| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Changes at Fort Ancient |
| | Many changes have occurred at Fort Ancient over the last 2,000 years. Hopewell Indians built the site and used it as a ceremonial and social gathering area. The Fort Ancient Indians lived in the South Fort 500 years after the Hopewell people left. There is no evidence that the Fort Ancient Indians used the Middle or North Fort areas. The timeline below shows major occurrences at Fort Ancient.
100BC - AD500 Constructed and used by Hopewell Indians
AD900 - AD1600 Fort Ancient Indians . . . — Map (db m26618) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Fort Ancient Dwelling |
| | The Fort Ancient people who occupied this area between about AD900 and AD1600 lived in larger communities than the Hopewell people did. Their villages of 200 to 500 people were truly agricultural; they cultivated beans, corn, squash, and tobacco. This sort of agriculture was labor intensive. The Fort Ancient people supplemented their diet with wild game and wild plant foods. In this way they were able to support large villages. When resources in an area dwindled and the soil wore out, they . . . — Map (db m26622) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Fort Ancient Earthworks |
| | You are standing inside a hilltop earthworks built by the Hopewell Indians nearly 2000 years ago. Early settlers in this area thought these walls were constructed for defensive purposes, hence the name Fort Ancient. Today, archaeologists believe that this site was used primarily as a religious and social center. The evidence for this idea includes the 70 openings or gateways in the 3 1/2 miles of earthen walls. The presence of mounds, parallel earth walls, and stone pavements at Fort Ancient . . . — Map (db m26628) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Fort Ancient Prehistoric Indian Earthworks |
| | You are standing inside an earthworks built by prehistoric Hopewell Indians nearly 2000 years ago. Early settlers in this area thought these walls were constructed as a fort. Today, archaeologists believe the site was used primarily as a religious and social center. Some of the walls and mounds may function as astronomical calendars. The Hopewell Indians occupied the major river valleys of southern Ohio where they constructed hilltop enclosures, geometrically shaped earthworks, and mounds. For . . . — Map (db m26881) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Hilltop Enclosure |
| | Hopewell Indians constructed this hilltop enclosure and probably used it for social gatherings and religious observances. No evidence of Hopewell occupation is present within the 100+ acre enclosure. Hopewell domestic areas abound on the plateau outside the enclosure itself.
Once constructed, the site may have never been completely abandoned although its use as a ceremonial center apparently declined. About 1000 A.D. the Fort Ancient Indians established a small, stockaded village in the . . . — Map (db m26882) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Middle Fort Ditch Construction |
| | Archaeologists cite three reasons why “Fort” Ancient is not a fortification. First, there is no evidence that a large number of people lived inside the earthworks, definitely not the thousands needed to defend such a large area. Second, there are 67 openings in the earthen walls with no known way to close them. Finally, the ditch is on the inside of the walls not the outside where it would be an effective defense.
The purpose of the interior ditch is unknown. The ditch probably . . . — Map (db m26887) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — North Overlook |
| | On the east side of the Little Miami River between the two bridges (Rt. 350 and I-71) is the site of a former Fort Ancient Indian village, now known as Anderson Village, occupied for about 20 years between AD 1000 and 1200. Clifford Anderson, who owned this property, excavated the site between 1893 and 1936. He uncovered garbage pits, house post patterns, and burials. He recovered thousands of artifacts, some more than four feet below the present surface, indlucing projectile points, knives, . . . — Map (db m26884) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — Stages of Construction / Crescent Mounds |
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Stages of Construction
The earth walls were built over a period of approximately three hundred years and used for a couple of hundred years beyond that. American Indians used the shoulder bones of deer and elk, split elk antler, clam shell hoes, and digging sticks to loosen the earth. They moved the earth in woven baskets that held about 40 pounds. If archaeologists' interpretations are correct, the earth walls were built in three stages. The South Fort was built first, followed by the . . . — Map (db m27202) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — 9-83 — The Civilian Conservation Corps — The Civilian Conservation Corps of Fort Ancient |
| | Side A: The Civilian Conservation Corps
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government established the Civilian Conservation Corps, known as the CCC or triple C's under the direction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. Nearly three and a half million men between the ages of 18-25 were employed throughout the nine-year program and worked on projects that included road construction, flood control, reforestation, and soil erosion prevention and creating . . . — Map (db m26482) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Fort Ancient — The Myth of the Mound Builders |
| | Throughout the 19th Century scholars believed there were three great New World civilizations; Inca, Aztec, and Mound Builders. They believed that the American Indians had destroyed the Mound Builders. While early scholars could not accept the idea of Indians constructing the earthworks, they could accept the idea that Indians conquered the Mound Builder race. This unfortunate explanation separated ancient civilization from Indian ancestry and showed that Indians were savages who did not . . . — Map (db m26883) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Franklin — Preservation of Log Post Office — "The Long Journey Begins" |
| | [North face of the pavilion]
It all started in June 1974 when Franklin Judge J.T. Riley decided to replace the white building pictured here. It was reputed that the right portion was where J.N.C. Schenck had his store and post office. He was appointed Territorial Postmaster in 1802 and Postmaster in 1803 when Ohio became a state.
