Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 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.
one of 27 National Register listings in Champaign County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Barr House between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 100 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barr House between 1902 and 1973: 55 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 17 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Beattie R. K., Brodo, Irwin M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aecidium ranunculi Schwein. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake |
 | Cintractia junci (Schwein.) Trel. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake |
 | Frommea obtusa (F.Strauss) Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | |
 | Phragmidium potentillae (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake |
 | Puccinia eatoniae Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake |
| Puccinia minutissima Arthur | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner; F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
| Puccinia myosotidis Tranzschel | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H.; Tyler, F.J. | Brush Lake | |
| Puccinia nesaeae (W.R.Gerard) Ellis & Everh. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
| Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr. | 1902 | J. H. Schaffner & F. J. Tyler | Brush Lake | |
 | Macrosporium catalpae Ellis & G.Martin | 1908 | Rogers H. C. | Mechanicsburg |
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1918 | Wing Seed Co.? | Mechanicsburg | |
 | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1922 | Selby A. D.; Selby Linville | Mechanicsburg |
All 100 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mechanicsburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $50,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed in town. Two barns sustained extensive roof damage. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced strong winds which destroyed a barn and ripped the roof off a front porch. One inch hail also occurred. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $10,000 | Numerous trees downed and a roof blown off a barn. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were downed along South Main Street between Rosedale Road and |Darby Avenue. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down near the intersection of State Routes 29 and 559. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $3,000 | Power poles and lines were knocked down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $2,000 | Trees were reported down on power lines due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $1,000 | Large branches and wires were knocked down in Mechanicsburg and elsewhere across southern portions of Champaign County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $1,000 | A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicsburg | $500 | A tree was downed. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Mechanicsburg | - | A few roads were flooded. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mechanicsburg | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
(in one paragraph) The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Acreage of nominated property Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet justification of areas checked Verbal boundary description and justification 8. Significance relationship of integrity to significance 9.
The whole case file for this property - 1,028 words, 7 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 85001876, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Second Baptist Church | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Culbertson, William, House | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Magruder Building | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Masonic Temple | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Village Hobby Shop | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Ninchelser, Dr., House | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001876 in Record Group 79. |
| Champaign County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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