BlockFrom the record
One of 49 National Register listings published here for Portage County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
East Main Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- Address. E. Main St. between Clinton and Linden Sts., Ravenna
- When was it listed? October 1985
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 85003123 - 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
1906 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Main Street Historic District: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R.A. Cruise Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R.A. Cruise Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Newspapers printed here
7 papers7 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Ohio Star | 1830 to 1854 |
| The Portage County Democrat | 1854 to 1868 |
| The Democratic Press | 1868 to 1901 |
| Western Courier | 1837 to 1838 |
| Portage Sentinel | 1845 to 1854 |
| The Weekly Portage Sentinel | 1854 to 1861 |
| The Portage Sentinel | 1861 to 1862 |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1906 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | C. A. Reed House | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Griffin, A. B.,-O. H. Griffin House | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Alexander B. Griffin House | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
 | Riddle Block #5 | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Riddle Block #11 | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Riddle Block | 0.5 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003123 in Record Group 79. |
| Portage County | All 49 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.
- 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.