Riley donated the log post office to the Franklin Area Historical Society with a term that it must be moved before December 31. Fund raising took some . . . — Map (db m26551) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Franklin — 7-83 — The Old Log Post Office |
| | The oldest known structure standing in Franklin, the Old Log Post Office is a reminder of the links the community's earliest members maintained to the rest of the young state of Ohio and to the United States during the early nineteenth century. John Noble Cumming Schenck, older brother of one of the founders of Franklin, William C. Schenck, established a store here in 1802. In 1805 President Thomas Jefferson appointed John Schenck postmaster of Franklin, a position he held until 1829. . . . — Map (db m26549) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Harveysburg — 10-83 — Harveysburg / The Harveysburg School |
| | Side A: Harveysburg
The Quaker village of Harveysburg was founded in 1829 on land originally a part of Colonel Abraham Buford's Revolutionary War Land Grant. Levi Lukens, a Virginia Quaker, purchased the 1000 - acre survey in 1812 and sold a portion to Rhoden Ham in 1815. Ham then sold a portion of his holdings to William Harvey, a Quaker originally from North Carolina, who developed 47 lots for a village which thrived from its beginnings. Early businesses included grist mills, a tin . . . — Map (db m26545) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Broadway Bridge |
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Built in 1897, this span over Turtle Creek is the oldest nonreinforced concrete arch bridge in Ohio. The residents of Floraville, the area to the south, felt the bridge needed to be “the most prominent” in all of Lebanon. They petitioned to build a concrete bridge instead of a metal truss one. They thought it would be more durable and more attractive.
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Designed by P.O. Monfort, it has two 37.5 . . . — Map (db m24772) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Bundy House |
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This house is on lot No. 33 of the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. The land was owned by Samuel Manning, one of the town's founders. It was bought in 1886 by Dr. G. L. Krieger, a native of France. That same year it was sold, for $1,000, to John Conden who built the house in 1887. John E. Bundy, a local watchmater, bought the home in 1888 for $4,000.
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It is mostly in the Queen Anne architectural style, which . . . — Map (db m25047) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Christmas Tree Park |
| | The Golden Lamb
Ohio's oldest inn
has hosted scores
of dignitaries
including 11
US Presidents
Two Hollywood movies
were filmed here;
Harper Valley PTA in 1977
and Milk Money
in 1993
Distinguished citizen
Tom Corwin served
as Ohio's governor
in 1840. In addition
he served as a
US congressman,
US senator, Treasury
Secretary and
Minister to Mexico
Ohio's oldest weekly
newspaper The Western Star
was first published
in Lebanon in . . . — Map (db m25109) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Ferguson House |
| | Side A:
This house sits on lot No. 29 in the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1805 the land was bought by William Ferguson, the town's first postmaster. Ferguson owned the Indian Chief Tavern. This inn was located one block to the west where the City Building's parking lot is today. Lot No. 29 remained Ferguson's until his death in 1831.
