Near Gilboa in Putnam County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Crawfis College
1889 - 1940
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
1. Crawfis College Marker
John Crawfis, Fairfield County native and son of Otho Crawfis, first white settler in 1831 in Blanchard Township, Putnam County, bequeathed two grants of $25,000 and five acres for schools in Fairfield and Putnam counties.
Crawfis College, Putnam County, a brick two-story. twelve-room building with auditorium, science laboratory, grade and recitation rooms, constructed for $11,000, and two dormitories at $2,087, provided for "common branches, high school, teacher and business training.
Courses included commercial, elocution, German, mathematics, penmanship, shorthand, telegraphy, typing, violin, language. piano, science.
Superintendents: I. L. Harmon, Job Hill, L. S. Lafferty, B. J. Beach, W. S. Wallen, J.W. Wallen, John Hathorn, George R. Miller, L. P. Cummins, Dale Rickard, Lyal Burkholder, C. L. Bard.
Building Committee: A. C. Hall, N. Conine, B. O. Robinson. BR Architect: E. Zoll. Contractor: A. Faeth.
Putnam County Historical Society honors John and wife Sarah (Moorhead) Crawfis for their contribution to education (providing this educational advantage).
Erected by Putnam County Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.
Location.
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Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: CVE Anchor (approx. 1.9 miles away); Blanchard Township Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Blanchard Township Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Blanchard Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Captain Sheldon O. Hall (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bridenbaugh District #3 School (approx. 3.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); Frances Rappaport Horwich (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gilboa.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Crawfis College (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
2. Crawfis College Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
3. Crawfis College Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,042 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
