National Register reference number.91000250- 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
1909 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19091994
The ground it stands on
10,050 words
The chapter on Salem Township in History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names Leetonia. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The following are in practice in the township: at Franklin Square, Dr. J. Burger, settled in 1859 ; at Leetonia, Dr. James Bertloett (son of Dr. 1). K. Bertloett), commenced practice in 1865 ; Dr. E. Hahn, settled in 1867 ; Dr. G. W. Bloom, settled in 1878 ; at Washingtonville, Dr. Jacob Buzzard, who began practice in 1849 ; Dr. Henry Bertloett (son of Dr. D. Iv. Bertloett), who has practiced since I860.
John Betz came, in 1804, from Franklin Co., Pa., and entered section 11 for his father, Urban Betz. The next year Urban Betz came to occupy the land, with his wife and five sons, - John, the oldest, George, Christian, William, and Frederick. A large house of logs was built where David Betz now lives. The axe in the hands of these sturdy pioneers soon made an opening in the forest where now the thriving town of Leetonia stands. A distillery was built soon afterwards, which was in use for many years.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Charles Nelson Schmick House
between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1 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
Debris and open burning
4
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 453 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Charles Nelson Schmick House between 1878 and 1975: 235 Plantae, 181 Animalia, 36 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by ?, Adler, K. K., Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W. 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
8 workings within 5 miles of Charles Nelson Schmick House: 5 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Leetonia, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
National Weather Service survey team confirms a microburst in Leetonia in Columbiana county Ohio. The estimated maximum wind speed was 70 mph with a path width of 75 yards and a path length of 1 mile. 12 homes sustained damage, mainly to their roofs. 3 sheds were destroyed and 40 trees were uprooted.
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
Architecture Builders: Moreland & Test-Salem, Ohio-. State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Charles Nelson Schmick, who played an essential role in the establishment and particular. Also, lt is a fine, relatively untouched, local example of high Is prominent, rare surviving example of a local industrialist's resldence. Most late nineteenth century town residences of business leaders were long ago demolished or Revival house in Sebring, but no similar residences in Lisbon, Alllance, Columbiana, East Liverpool,or Wellsville. 1,800 citizens by 1870 (Ensign, p. 243).
Nearby, in a neighborhood cal led Grafton, another blast furnace and:coal mine were established by John Graff and Henry King..In 1867 (Worman, p. 57). X See continuation sheet 1892 Industry 1874-1900 Commerce Charles Nelson Schmick Architect/Builder Period of Significance Unknown Architect Significant Dates Significant Person Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) This prominent,single family dwelling fulfills National Register Criteria A, laid out the town,built a company store and worker housing, and chartered a bank between residences.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 91000250, 37 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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