BlockFrom the record
One of 180 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Tuscarawas Avenue-Alexander Square Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Listed as. Tuscarawas Avenue--Alexander Square Commercial Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Bounded by Park Ave., Tuscarawas Ave., 4th and 5th Sts., Barberton
- When was it listed? May 1990
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 90000755 - 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
1903 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tuscarawas Avenue-Alexander Square Commercial Historic District: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, Cement Rock. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberton Cement Plant | Marble, Dimension, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Barberton Limestone Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ppg Indus Brine Wells Plant | Salt | Producer | ||
| Barberton Sand Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Barberton Sand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barberton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Empire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Empire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barberton Downtown Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2022 | |
| Diamond Match Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1996 | |
 | O. C. Barber Piggery | 0.8 miles | 1973 |
 | O. C. Barber Barn No. 1 | 1.0 miles | 1973 |
 | O. C. Barber Creamery | 1.0 miles | 1973 |
 | Anna-Dean Farm | 1.6 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000755 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 180 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.
- 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.