Miner's Supply Store
Also known as: Wood,Enoch,and Sons,Hardware Store
Why it's listed
Standing at the corner of Main and Second Streets in Coalton, Ohio, this small frame store was probably built around 1880, soon after the Patterson family acquired the lot. Coalton was platted in 1877 as Eurekaville along the Ohio Southern Railroad to serve nearby coal mines. John H. Patterson, a local coal merchant and mine owner, ran the Miner's Supply Company here as a general store selling goods to miners. After about three years the store had lost money despite large sales. Patterson bought two early wooden cash registers from Dayton, and the business began to turn a profit. In 1884 he bought the failing National Manufacturing Company, moved to Dayton, and led the National Cash Register Company. The building is a one-and-one-half-story gabled structure with beveled siding, a c. 1920 porch and a rear addition. It is now vacant, but its interior still has bracketed shelving and arched bins.
Significance in brief: The building housed the Miners' Supply Company, run by John H. Patterson, a coal merchant and mine owner. Patterson's use of early cash registers here turned the store's losses into profit and led him to buy the National Manufacturing Company and found a career as head of the National Cash Register Company. The building is presented as a tangible reminder of that Coalton experience.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 77001069, listed November 1, 1977. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Main and 2nd Sts., Coalton |
|---|---|
| County | Jackson County |
| Listed | November 1, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77001069 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c. 1880 |
| Areas of significance | Industry, Commerce, Architecture, Invention |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Described as now vacant; the interior retains 19th-century shelving and bins, with a c. 1920 porch and a rear addition probably from shortly after 1895. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 39.11350, -82.61038 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
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Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 77001069.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138376615
- This listing as JSON
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