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The west side of lot No. 29 was sold in 1856. Four years later, this house . . . — Map (db m25099) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — I.O.O.F. Temple |
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Lebanon Lodge No. 15 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was dedicated to the “purposes of benevolence and charity” and became one of the most prominent I.O.O.F. lodges in Ohio. The original building was a two-story structure erected in 1846 by the Methodist Protestant Church. By 1887 Lebanon Odd
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Fellows Lodge No. 15 added a third story and a tower to the building with commercial stores on . . . — Map (db m25007) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — LCNB Building |
| | Side A:
On May 20, 1877 the Lebanon National Bank was certified by the Treasury Dept. Its new 10-ton safe came by rail to Corwin, Ohio. Eight oxen were needed to haul it the 10 miles to the bank's location at what is now 2 N. Broadway. In 1907 this 3-story structure, built in the Neoclassical style, became the bank's new home.
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The Citizens National Bank of Lebanon opened for business on February 21, 1890 in one . . . — Map (db m24777) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Lebanon Library / Harmon Hall |
| | Side A: Lebanon Library
Andrew Carnegie gave Lebanon $10,000 in 1906 for the construction of a library if the town would provide at least $1,000 a year for its upkeep. Money for the books and furnishings was given by Lebanon's own William E. Harmon. A matching addition to the six-sided Classical Revival-style library was built in 1988.
Side B: Harmon Hall
In 1913 Harmon Hall was built as a recreational facility by Lebanon-born William E. Harmon. It became a YMCA in 1946. It was . . . — Map (db m24779) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — The Lewis House |
| | Side A:
The William C. Lewis House sits on lot No. 49 of the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. The owner of a dry goods store on the corner of Mulberry and Broadway, Lewis built the Greek Revival house in 1846. The veranda was added around 1900. The cottage to the left was built in the 1860s as an office for his son-in-law, Dr. W.G. Goodhue.
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Ezra Craver, a builder in Lebanon since 1835, was the contractor. Known . . . — Map (db m24784) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — The Town Plat / The Tharp House |
| | Side A: The Town Plat
Lebanon was laid out in September of 1802 by four pioneer settler. Cradled by the forks of Turtle Creek, 100 lots were carved out of the wild, primitive forest. At the time, there were only two cabins in the plat. The boundaries were what are now Silver, South, Water and the alley between Cherry and East streets.
Side B: The Tharp House
The house at 9 and 11 East Main Street may be the oldest building still standing in Lebanon. Located on Lot. No. 1, it was . . . — Map (db m25100) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — The Town Square / City Hall Site |
| | Side A: The Town Square
Only Broadway and Main were named on the original 1802 map of Lebanon. Broadway was 1 1/2 times wider so stagecoaches could turn around. The four lots at the intersection were set aside as the town square. Today two of the lots are parks and the other two are Lebanon's city hall and public library.
Side B: City Hall Site
The city building is Colonial Revival in style and was modeled after the chapel at Dennison [sic] University. It was dedicated in May . . . — Map (db m24775) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — The Village Ice Cream Parlor |
| | Side A:
The building at 22 S. Broadway sits on lot No. 99 of the 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1854, Henry C. Meloy ran a grocery store here while his family lived on the 2nd floor. After his death in 1889, it was used as a saloon, a “French” dry cleaners, a dry goods store, two different bar and grills and, in 1908, the town's third movie theater, The Royal.
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In 1968, to help “make Lebanon a greater . . . — Map (db m24778) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — 3-83 — Thomas Corwin — (1794 - 1865) |
| | One of the most effective political orators of his era, Tom Corwin (nicknamed "the Wagon Boy" for his War of 1812 service) resided here from 1839 until his death. A Whig stump speaker known for his wit and eloquence, he was elected governor of Ohio in 1840 and campaigned for William Henry Harrison in his presidential victory that year. Corwin served six terms in Congress and one in the Senate, where he spoke out against the Mexican War in 1847. He also served as secretary of the treasury in . . . — Map (db m24061) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — 2-83 — Union Village — (1805 - 1912) |
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Union Village, the first and largest Shaker (United Society of Believers) community west of the Allegheny Mountains, was established in 1805. Nearly 4,000 Shakers lived in Union Village, the last living here until 1920. They owned 4,500 acres of land with more than 100 buildings. Union Village was parent to other communities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Georgia. Shakers were among the most successful religious communal societies in the United States. Believe in equality of men and . . . — Map (db m24074) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Lebanon — Van Sickle House |
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Located on lot No. 29 of the 1802 town plat, this land was bought by William H. Van Sickle in 1868 for $800. The house was built a short time later. Van Sickle was the grandson of one of Lebanon's founders, Ephraim Hathaway. A village councilman and owner of a nearby grocery on Mulberry Street, Van Sickle died here in 1888.
