BlockFrom the record
One of 343 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
West Mound Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.
The listing
- Address. 10--54 West Mound St., 23 Elm St., Canal Winchester
- When was it listed? February 1988
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 88000072 - 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
1925 to 1984The ground this property stands on, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of West Mound Street Historic District between 2010 and 2020, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 522 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15924 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Mound Street Historic District: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | O. P. Chaney Grain Elevator | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Depot | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Carty, J.-R. J. Tussing House | under 500 feet | 1989 |
| North High Street Historic District | under 500 feet | 1989 | |
 | Peoples Bank Company Building | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | Times Building-Lodge Hall | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000072 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 343 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.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- 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.