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.89001032- 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 Helpman--Chaney House 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 723 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Helpman--Chaney House between 1895 and
1975: 712 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 Helpman--Chaney 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.
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
2,404 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
Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) State significance ofproperty, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. of these individuals follows. X] See continuation sheet architecture Unknown Architect/Builder Significant Person Historic District. Significant Dates Because the individual responsible for construction of this house is in spindels and newel post.
exanple of Property Type F.2.vernacular domestic architecture of the Period of Significance No other properties associated with Helpman were identified in the wood trim and baseboards, and curved central staircase with turned Significant exterior details include the single door entry, two over two This is one of four houses in the incorporated limits with Italianate Cultural Affiliation Railroad Era,1869-1904;Tawn."It is a hipped T-plan house with comprehensive survey. C.1875 sitting praninently at the end of West Columbus Street.
light double hung windows, corbeled chimneys, dentiled entablature, and John Helpnan acquired 6 1/4 acres of land associated with this house in Chaney in 1879 for s1500.It is believed that either Helpman or Eliza -statewide Blocally Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) The Helpaan - Chaney House is significant under Criteria C, Historic nationally detailing, all of which are brick.Three are being naninated Italianate design.The house is a yisual landmark in the community. The Helpman homestead on East Colunbus Street then at this tine. However, its owners at the tine of its construction lived in the house. Context E.2."Agricultural Commerce: Railroad Era,1869-1904,"as an Chaney had this house built c. 1875.It.
is not known if either of them NPS Form 10-000 OMB Approval No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio Helpman - Chaney House one story shed-roofed frane addition (c.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 89001032, 17 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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