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Van Sickle's daughter, Eloise, and her husband, Joseph P. Rawles, a local . . . — Map (db m25059) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Mason — 5-83 — Blaw-Knox Antenna |
| | In 1922, during the infancy of broadcast radio, the call letters WLW were assigned to the station begun by Cincinnatian Powell Crosley Jr. The station moved its transmitting operations to Mason in 1928, and by April 17, 1934, WLW had permission to operate experimentally at 500,000 watts. Becoming the first and only commercial radio station to broadcast at this "superpower," WLW was formally opened at 500,000 watts by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 2, 1934. Using its 831-foot Blaw-Knox . . . — Map (db m23996) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Ridgeville — 1-83 — Justice John McLean — 1785 - 1861 |
| | Having settled in the Ridgeville area with his father, Justice McLean, in 1799, Justice John McLean was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1829 by President Andrew Jackson. He was best known for his anti-slavery dissenting opinion in the famous Dred Scott case. Founder of the Western Star, former Postmaster General, Congressman, and candidate for President, Justice McLean served on the Supreme Court until his death in 1861. — Map (db m26546) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — "Squatter's House" — Circa 1810 |
| | This oldest building in the historic district was the home of Griffy Griffis five years before the village was founded by Jonathan Wright in 1815. Since Griffis had no legal right to the property, it became known as the “Squatter's House.” Wright used the structure to mark the location of Main Street for his plat of the new village he named “Springborough” in recognition of the many springs in the area. Griffis eventually bought the property in 1817 for $300. Since then . . . — Map (db m13711) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Clark Williams House — Circa 1824 |
| | Built by Clark Williams, this early brick Federal style building was owned by the Dayton Leather & Collar Company in the late 1800s. In the early 1900s it was owned by Napoleon Johnson, a former slave who was freed in Virginia in 1847 when his master, James Epps, freed all forty of his slaves at once. Johnson settled in Springboro the following year. In 1849 he married Celia Anderson and they had three children. Only their daughter Maria survived childhood and lived in Springboro all her life. . . . — Map (db m13717) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Edward Potts House / John Potts House — Circa 1831 / Circa 1832 |
| | The house on the right (45 South Main) appears to have been built circa 1832 by Joshua Trotter. In 1837, Trotter sold the house to John and Mary Potts, who were “conductors” on the Underground Railroad, persons who risked their lives and property to escort runaway slaves on their flight to freedom. The house on the left (55 South Main) was built circa 1831 by Job Burton. He sold the house to Edward Potts in 1836. Edward, like his brother John, was also a “conductor”. . . . — Map (db m13704) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Harry Pence House — Circa 1894 |
| | Harry Pence grew up on a family farm nearby and later became a successful businessman who lived in Minneapolis. He had this Queen Anne style house built for his parents, Charles and Ruth Pence. Harry's brother Warren along with his wife Clara and daughter Ethel moved in with his parents to care for them. Warren Pence eventually became president of Springboro's first bank, Farmers Bank, located at 205 South Main. Warren's granddaughter and great-granddaughter, Lucy and Ruth Barnhart, also lived . . . — Map (db m13703) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Jack Decker House — Circa 1830 |
| | This site was purchased by Josiah Townsend in 1827 for $50. In 1830, the property was sold for $1,500, suggesting that a house was built on the property sometime before 1830. Emmor Bailey, a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), bought the house in 1831, and likely enlarged the structure in 1843. Jack Decker, whose wife Harriet bought the house in 1890, used the barn behind the house as a livery stable. His carriage service ran between Springboro and the train stations in the nearby towns . . . — Map (db m13694) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Jeremiah Stansel House — Circa 1840 |
| | This house was built as the home of Jeremiah and Nancy (Gregg) Stansel. Jeremiah's father, Henry Stansel, was a friend of Daniel Boone. Although not a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Jeremiah is thought to have assisted runaway slaves, perhaps hiding them at this house. Jeremiah Stansel served Springboro as a justice of the peace and a postmaster. Jeremiah and his wife's brother, Samuel Gregg, were business partners who together operated a general store on a site adjacent to the . . . — Map (db m13712) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — John Bateman House Site — Bateman Tannery Site |
