Grove City in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Funk-Ziegenspeck Granary

Photographed by Joel Seewald, October 14, 2019

1. Funk-Ziegenspeck Granary Marker

Inscription.
Granaries were used to dry seeds for the family to use to sow crops the next growing season.

This small granary was built on the Ziegenspeck Farm, located on Harrisburg Pike just south of St. Rt. 665, around 1927.

Steve and Trudy Funk purchased the farm in 2003 and donated the granary to the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society and the City of Grove City in 2014.

Original Location: Harrisburg Pike, South of St. Rt. 665
Original Construction: ca. 1927
Transferred 2014
Reconstructed 2014

Erected by Southwest Franklin County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Man-Made Features. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.

Location. 39° 51.569′ N, 83° 6.166′ W. Marker is in Grove City, Ohio, in Franklin County. It is on Orders Road half a mile east of Harrisburg Pike (U.S. 62). Marker is in Century Village Historical Park at Fryer Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4185 Orders Road, Grove City OH 43123, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley

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and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Borror-Roach Windmill (a few steps from this marker); Jones Log Barn (a few steps from this marker); Bob Evans Double-Crib Log Barn (within shouting distance of this marker); Augenstein-Spillman Blacksmith Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Kegg-Kientz Log House (within shouting distance of this marker); Haines-Black House (within shouting distance of this marker); Baumgartner Outhouse (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Orders Road School / The Orders Family (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grove City.

Also see . . . Century Village. Century Village web page on the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society

Funk-Ziegenspeck Granary and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, October 14, 2019

2. Funk-Ziegenspeck Granary and Marker

website. (Submitted on October 26, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.)

Century Village Historical Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, October 14, 2019

3. Century Village Historical Park Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2019. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.