Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Ohio - Athens County
Athens County Ohio has 28 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University, Athens State Hospital, Blackwood Covered Bridge, Hocking Valley Coal Company Town Historic District and Hocking Valley Railway Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Adena dating back to 999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Athens County historic places including William Holmes McGuffey, Daniel Stewart, Thomas J. Herrold and Daniel Weethee.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Athens County places including Hocking Valley Railway, Frank L. Packard, E.S. White, Bertram Goodhue, Charles A. Breining, William Mills, John Moser, Vorhees,W.H.,Co., Unkefer,John G.,& Co. and James Knox Taylor. Prominent architectural styles found in Athens Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Late Victorian.

Athens B & O Train Depot (added 1983 - - #83001944)
Depot St. , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
More Information:
archives document
Athens County Infirmary (added 2003 - - #03000323)
Also known as Athens County Home
13183 OH 13 , Millfield
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Peoples, David W., Kircher, Charles
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
archives document
Athens Downtown Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003541)
N. Court St. between Carpenter and Union Sts. and Congress and College Sts. , Athens
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
College, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Athens Governmental Buildings (added 1979 - - #79001782)
E. State, E. Washington, Court, and W. Union Sts , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taylor,James Knox, Unkefer,John G.,& Co.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Italian Villa, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Courthouse, Library, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Athens State Hospital (added 1980 - - #80002936)
Also known as Athens Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center
OH 682 and Richland Ave. , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Hospital, Institutional Housing
More Information:
archives document
Athens State Hospital Cow Barn (added 1978 - - #78002003)
Also known as Athens State Hospital Dairy Barn
SW of Athens off U.S. 33 , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Beasley Building (added 1982 - - #82001358)
Also known as The Beasley;F.J. Beasley Milling & Wholesale Co.
93 W. Union St. , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Blackwood Covered Bridge (added 1978 - - #78002004)
S of Athens on SR 46 , Athens
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Clester, Joseph, House (added 1980 - - #80002940)
Also known as Kenneth and Patricia Light House
SE of Chauncey on SR 111 , Chauncey
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Dew House (added 1978 - - #78002006)
Also known as Hotel Dew;Ohio House
Public Sq. , Nelsonville
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
East State Street--Elmwood Place Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000872)
East State St 138-234, 169-277l Elmwood 5-73, 6-72, 74, Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carmichael, Daniel A.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
More Information:
archives document
Federalton (added 1976 - - #76001369)
Also known as Stewart-Murphree House
51 State St. , Stewart
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Stewart,Daniel
Significant Year:
1817
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and Store (added 1980 - - #80002937)
234 W. Washington St. , Athens
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Herrold,Thomas J.,et al.
Significant Year:
1882
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
archives document
Hocking Valley Coal Company Town Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000579)
Jackson Dr. and Arbor Dr. , The Plaines
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Hocking Valley Railway Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000451)
Also known as Hocking Valley Scenic Railway;See Also:Haydenville Historic
Roughly between Bridge #494 in Logan and Bridge #629 in Nelsonville , Nelsonville
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hocking Valley Railway, Et al.
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Other, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
More Information:
archives document
Kidwell Covered Bridge (added 1977 - - #77001042)
1 mi. N of Truetown , Truetown
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University (added 1966 - - #66000604)
Also known as College Edifice
Ohio University campus , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Mount Zion Baptist Church (added 1980 - - #80002938)
Congress and Carpenter Sts. , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Nelsonville Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000672)
Also known as See Also:Dew House Hotel;Stuart's Opera House
Roughly bounded by Canal, Jefferson, Scott, and Madison Sts. , Nelsonville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mills, William, Moser, John
Architectural Style:
Second Empire, Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Industry, Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Ohio University Campus Green Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001783)
Ohio University campus , Athens
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Packard,Frank L., Goodhue,Bertram
Architectural Style:
Federal, Colonial Revival, Other
Historic Person:
McGuffey,William Holmes,et al.
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing
More Information:
archives document
Palos Covered Bridge (added 1977 - - #77001041)
1 mi. N of Gloucester off OH 13 , Glouster
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Savage-Stewart House (added 1980 - - #80002939)
Also known as Ackley Farm
SE of Canaanville on U.S. 50 , Canaanville
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sheltering Arms Hospital (added 1982 - - #82003542)
Clark St. , Athens
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Stuart's Opera House (added 1978 - - #78002007)
Public Sq. and Washington St. , Nelsonville
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Music Facility, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6 (added 1978 - - #78002005)
Also known as Poston 6 Mine
E of East Millfield , East Millfield
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Economics, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Weethee Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002941)
N of Millfield , Millfield
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Weethee,Daniel,et al.
Significant Year:
1804
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Education, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
White's-Vale Mill (added 1982 - - #82003543)
OH 682 , Athens
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
White,E.S.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Wolf Plains (added 1974 - - #74001399)
Address Restricted , Athens
Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Adena
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
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