Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1989. 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 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
National Register reference number.89001016- 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lehman, Abraham, Farmhouse between
2010 and 2010, burning about 1 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
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 736 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Lehman, Abraham, Farmhouse between 1895 and
1975: 725 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Bill May, C. A. Petrovic, C. H. R. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Lehman, Abraham, Farmhouse: 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.
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
2,010 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.
Statement of significance
Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance agriculture C. 1853 - 1902 the agricultural history of Madison Township (formerly Violet Township, fanilies were responsible for the founding of the Mennonite Church in the dollar value of fara production was among the top 20 producers (U. S.
[x] See continuation sheet architecture unknown Architect/Builder Significant Person Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation The Abraham Lehman Farmhouse is significant under Criteria A, Historic Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) as the nineteenth largest landholders in the Winchester Precinct whose There were approxinately 2o active menbers of the Mennonite Church in Initially, the Lehmans constructed a hewn log hause on this farm, and "Agricultural Commerce:Railroad Era,1869-1904",for its contribution to Revival detail and a gable-roofed brick ell. 1897, including Abraham S. and Mary Lehman (then residents of this house) residences, until Huffman deeded a lot for a frame meeting house in 1850.
then c.1853 and date carved in brick on north wall),this the Lehman fanily holdings were reduced to 176 acres, still placing them holdings to 400 inproved acres with 121 unimproved and had the highest Abrahan L.Lehman (1800-1868) arrived in Canal Winchester in 1842 with Jnationally -statewide Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations,and areas and periods of significance noted above. example of Property Type F.1. "Vernacular domestic architecture of the timber and an orchard was started upon their arrival. Abrahan Lehman was Agricultural Census). Abrahan S. Lehnan, son of Abrahan L., was the head area.Meetings were being held at both the Lehnan and Huffnan and the David Martin Family (who married a Huffnan).
totaled land value in what was then Madison Township.Mr.Lehman had a Context E.1."Agricultural Commerce:Canal Era,1827-1868"and E.2.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 89001016, 14 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.
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.
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.
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