Perrill-Goodman Farm House, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering Perrill-Goodman Farm House, surveyed 1925

Fires near this property

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Perrill-Goodman Farm House in 2010, burning about 1 acre 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 burning1

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
11 April 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Pickaway County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 953 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 953 specimens collected within 10 miles of Perrill-Goodman Farm House between 1892 and 1975: 944 Animalia, 5 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B.R. Bales, D.M. DeLong, H.H. Ross, Dommert, B. & Moerchen, R. (Richard) 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 Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst.1892W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of unnamed1896F. L. StevensBig Walnut.
A photograph of the species Puccinia podophylli, not of this specimenPuccinia podophylli Schwein.1892W. A. KellermanNebraska
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimenOtus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1894E. B. WilliamsonAshville
A photograph of the species Aquilegia canadensis, not of this specimenAquilegia canadensis L.1895Parker, J.B.Scioto River
A photograph of the species Camassia scilloides, not of this specimenCamassia scilloides (Raf.) Cory1895Parker, J.B.Scioto River
A photograph of the species Cambarus diogenes, not of this specimenCambarus diogenes Girard, 18521897R.C.O. et al.Lockbourne
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonLittle Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191897not recordedBig Walnut Creek, at Franklin/Pickaway County line near US 23, 1.3 miles WSW Lockborne OH
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191897not recordedBig Walnut Creek, at Franklin/Pickaway County line near US 23, 1.3 miles WSW Lockborne OH
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonLittle Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis boops, not of this specimenNotropis boops Gilbert, 18841897Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) & Williamson, E. B.Big Walnut Creek, at Franklin/Pickaway County line near US 23, 1.3 miles WSW Lockborne OH

All 953 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Perrill-Goodman Farm House: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Walnut Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Big Walnut Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Franklin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mcdermit Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pickaway County

Maps showing this location

10 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

2,921 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

farm).The double hung windows In the second floor wing do not have sash the kitchen (in the wing) is accessible only from a small enclosed stair in The house displays elements of the Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles. plan of the Classic 4 over 4,this house has a two story wing which projects The windows have flat stone lintels and sills with palred 4/4 double hung central hall is existing in the front portion of the house, but the wing internal chimneys at the gabled slate roof ridge (not the typical end outbuilding (garage, chicken house, granary, and horse barn). In addition, house, springhouse, and surrounding fron fence, is being nominated. It is Pickaway County, Ohio. The structures being nominated are a farm house (built sit adjacent to the house and springhouse.

Because of the extent of The Perrill-Goodman farm house reflects the common midwest rural house type the kitchen. Outside, original brick walks lead to the entries and ornamental iron fence manufactured by Mast & Foos Co. of Springfield, Ohio deteriorated unaltered on the property include an altered barn and four twentieth century frame floor beneath the front and north two rooms only.The second floor room above surrounded with lug sills and lintels of plain cutstone.There are two The wall area beneath the porch is painted to look like brick.This porch sheep barn and a hay barn which were built c.i970 of metal construction and converts the overall plan to an L-shape. There is a basement with a dirt OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 date entered MAR | 4 1985 Item number 7 Page 2 rear porch which was later enclosed. & window trim of 3 different styles, paneled doors and central stairway).

Read the complete 2,921-word case file.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) books and builders' guides but this blending of specific details In this house elements include the steeply pitched pointed gable roof with center gable, Influences of both the Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles. prominent families in the township, as indicated by the large scale of this the fireplaces with the exception of one wood mantel in the dining the house in its brick construction and gable roof.The boundaries of this double pen brick farm house was identified in the township and it had a 5 bay the rear of the house.It dates to the same period as the house and reflects -science served as treasurer of Madison Township,for I4 years.

Previous owners of the farm were George Rarey (l829-l850),Zebulon Perril1 -agriculture _ religion surrounds the house on three sides, brick walks which lead to the entries, a The original interior floor plan is intact.

Interior detalls include hardwood floors, woodwork (cabinetry, paneled doors, trim in three styles, central between 1855-1860 Builder/Architect representation of transitional residential architecture Incorporating archeology-prehistoric landscape architecture community planning the building.This combination of stylistic treatments is not uncommon as paired windows on the first and second floor and the overall verticalityof substantial and prominent citizens anda successful agriculturalists.His paneled front entry door with beveled glass,sidelights and a transom.The the Halls.All of these people were farmers by occupation and they were The Perrill-Goodman Farm House is significant under Criteria C as a facade and lacked the exterior detailing of this house.

and relatives to present).The current owners are distantly related to 9.

The whole case file for this property - 2,921 words, 42 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 85000565, 42 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
Fridley-Oman Farm3.0 miles1975
Granville M. Bulen House and Farm Complex4.6 miles2014
Renick Farm6.3 miles1982
Ashville Depot6.4 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000565 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pickaway CountyAll 28 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.