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Hune, William, Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 17 historic map sheets show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

one of 39 National Register listings in Washington County · listed in 1991 · category: BUILDING · significant for EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; ARCHITECTURE · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Washington County.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. OH 26 N of Dart, Reno, 45750
  • When was it listed? 1991-03-28
  • Category. BUILDING
  • Area of significance. EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; ARCHITECTURE
  • Acreage. 297.5
  • Also known as. Hune--Heldman Farm
  • Township. Marietta township
  • National Register reference number. 91000303 - 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

1904 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Hune, William, Farm, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Hune, William, Farm, surveyed 1904

The ground it stands on

15,123 words

This property stands in Marietta Township. History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, published 1902 gives that township a chapter of its own.

The chapter covers the township.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Marietta Township - 15,123 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Hune, William, Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryPOLECAT HOLLOW
12 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryBURNT HILL RD.
10 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestSEVEN
8 April 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryHOGLAND ROAD
29 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryDRY RUN RD.
21 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryDRY RUN RD.
2 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryDRY RUN RD.
17 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 1,138 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,138 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hune, William, Farm between 1853 and 1975: 1,049 Animalia, 54 Fungi, 33 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.1923W.G. StonerMarietta
Specimen of Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1932C. MayMarietta
Specimen of Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers.1932L.W.R.J.Nursery, Marietta
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1853E. AndrewsMarietta, Ohio
A photograph of the species Actinonaias carinata, not of this specimenActinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900)1879W. HoldenOhio River, Near Marietta
A photograph of the species Necturus maculosus, not of this specimenNecturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)1886Georg BaurMarietta
A photograph of the species Icteria virens, not of this specimenIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Shufeldt, R.Marietta
A photograph of the species Progne subis, not of this specimenProgne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Shufeldt, R.Marietta
A photograph of the species Eragrostis hypnoides, not of this specimenEragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1896A. D. SelbyRainbow.
A photograph of the species Plasmopara viticola, not of this specimenPlasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni1896F.L. StevensMarietta
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias kleiniana, not of this specimenCyclonaias kleiniana (I.Lea, 1852)1897Sterki, VictorMarietta
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1897Sterki, VictorMarietta

All 1,138 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hune, William, Farm: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Duckworth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Union Carbide/ Marietta, OhioIron, ManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reno, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindReno$200,000Fallen trees damaged homes. Roof shingles were damaged by the wind. An outbuilding was flattened. Hundreds of trees were knocked down.
August 2003Flash FloodReno$20,000Mill Run and Coal Run flooded. A few evacuations occurred along Coal Run.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindReno$20,000Bleachers and a press box at a car race track were damaged. Across Route 7, a conveyor at a car crusher business was damaged.
June 2011HailReno$20,000no account filed
March 2012HailReno$6,000At least 2 vehicles were damaged.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindReno$3,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindReno$3,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindReno$2,000Multiple trees were uprooted in Reno.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindReno$2,000Several trees were uprooted around Reno.
April 1996LightningReno$2,000no account filed
June 2018Flash FloodReno$1,000State Route 7 was flooded near Newport. Long Run Road was closed near Sandhill due to flooding on Long Run. Near Morningside, County House Lane was flooded, and so was Cornerstone Drive near Cornerville.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindReno-Trees came down along Route 7.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindReno-Large branches fell across Route 7.
April 2026HailReno-no account filed
April 2020HailReno-no account filed
June 2008HailReno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

17 sheets

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by geocoding the centre of Reno, because the National Register records a descriptive location rather than a street address, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

From the nomination file

4,419 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

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates Exploration/Settlement Cultural Affiliation small crossroads hamlet of Lawrence. The barn and house were built by William Hune sandstone for the new wing foundation was quarried at the same time as for the Hune Covered Bridge across the road (NR: 10/76). The half basement in the new wing is the kitchen with a stone cooking hearth. Access to Bedroom access is from a common hall that runs the length of the second floor to The At a time when most of their neighbors were living in small log or frame structures in Iintel in the Patterson House (OHI WAS-673-11) is also used as an interior decoration in from this observation.

squat proportions and parallel gable end addition as opposed to a rear ell addition. size of the later addition testifles to the wealth and prominence of the Hune family in X See continuation sheet 1865-1912 1870 Significant Person Architecture Architect/Builder 1879 William Henning State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Settlement who became a prosperous merchant and farmer. can be discerned between this structure and that of its neighbors.The porch's decorative the community of Lawrence.

two identical doorways:one entering the parlor and the other opening into the dining Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) century rural vernacular farmstead that impacted the settlement and development of the 1875 Atlas of Washington County, Ohio by D. J. Lake and the oral and written family historles, the older part of this house was constructed in 1865 and was moved nearby to the kitchen was gained from the dining room above, or from an outside entrance. There are corner brackets are more elaborate than any others in the region.

Read the complete 4,419-word case file.

The whole case file for this property - 4,419 words, 44 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 91000303, 44 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Becker Lumber and Manufacturing Company3.8 miles1987
St. Mary's School, Old3.8 miles1989
First Unitarian Church Of Marietta4.2 miles1973
MISSISSIPPI III4.2 miles1983
Wilcox-Mills House4.3 miles1973
Barker, Col. Joseph, House4.3 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000303 in Record Group 79.
Washington CountyAll 39 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.
  • 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.