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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM64N_blendon-presbyterian-church_Westerville-OH.html
On this site the Blendon Presbyterian Church held services from 1830 to 1865 on land donated by Edward Phelps to the Blendon Township Trustees for church purposes.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM65C_william-tecumseh-sherman_Lancaster-OH.html
Lancaster's native son, Civil War General WilliamTecumseh Sherman, was a four star militarygenius. He played a major role in the Unionvictory during the Civil War as a brilliant commanderand grand strategist who revolutionized war byincorporating psychologi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM663_thomas-worthington_Logan-OH.html
Worthington (1773-1827), land developer as well as statesman, laid out the village of Logan, beginning on June 27, 1816, while he was Governor of Ohio. This lot was set aside by him to be used as a public market place. Worthington became a member of the Mas…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6BT_tod-barracks-1863_Columbus-OH.html
One of five Civil War military posts in Columbus, Tod Barracks, named in honor of Governor David Tod, was built in 1863 as the headquarters for military administration in central Ohio. Necessitated by Lincoln's call for 300,000 new troops, the post was cons…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6C0_ohio-in-the-civil-war-defending-ohio_Columbus-OH.html
Ohio in the Civil War. With five army camps in Columbus, Capitol Square was a military crossroads from 1861 to 1865. Ohio troops were mustered, paid, and on some occasions garrisoned at the Statehouse. Three of every five male Ohioans between the ages of 18…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6F5_berea-union-depot_Berea-OH.html
Ohio from the time of its construction in 1876 until its closing in 1958, is an unusual, but well-designed example of Victorian Gothic Architecture. With the development of an expanding stone quarry industry in the area, Berea and its railroad facilities gr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6FL_the-ohio-statehouse-lincoln-at-the-statehouse_Columbus-OH.html
In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitolbuilding and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, stood on the nor…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6LV_the-breathing-association_Columbus-OH.html
The Breathing Association was founded in 1906 as the Tuberculosis Society under the leadership of public health advocate Carrie Nelson Black. The society provided nutrition, medical care, and sanitorium services to people who could not afford proper medical…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM6PL_horseshoe-lake_Shaker-Heights-OH.html
In 1822, Ralph Russell, a Connecticut pioneer who had settled in Warrensville Township ten years earlier, founded the North Union Shaker Community. The Shakers created Horseshoe Lake in 1852 when they built a dam across Doan Brook and harnessed its waterpow…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7FO_the-weston-house-sandstone-houses_Westlake-OH.html
The Weston HouseThis rare sandstone house was built for Austin (c. 1788-1848) and Roxanna (Sears) Lilly (c. 1793-1868). They came to Dover Township (now Westlake) in 1832 from Ashfield, Massachusetts, an area from which many Dover settlers originated. This …