Oberlin in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Memorial Arch

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 27, 2025

1. Memorial Arch Marker

Inscription. This memorial arch, designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee and dedicated on 14 May 1902, was brought into being by friends of the Oberlin - connected missionaries who lost their lives in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is May 14, 1902.

Location. 41° 17.569′ N, 82° 13.191′ W. Marker is in Oberlin, Ohio, in Lorain County. It is on North Professor Street south of West Lorain Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 71 N Professor St, Oberlin OH 44074, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland,

on the Lake Erie Shore,

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

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.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Massacred (a few steps from this marker); Willard Van Orman Quine (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Downtown Oberlin Historic District (about 800 feet away); Peter Pindar Pease (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oberlin and the Underground Railroad (approx. 0.2 miles away); Antoinette Brown Blackwell and First Church in Oberlin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Charles M. Hall and Frank M. Jewett (approx. 0.2 miles away); Welcome to Oberlin Heritage Center (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oberlin.

Also see . . . Memorial Arch. The Memorial Arch was erected on the west end of Tappan Square to honor the 13 missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and five children who lost their lives in the Boxer uprising in China in 1900. Oberlin was chosen as the proper place for this monument because all but four of those killed were Oberlin students or members of their families. (Submitted on July 4, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 27, 2025

2. Memorial Arch Marker

Two historic markers, placed in 1902 inside the memorial arch, together recount the names of the missionaries who lost their lives.

Memorial Arch image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 27, 2025

3. Memorial Arch

The memorial arch, located in Tappan Square, in the center of the campus of Oberlin College.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 158 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.