BlockFrom the record
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Williams County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fountain City Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Butler, Lynn, W. Wilson, Center, Portland and Beech Sts., Bryan
- When was it listed? October 1990
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 90001501 - 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
1914 to 1986The ground this property stands on, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fountain City Historic District in 2002, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 October 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fountain City Historic District: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Winzler Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.E. Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
- 1914 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1983 | |
 | Williams County Courthouse | 0.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Stryker Depot | 7.4 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001501 in Record Group 79. |
| Williams County | All 6 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.
- 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.
- 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.