Sunbury in Delaware County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Sunbury, Ohio
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Sunbury Town Hall

Sunbury, Ohio Marker (Side A) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

1. Sunbury, Ohio Marker (Side A)

Inscription. Side A: Sunbury, Ohio
“An Ohio Stagecoach Town from 1820-1873” From its beginning in 1816, Sunbury was destined to be a stagecoach town. Anticipating large numbers of stagecoach travelers in Sunbury, the town's founder, Lawrence Myers, built an inn at the intersection of two major stagecoach routes (the Old Walhonding Trail and the Delaware Newark Pike). In 1820, the first stagecoach arrived in Sunbury from Mt. Vernon. Famous stagecoach travelers who stopped in Sunbury included William Henry Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Henry Clay, and Johnny Appleseed. Railway travel became more prevalent, and consequently the last stagecoach rolled out of Sunbury in 1873.

Side B: Sunbury Town Hall
1868 When Sunbury was platted in 1816, a town square was set aside for public use with the intention of constructing a town hall on the site. The first two stories of the Town Hall were built, as a school, in 1868 for $5,000. The Masons added the third story for $1,500 and occupied it for 91 years, until a lodge was constructed. Since 1868, the Town Hall has served Sunbury as a village office building, jail, fire station,

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and community library. Church services as well as Farmer's Institutes were held in the building, and at one time it housed a bank. In 2002, the Town Hall was renovated for use as a community room and village offices.

Erected 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Sunbury Fund of the Delaware County Community Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 9-21.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #09 William Henry Harrison, the Former U.S. Presidents: #19 Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1816.

Location. 40° 14.517′ N, 82° 51.563′ W. Marker is in Sunbury, Ohio, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of Granville Street and Columbus Street, on the left when traveling east on Granville Street. Marker is on the south grounds of the town hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post

Sunbury Town Hall Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

2. Sunbury Town Hall Marker (Side B)

office area: Sunbury OH 43074, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley

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: Sunbury Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Major General William Starke Rosecrans / Glacial Erratics (about 300 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); Duty • Honor • Country (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Purple Heart Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Marilyn “Corky” Olinger (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sunbury.

Sunbury, Ohio / Sunbury Town Hall Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

3. Sunbury, Ohio / Sunbury Town Hall Marker

Town Hall in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,909 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.

Sunbury, Ohio⎯⎯⎯Sunbury Town Hall

Sunbury, Ohio
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Sunbury Town Hall