Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Tell Taylor's Career Was Launched

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 9, 2023

1. Tell Taylor's Career Was Launched Marker

Inscription.
Tell Taylor's career was launched when Joe Howard, comedy star of that day, heard him sing in a restaurant in Buffalo in 1901. During the Pan American Exposition and offered him a singing role in his company.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 41° 2.721′ N, 83° 37.948′ W. Marker is in Findlay, Ohio, in Hancock County. It can be reached from the intersection of McManness Avenue and Cherry Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 831 Cherry St, Findlay OH 45840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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

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are within walking distance of this marker: Memorial Park Legend (a few steps from this marker); Tell Taylor Is Buried in the Family Plot (within shouting distance of this marker); Down By The Old Mill Stream (within shouting distance of this marker); Song And Dance Man Of The Early 1900's (within shouting distance of this marker); As A Young Man (within shouting distance of this marker); Adding Music To The Curriculum (within shouting distance of this marker); First Public Golf Course (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cloys M. Cole (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Findlay.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 9, 2023

2. Tell Taylor's Career Was Launched Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on August 28, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 17, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.