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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94S_kezia-emery-hall-1913_Xenia-OH.html
This Colonial style building was originally constructed as a women's dormitory, but was later occupied by men. It was erected largely through the generosity of Andrew Carnegie and Miss E. J. Emery, a Cincinnati native living in England. The buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94R_old-wilberforce-university-campus-at-tawawa-springs_Xenia-OH.html
Side A:In the early 1800s, William and Eleanor Kendall owned this land, known for its natural springs, beauty, and farmland. In 1850, Elias Drake, lawyer and former speaker in the Ohio General Assembly, purchased the property and named it Tawawa o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94Q_galloway-hall_Wilberforce-OH.html
[Marker Front]:At the turn of the twentieth century, increased enrollment in the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce University (which later became Central State University) spurred construction of new teaching and dormitory f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94P_central-state-university_Wilberforce-OH.html
Central State University originated on March 19, 1887, when the Ohio General Assembly passed an act establishing a Combined Normal and Industrial (CN&I) Department at Wilberforce University. Through various transitional changes, it emerged as an i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94O_hallie-quinn-brown_Xenia-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Hallie Quinn Brown (c.1850) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to former slaves. She and her family moved to Wilberforce, Ohio in 1870, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University in 1873. Brown tau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94N_brigadier-general-benjamin-oliver-davis-sr_Wilberforce-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (July 1, 1877 - November 26, 1970), the nation's first African American general in the Regular Army, was born in Washington, D.C. Davis first served as a temporary first lieutenant of the 8th U.S. Voluntee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8UM_moncure-daniel-conway-the-conway-colony_Yellow-Springs-OH.html
[Side A:]Moncure Daniel Conway Moncure Daniel Conway was born on March 17, 1832 in Stafford County, Virginia, the son of Walker Peyton and Margaret Daniel Conway. His father was a wealthy slaveholder and prominent state legislator and county co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM828_historical-clifton_Yellow-Springs-OH.html
This historic village was a hub for early Ohio industry and travel. The natural geography of the area provided ideal conditions for the establishment of a variety of mills. Col. Robert Patterson, an ancestor of the founder of National Cash Registe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM827_clifton-gorge_Yellow-Springs-OH.html
Clifton Gorge is a classic example of a canyon cut into dolomite and shale bedrock that dates to the Silurian Period 400 million years ago. Created by meltwater released from the retreating continental glacier some 15,000 years ago, the cool, mois…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM824_antioch-college_Yellow-Springs-OH.html
Chartered in 1852 by the Christian Church and later a Unitarian institution, Antioch College opened with educational pioneer Horace Mann as its first president. One of the earliest co-educational colleges in the United States, from its inception A…
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