BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
London Commercial Business Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Adams, Superior and Clair Sts., Madison Ave., and Huron St., London
- When was it listed? December 1985
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 85003212 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of London Commercial Business Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Jefferson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Newspapers printed here
1 paper1 paper 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 Semi-Weekly Madison County Democrat | 1923 to 19?? |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1907 USGS London quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS London quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Madison County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
 | First United Methodist Church | 0.2 miles | 1996 |
 | Swetland House | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Red Brick Tavern | 4.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Valentine Wilson House | 5.1 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003212 in Record Group 79. |
| Madison County | All 9 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.