Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

This Lich Gate

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 14, 2025

1. This Lich Gate Marker

Inscription. This lich gate is similar to the one at Bladon Parish, in Oxfordshire, England, where Winston Churchill is buried alongside his father and his American mother.

This lich gate was dedicated on May 29, 1977, as a bicentennial gesture linking the two parishes and their heritages.

Erected 1977.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is May 29, 1977.

Location. 39° 23.972′ N, 84° 33.32′ W. Marker is in Hamilton, Ohio, in Butler County. It is at the intersection of North 6th Street and Butler Street, on the right when traveling south on North 6th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 N 6th Street, Hamilton OH 45011, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cincinnati

and in the Miami Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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,

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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: Trinity Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); 1913 Flood (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Beckett Homesite (about 400 feet away); Flood Level (about 400 feet away); Cosmopolitan No. 4 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Abraham Lincoln's 1859 Hamilton Speech (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Hamilton Gateway (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Flood Level (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamilton.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 14, 2025

2. This Lich Gate Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.