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Long--Mueller House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 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.

From the record

one of 117 National Register listings in Montgomery County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · one of 4 National Historic Landmarks in Montgomery County.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 986 Laurelwood Rd., Kettering, 45419
  • When was it listed? 1987-04-23
  • Category. building
  • Township. Kettering city
  • National Register reference number. 87000637 - 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.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 552 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 552 specimens collected within 10 miles of Long--Mueller House between 1836 and 1975: 399 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton

All 552 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Long--Mueller House: 8 past producers, 7 producers. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Broadway Sand & Gravel Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this property

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kettering, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002LightningKettering9 hurtLightning struck a tree near a home where an outdoor party was occurring. Nine people standing near the tree suffered minor injuries including burned feet. One person was held overnight at the local hospital for observation, but everyone else affected was treated and released the same evening.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKettering$50,000Many large limbs were reported down. Two roofs were blown off two apartment buildings and into a neighboring yard. Numerous trees and power lines were down throughout eastern Kettering. Kantner Park had a shelter damaged and picnic tables were tossed around. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindKettering$15,000Trees and power lines downed. Also, a wooden baseball dugout was completely destroyed.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindKettering$10,000Multiple trees were downed in Oakwood due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2005HailKettering$10,000Numerous trees were also downed along Stroop Road.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindKettering$6,000Numerous trees downed, some into power lines.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Limbs and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Several trees were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Several power poles and large limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. The wind gust report was an estimate.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Large tree limbs were downed.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Trees were downed.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Trees were knocked down.
June 1999HailKettering$3,000Several trees and powerlines were knocked down. Dime size hail was also reported.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindKettering$3,000Winds were measured at 78 mph, which downed several trees.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKettering$1,000A tree was downed.
July 2013Flash FloodKettering$1,000High water was reported over several streets due to heavy rainfall.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindKettering$1,000A tree was downed in Oakwood due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013FloodKettering-Flash flooding with high water was previously reported on area roadways due to heavy rainfall. The water was receding at the time of the report.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKettering-The spotter estimated the wind gust.
February 2023HailKettering-no account filed
April 2011HailKettering-no account filed
May 2011HailKettering-no account filed
April 2006HailKettering-no account filed
June 2005HailKettering-no account filed
May 2004HailKettering-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKettering-no account filed
October 1999HailKettering-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

Map coverage status

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.

From the nomination file

2,270 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

The Federal block has a flemish bond brick facade with six course American bond on the The main additions are a screened-in porch on the east end, a sunroom-library on the west end, a vertical addition over the original rear wing to the left rear, and a large Library a flat roof. form. Where new work (1927) interfaces with the old,molding has been replicated. Windows closed in the alteration have been put to use asshelves or cupboards, retain- ing the molded and paneled surrounds. The overall impression of the interior is on a high stone foundation to the rear. 7. Description Condition 1827 edition of Asher Benjamin's The American Builder's Companion.In interfacing sides.

The large main doorway has a stone lintel and sill with molded framing members garage has 6/6 double hung sash windows with gauge brick straight arch and brick sills The house is located on a residential street in an upper class subdivision with the additions a century later, the original molding patterns were replicated and new torically significant architectural composition is the result. widely spaced houses on well-landscaped lots.There is a vintage brick springhouse The interior is delicately molded and paneled.The doors are six-panel.The surrounds cates the older 6/6 double hung sash windows otherwise.The large addition over the extremely handsome. high to a Tuscan entrance porch with a returned pediment. panels between (front and rear).

Three bays of two part casement windows are on the employs a mixture of Greek and Tuscan classicism which appears to be based on the appropriately proportioned.The large additions have hipped slate roofs and the side.The vertical addition has one three part casement in the kitchen, but dupli- usually sensitive 1927 alteration using Georgian Revival features.This Federal house hung sash and blinds.There is a heavy terminal molding under the overhanging eave.

Read the complete 2,270-word case file.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) with sidelights, and is covered by a Georgian Revival porch featuring a broken pediment (see continuation sheet) Peter Long (b.1797 - d.1879) sold 130 acres in Washington County, Maryland, moved to Ohio and bought the quarter section farm in VanBuren Township (now Kettering) on 27 August 1828 for $1,300.00. He outlived three wives and married a fourth who survived him. Seven of his thirteen children lived to participate in the estate. He farmed this land including re-use of closed window surrounds and duplication of woodwork. The house remained in the family until son Ernest's widow died in 1981. VanBuren Township experienced explosive growth during and after the Second World War.

work in the region for twenty years has found this to be the oldest example and the addi- tion to be the best of their period in Kettering local history. There is nothing to commerce compare. economics communications transportation engineering education humanitarian Period theater philosophy music exploration/settlement 8. Significance politics/government literature sculpture law social/ Reverend John Gottlieb Mueller (1861-1933) was a highly respected minister with two growth and renovation has had a disastrous impact on the historic resources.Survey Amelia P. Schneider in 1895. She was an active aid in her husband's ministry. They military significant under Criterion C. ranked 6/6.windows with double-hung sashes..The main entrance has a four light transom is now all upper-class suburb.

until 1857, then sold it to John Treon for $10,500. He retired to Dayton.The farm _science 1700-1799art - prehistoric - archeology-prehistoric - community planning landscape architecture religion _ archeology-historic -_ agriculture X architecture The core is an excellently conserved Federal Style 1927. The house has been faithfully rehabilitated by the present owner avoiding any had two sons, Carl and Ernest.

Read the complete 2,270-word case file.

The whole case file for this property - 2,270 words, 24 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 87000637, 24 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

6 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
Trailsend0.6 miles1979
Long--Romspert House1.2 miles1987
Wright Library1.4 miles2013
Deeds' Barn1.4 miles1979
Hawthorn Hill1.6 miles1974
Wright Flyer III2.0 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000637 in Record Group 79.
Montgomery CountyAll 117 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.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.