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
“In the fall of 1831, John French, who owned a form and resided where Reynoldsburg now is, laid out the town, and James C. Reynolds, then a young man from Zanesville, had temporarily located himself there with a small stock of goods suitable for the demand of the laborers on the road.”
History of Franklin County [Ohio]: (1858). Machine-read text.
one of 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
National Register reference number.94000593- 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.
The ground it stands on
662 words
The chapter on Truro Township in History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 names Reynoldsburg. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
In the fall of 1831, John French, who owned a form and resided where Reynoldsburg now is, laid out the town, and James C. Reynolds, afterward Gen. Reynolds, then a young man from Zanesville, had temporarily located himself there with a small stock of goods suitable for the demand of the laborers on the road. Reynolds was in no way interested in the town, but merely a boarder with Mr. French, who saw fit to compliment him by naming the town after him. Subsequently, Mr. Reynolds married and became identified with the town as one of its principal business men. He continued his store, erected a steam mill in the town, was postmaster, etc. He afterward removed to Carroll, in Fairfield County, where he died some years since.
There are in Truro Township seven churches, four of which are in Reynoldsburg, one Baptist, one Presbyterian, one Methodist, and one Universalist. Near the middle of the township is the old Presbyterian " Truro meeting house," and at White Hall and at Mr. Powell's are Methodist meeting houses.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,212 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Livingston, Alexander W., House between 1840 and
1975: 997 Animalia, 157 Plantae, 54 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. J. Basinger, A. P. Morgan, Almon J. Basinger 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
3 workings within 5 miles of Livingston, Alexander W., House: 2 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Reynoldsburg, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood.
The reports record 1 death. 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.
A man working on the roof of an apartment complex was struck by lightning. Witnesses said that the man shot up several feet in the air, landing back on the roof where he was unresponsive. The man was rushed to a local hospital where he died from his injuries one day later.
No historic map-sheet match is published
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From the nomination file
3,556 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 for National Register listing.) Agriculture . - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of X B Property is associated with the lives of persons - 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 distinguishable entity whose components lack Period of Significance individual distinction. L D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield. information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations (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) Livingston, Alexander W. - C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation - D a cemetery. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years. Orcutt, Nathan Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 94000593, 38 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.
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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