BlockFrom the record
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Defiance County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Holgate Avenue Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
The listing
- Address. 328--716 Holgate Ave., Defiance
- When was it listed? October 1990
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 90001497 - 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
1907 to 1986The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holgate Avenue Historic District: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Briquetting/ Defiance, Ohio | Iron | Unknown |
Maps showing this location
6 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.
- 1907 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Defiance East quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charles Speaker House | 0.4 miles | 1997 |
| Defiance Downtown Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2020 | |
 | Judge Alexander Latty House | 0.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Defiance Public Library | 0.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Fort Defiance Park | 0.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Dey Road Bridge | 0.9 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001497 in Record Group 79. |
| Defiance County | All 10 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.