Birmingham in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Birmingham School

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

1. Birmingham School Marker

Inscription. Birminghan School was built in 1916 and served as a high school until school districts merged in 1954, and it was repurposed into an elementary school. In 1988, schools districts merged again and the Birmingham School was closed.

The Firelands Board of Education sold the school to Florence Township trustees in 1990. Local residents and school alumni tried to preserve the building, but Birmingham School was demolished in 1995 to create a public park, which soon after became part of Erie MetroParks.

Birmingham School’s original brick entrance archway remains standing in the park.

Erected by Erie Metroparks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 41° 19.889′ N, 82° 21.237′ W. Marker is in Birmingham, Ohio, in Erie County. It is on Edison Highway (Ohio Route 113) east of Savannah Vermilion Rd ( Route 60), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15218 Edison Hwy, Wakeman OH 44889, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Legacy of Otto Schoepfle (approx. 0.2 miles away); Schoepfle Rose Garden: Dedicated to Richard W. McGinnis (approx.

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¼ mile away); Birmingham Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Florence Town Hall (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Beautiful Bald Eagles of the Vermilion River Valley (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Great Nest of Brownhelm (approx. 3.9 miles away); Huron Iron Company Furnace (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Birmingham.

Birmingham School Entrance and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

2. Birmingham School Entrance and Marker

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

3. Birmingham School Entrance and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 913 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.