Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1994. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Dates”
Narrative Statement of Significance, National Register nomination for Ohio State Route 51 Bridge Over the Portage River. Machine-read text.
one of 21 National Register listings in Ottawa County · listed in 1994 · category: Structure.
National Register reference number.94000239- 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.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 1,117 shown
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,117 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Ohio State Route 51 Bridge Over the Portage River between 1825 and
1975: 1,104 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Albiet, P., Berra, T. M. (Tim M.) & Class, Boesal, M. 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
7 workings within 5 miles of Ohio State Route 51 Bridge Over the Portage River: 4 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, General, Beryllium. 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
Elmore, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado.
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.
The tornado began near the intersection of South Nissen and Deno Roads, about 1.5 miles north of Elmore, where several tree limbs were snapped. As this tornado moved southeastward, it damaged a nursery greenhouse before crossing the Portage River, where it downed several trees and scattered broken tree limbs onto several homes. The tornado tracked farther southeastward, uprooted three large trees onto a home, and damaged the roof of this home before entering Sandusky County. Estimated peak tornadic winds were 100 mph.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
3,274 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
- A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of persons X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and Period of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack 1926 - 1927 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) - A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery.
- E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.
Architect: Overman, David Henry Builder: Gluss Brothers, Hamilton, OH Narrative Statement of Significance (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 [X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register ] Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National J Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey J recorded by Historic American Engineering Engineering Bibilography Register Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations religious purposes. individual distinction.
Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Dates 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 94000239, 27 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
2 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.
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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