Winesburg in Holmes County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Winesburg School Bell

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 26, 2025

1. Winesburg School Bell Marker

Inscription. This bell was purchased in 1883 from the Bell Manufacturing Co. of Fredericktown, Ohio. It was cast by Cummings and Kosack, weighs 350 pounds and cost $17.60. It rang from the belfry of the old school house that was torn down in 1948.

The lessons now are ended
Yet the echoes of the bell
Seem to linger in the tree tops
Seem to whisper All is well.

Erected as a memorial by the Winesburg Home and School League May 27, 1966

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 27, 1966.

Location. 40° 36.941′ N, 81° 41.812′ W. Marker is in Winesburg, Ohio, in Holmes County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 62) and West Old Main Street (County Route 160), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2165 Main Street, Dundee OH 44624, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in Northern Appalachia. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Winesburg's First Settlers and Pioneers Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Robert Henry Sunkle (approx. 0.3 miles away); West Lawn Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wilmot Civil War Memorial

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(approx. 4.3 miles away); History of of Greenlawn Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Mount Eaton (approx. 5.3 miles away); Paint Township Veterans (approx. 5.4 miles away); Arnold Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winesburg.

Winesburg School Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 26, 2025

2. Winesburg School Bell

Winesburg School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 26, 2025

3. Winesburg School

Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.