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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J36_potters-national-bank-building_East-Liverpool-OH.html
In 1881, the newly formed Potters National Bank, organized by local pottery manufacturers, established its new offices in a three-story structure on this corner. A newspaper, the Tribune was published in the basement. By 1901, the building became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J2J_central-school_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Site of schools since 1820's Log House School. Union School in 1869. Central School built in 1894 for $65,000.00 and held 1,000 students. In 1971 following 77 years of service as East Liverpool's High School it was demolished. The ELHS Alumni A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11A8_dustin-huffman-memorial-overlook_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Dustin Marshall Huffman lived his life with a "Pay It Forward" attitude, always there to help out, even if it was for a stranger. He was pure goodness with a touch of orneriness and a smile that could light up a room. On June 30th 2009, Dustin …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJU_riverview-cemetery_East-Liverpool-OH.html
(front)Envisioned as a rural cemetery with careful attention to landscaping design and symmetrical lots, the Riverview Cemetery was established in 1883 on forty acres of land. The chapel was a gift to Riverview from the Grand Army of the Republic,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJS_ohios-gateway_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Fawcettstown, later to become East Liverpool, marked the first Ohio community to be encountered by early river travelers as they headed toward new challenges and new lives in the expanding nation. Indian canoes, flatboats, and steamboats carried i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJQ_the-pottery-capital-of-america_East-Liverpool-OH.html
For nearly a century, East Liverpool dominated the United States pottery industry. Drawn to easily accessible clay deposits and ready river transportation, British-born potter James Bennett established the first commercial pottery here in 1841. Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU2P_thomas-j-malone-bridge-gastons-mill_East-Liverpool-OH.html
"Thomas J. Malone Bridge" This covered bridge stood in the 1870s over Middle Run, on State Route 154, between Lisbon and Elkton, Elkrun Township. It was converted to a storage shed and moved twice by the Elkrun Township Trustees. Mr. Malone, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNY_the-point-of-beginning_East-Liverpool-OH.html
No survey of the western lands of the United States could be made as required under the land ordinance of 1785 until the surveyors for Pennsylvania and Virginia set a marker on the north shore of the Ohio River. On August 20, 1785, that marker was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNS_w-l-thompson-music-store_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Constructed in the 1880's by Will L. Thompson for his rapidly expanding music business, this building was a showcase for band instruments, pianos and organs, as well as sheet music and similar merchandise.Thompson, composer of "Softly and Tenderly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNR_travelers-hotel_East-Liverpool-OH.html
The Traveler's is the city's oldest surviving hotel. A portion of the present building was first constructed in the late 1890's as "The Landora". Later additions were constructed in 1910 and 1927. The Traveler's Hotel was a stopping point for thos…
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