| | John Bateman was a local tanner who had his house, storehouse, and workshop on this site. The house now located at 440 South Main was built circa 1869 by Joseph Haines, a carpenter who built a number of Springboro homes in the mid and late 1800s. Bateman Tannery, which once stood at 450 South Main, was a “station” on the Underground Railroad, a place that offered assistance to runaway slaves during their flight to freedom. According to local history, the tannery was an excellent . . . — Map (db m13693) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Jonah Thomas Shop — Circa 1835 |
| | Jonah Thomas bought this building in 1837 when he moved his home and harness shop from across the street at 200 South Main. As a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, Thomas opened his home as a “station” on the Underground Railroad, a place that offered assistance to runaway slaves during their flight to freedom. The Thomas family also made room in their home for a 2,000 volume community library which was open to everyone in Springboro - one of the first circulating . . . — Map (db m13714) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — 8-83 — Jonathan Wright Homestead — circa 1815 |
| | Jonathan Wright (1782-1855) and his wife Mary Bateman Wright (1787-1866) moved with their five children from Menallen, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1814 and built this Federal style house. Using skills acquired from his father, Joel Wright, a surveyor who platted the city of Columbus, Jonathan platted the village of "Springborough," named for the many springs in the vicinity. The Wright family established and operated a woolen factory, two flour mills, a general store, and a 320-acre farm in . . . — Map (db m26547) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Joseph Stanton House — Circa 1833 |
| | This house was built by Joseph Stanton, son-in-law of local abolitionist James Stanton. Lydia Wood owned the house from 1875 until her death at age 86 in 1917. Lydia was the aunt of artist Grant Wood who pained the famous “American Gothic.” She raised Nathaniel Hunter, a black orphan who later became the private secretary to the well-known black educator Booker T. Washington. The small building next door (240 South Main) is the spring house (circa 1840). It was used to keep perishable food cool before the days of refrigeration. — Map (db m13713) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Lynn O. Eaton Memorial Pin Oak |
| | This pin oak tree has been placed here in living memory of Lynn O. Eaton, a charter member of the Springboro Lions Club. Lion Eaton was ever ready to assist his fellow man in all and every manner needed. He served in many civic offices and was always fair and considerate in all his decisions and assist. May his mode of life ever be an example to all that follow in this great civilization. — Map (db m13698) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — M. & J. Wright General Merchandise — Circa 1854 |
| | This building was built as a general store for Mahlon and Josiah Wright, sons of the village founder, Jonathan Wright. The building originally had a shed roof extending out over the street to protect customers from the weather. A large stepping stone for use by customers as they stepped down from their horse-drawn buggies and wagons still remains near the street today. Members of the Wright family operated the general store until 1895. It was then sold to William Siegfried who continued to . . . — Map (db m13718) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Mahlon Wright House Site - Circa 1818 — Ford Service Station - 1919 |
| | Built in 1919, this building was the first gasoline station in Springboro and served as the bus maintenance facility for Springboro Community City Schools from 1945 to 2001. This shop replaced the home of Mahlon Wright, a son of the village founder Jonathan Wright. Mahlon Wright served Springboro as a state legislator and a postmaster. He was a partner with his brother Josiah in a general store located at 245 South Main. His house was a “station” on the Underground Railroad, a place . . . — Map (db m13696) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Odd Fellows Hall — Circa 1830 |
| | The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) began in England in the 1700s as an association of common laborers who met together for fellowship and mutual aid. This was so unusual at the time that members were called “Odd Fellows,” and the name stuck. The IOOF soon spread to America and is one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the United States. Relief Lodge No. 148 was organized in Springboro in 1850. Local IOOF trustees purchased this building in 1866 and enlarged it to its . . . — Map (db m13702) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Springboro Area Underground Railroad — Historic Underground Railroad Site |
