From the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1986 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1986 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Steubenville Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2017, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TENT CHURCH ROAD |
| 28 April 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CHERRY LANE |
| 19 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CROSS CREEK RD. |
| 1 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1783 |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WALLER RD |
| 28 March 1998 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CROSS CREEK ROAD |
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | ELDERSVILLE ROAD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Steubenville Commercial Historic District: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Steubenville Smelter | Iron, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Wheeling-Pgh/ Mingo Junction, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh/ Steubenville | Iron | Producer |
1 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 |
|---|---|
| True American | 1855 to 1861 |
United 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Steubenville YMCA Building | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
| Steubenville Institutional and Ecclesiastical Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2026 | |
| Ohio Valley Clay Company | 0.2 miles | 1979 | |
![]() | First Methodist Episcopal-Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | 0.3 miles | 2006 |
![]() | Carnegie Library of Steubenville | 0.4 miles | 1992 |
| North End Neighborhood Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001877 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |