Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.
From the record
“The James Griffith House, sometimes known locally as the Minnie Bishop House, is a historic residence located in Canal Winchester, Ohio. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 1989.”
Wikipedia article James Griffith House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 343 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.89001019- 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 1984
The 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 3 fires within 5 miles of James Griffith House
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 721 specimens
collected within 10 miles of James Griffith House between 1895 and 1975: 710 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Plantae, 1 Chromista.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by C. A. Petrovic, C. H. R., Caldwell 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 James Griffith House: 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.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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
Certitying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. frane example is within the boundaries of the Colunbus Street Historic 19th century frase porch. Significant exterior details include the single door entry, setal roof, of the house and that the bricks were manufactured at this location. street.
architecture unknown Architect/Builder Significant Person Cultural Affiliation The James Griffith House is significant under Criteria C, Historic James Griffith acquired the acreage affiliated with this house in 1869 High Street Historic District.The other 19 exanples are not being schoolteacher and her sister in the 2oth century. deep, with a 3 bay facade and a steep pitched gable end facing the alteration both on the interior and exterior and far its well-preserved Griffith was listed as owner of a brickyard in the decades between 1860 nominated because of the degree of alteration and/or lack of historical being nominated individually, and four exanples (three frane, one brick) Context E.2."Agricultural Commerce: Railroad Era,1869-1904"as an C.1872 transoms and mantel.
Railroad Era, 1869-1904; Town."It i81 1/2 stories tal1,two rooms Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) and 1890. Subsequent 19th century owners were Jeresiah Alspach, Peter the rectangular plan, wood floors, shaped wood trin and baseboards, association. See continuation sheet residence and kiln on the acreage.It is likely that he was the builder and operated a brick yard from this location.An 1872 map shows a The James Griffith House is exceptional for its lack of District,and one frame example is within the boundaries of the North uncleaned magonry,2/2 light double hung windows with louvered shutters, OMB Approval No.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 89001019, 15 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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