| | A predominantly Quaker community in its early days, Springboro served as a hospitable thoroughfare for many runaway slaves on their way north to freedom. Between 1815 and 1864, Springboro was host to numerous safe-houses and many agents and conductors operating within the village and the surrounding township. Two factors contributed to Springboro's role as a pathway to the Underground Railroad. One was the antislavery sympathies of its residents. Secondly, situated between the Great and Little . . . — Map (db m13716) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — The Lyceum — Circa 1898 |
| | The fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1864 as an organization dedicated to healing the wounds and hatred of the Civil War. The members of the local Springboro Lodge No. 574 built this meeting hall with a large upstairs room which was used for plays, Lyceum courses, church services, and graduation ceremonies for over 90 years. The first movie in Springboro was shown here. The business rooms on the main floor housed a variety of commercial concerns . . . — Map (db m13697) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Tommy Miller House — Circa 1901 |
| | Tommy Miller had this house built on the foundation of an earlier home that had served for a time as a parsonage for the Methodist church. Possible traces of an Underground Railroad hiding place from that earlier era are still evident in the basement. In a shed located across the street behind 510 South Main, Miller invented and was issued patents for an oilcan and a wagon jack for horse drawn wagons. He also designed the machinery to produce these items, which were manufactured in Springboro and sold through-out the midwestern United States. — Map (db m13701) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Town Hall, Jail, and Fire Station — Circa 1922 |
| | Springboro's town hall and town jail occupied this site for nearly 100 years. This was also the site of the town's first fire station. According to local history, this building was built circa 1922 by volunteers with donated materials after an earlier, late-1800s town hall was destroyed by fire. A village council chamber was to the left, a Model T fire truck parked on the right side of the building, and two jail cells were located in the back. The site was originally occupied by Stephen . . . — Map (db m13715) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — United Brethern [sic] Church of Springboro — Circa 1874 |
| | The United Brethern [sic] Church building and bell tower were built in 1874. By 2004 the original wooden bell house had been modified to remove the gothic gables. In 2007, a [sic] appropriate, but not original gothic steeple was built on the original 1874 timbers and brick bell tower, to house a stealth communications antenna. This historic church now First United Methodist continues to be a vital link between historic Springboro, modern Springboro, the spirituality of the residents, and the Great State of Ohio. — Map (db m13700) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Springboro — Warner Bateman House — Circa 1858 |
| | Warner Bateman, nephew of the village founder Jonathan Wright, was an “agent” on the Underground Railroad. An “agent” was one who provided assistance to runaway slaves on their way to freedom. As an attorney, Bateman was in the difficult position of breaking laws he was sworn to uphold. Nevertheless, Bateman later became a prominent Cincinnati attorney and U.S. district judge. The house as it exists today was probably built around 1858, the year Warner Bateman took out a . . . — Map (db m13692) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Waynesville — Friends Burial Ground |
| | In 1804, Miami Monthly Meeing purchased this land to use as a graveyard. Burials were made without regard to status or family association, but rather by date of death. Some of the earliest graves are marked with a plain rock obtained from a nearby creek while later markers are typically small limestone headstones, often carved with only the individuals' names (sometimes only initials) and date of death. There is also a Revolutionary War soldier buried here, showing that the early Friends were . . . — Map (db m26524) |
| Ohio (Warren County), Waynesville — 4-83 — John Evans House |
| | David and Rachel Burnet Evans built this Federal style house in 1836. Their son, Dr. John Evans (1814-1897), nationally known physician, statesman, and educator, lived here as a young man. After graduating from Lynn Medical College in Cincinnati, Dr. Evans became a prominent physician in Indiana and helped establish the Indiana Hospital for the Insane. He is recognized as one of the founders and first president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was appointed by President . . . — Map (db m26481) |
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