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

Florence Town Hall

Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

1. Florence Town Hall Marker

Inscription. Dedicated by the community in 1976 as a bicentennial building and entered into the National Register of Historical Places by the National Park Service. Built in 1854 to be used as an elementary school and later as a town hall.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1976.

Location. 41° 19.339′ N, 82° 24.908′ W. Marker is in Florence, Ohio, in Erie County. It is on Edison Highway (Ohio Route 113) east of Division Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11810 OH-113, Berlin Heights OH 44814, 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: Birmingham Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Birmingham School (approx. 3.2 miles away); Schoepfle Rose Garden: Dedicated to Richard W. McGinnis (approx. 3.4 miles away); The Legacy of Otto Schoepfle (approx. 3.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Memorial Field (1951) (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Original 1875 School Bell (approx. 4 miles away).

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Photographed by Craig Doda, November 24, 2024

2. Florence Town Hall Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. A link to the National Register Nomination Form with the relevant information cited. • Can you help?