On Barrett Mill Road (County Road 1) 0.3 miles west of Ferneau Road (County Road 259), on the right when traveling east.
Welcome
Welcome to Miller Nature Sanctuary
Over millions of years, this land was shaped by flowing water and glaciers, creating the natural arches, slump blocks, and waterfalls which make Miller Nature Sanctuary a fascinating and unique . . . — — Map (db m246407) HM
On North 5th Street at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south on North 5th Street.
1844
After
80 years of service
and
40 years of silence
The old school bell
rings out again
"The spirit it awakened still is
living, ever young."
1964
Commemorating
the golden anniversary of
Edward Lee McClain . . . — — Map (db m281746) HM
On Washington Street (Ohio Route 41/753) at Jefferson Street (Route 28/138), on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
Circa 1899
"Daniels Cigars"
Circa 1939
Heidingsfeld Clothes Store
Harper Hotel
Circa 1948
W. E. Seilkop Corner Rexall
"Grand Opening" — — Map (db m60929) HM
On Jefferson Street (Ohio Route 28/138) east of 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
A focal point of community pride for generations, McClain High School was the gift of textile manufacturer Edward Lee McClain to his hometown, "as promising the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time." Designed by nationally . . . — — Map (db m60866) HM
On South McArthur Way at Jefferson Street ( Route 28), on the right when traveling north on South McArthur Way.
On this site the Greenfield
First Presbyterian
Church
was organized June 24, 1820
The first minister
Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D.
1820 - 1856 — — Map (db m298924) HM
Near North Washington Street (Ohio Route 41) north of Massie Street, on the right when traveling north.
Erected by
James H. Freshour
of
Co. I. 81st Regt. O.V.V.I.
to the memory of
the Union soldiers
of
Greenfield and vicinity
of the War of the Rebellion
1861-1865 — — Map (db m122544) WM
1796
Duncan McArthur leads surveying
party to Greenfield.
Washington elected president
1799
McArthur lays out town of
Greenfield. First road
to town completed.
1801
First inn and first
Justice of Peace.
Ferry . . . — — Map (db m60893) HM
On Jefferson Street (Ohio Route 28) at North McArthur Way, on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street.
reenfield's 1799 founders took up the prohibition of slavery that their faith demanded and was set in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance.
Greenfield played a significant role to abolish slavery culminating with the Civil War and continuing through . . . — — Map (db m298923) HM
On South McArthur Way at Jefferson Street ( Route 28), on the right when traveling north on South McArthur Way.
Greenfield's 1799 founders took up the prohibition of slavery that their faith demanded and was set in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance.
Greenfield played a significant role to abolish slavery culminating with the Civil War and continuing through . . . — — Map (db m298925) HM
On Jefferson Street (Ohio Route 28/138) at McArthur Way, on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street.
The Smith Tannery is the oldest original structure remaining in Greenfield. Built in 1821 by Revolutionary War veteran William Smith and his son Samuel, the tannery became a noted station on the fabled "Underground Railroad." The structure, . . . — — Map (db m60862) HM
On North Washington Street (Ohio Route 753), on the left when traveling north.
Side A The factory of the C. R. Patterson & Sons Company once stood near here at 138 N. Washington Street. Established in the mid-nineteenth century by the black businessman Charles Richard (C. R.) Patterson and his white partner, J. P. . . . — — Map (db m122482) HM
On North Washington Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on North Washington Street.
The story of the Patterson family begins in 1841 when Charles and Nancy Patterson moved to Greenfield from Virginia with their son, Charles Richard (C.R.). C.R. would have been around 8 years old. The Pattersons were free people of color however, . . . — — Map (db m298921) HM
On South McArthur Street at Mirabeau Street, on the right when traveling north on South McArthur Street.
The cemetery's four acres on the west bank of Paint Creek were given by Duncan McArthur when he founded Greenfield in 1799 and are the final resting place for approximately 900 burials.
In 1821 a stone meeting house stood to the north of the . . . — — Map (db m298926) HM
On South McArthur Way at Jefferson Street ( Route 28), on the right when traveling north on South McArthur Way.
The Patchwork Path by Bettye Stroud is the story of a young slave girl, Hannah, who, after the sale of her sister and death of her mother, escapes slavery with her father. She takes along a quilt sewn by her mother, who explained the "special . . . — — Map (db m298928) HM
On McArthur Way at General Hull Way, on the left when traveling south on McArthur Way.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
———————
Honoring Rotarian
Frank Raymond Harris
1880 - . . . — — Map (db m60857) HM
On Washington Street south of Jefferson Street ( Route 28/138), on the right when traveling south.
This memorial dedicated to all that served.
WW II Vietnam Korea Desert Storm
Greenfield knew them.... Don't forget them.
World War II 1941 - 1945
Charles Albert Kenneth Arnott Weldon A Baird Louis A Baker . . . — — Map (db m281744) WM
Side A:
Augustus West, an African American, was born in Madison County, Virginia on March 20, 1814, and moved to Ohio in 1837. Legend has it that West was a runaway slave and worked as a farm laborer before designing a scheme to purchase his . . . — — Map (db m28631) HM
On Jefferson Street (Ohio Route 28/138) at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on Jefferson Street.
Our Honored
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Owen Barr Fred Brown Chas. Cannon Dean Carper James Denewitz Walter Eads Louis Eckert Wm. Eyler Joseph Fox Hugh George Oscar Gibson Howard Gilbert Harry Hartzel Waisel Hrabawske . . . — — Map (db m281742) WM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 28/72) west of New Lexington Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
To honor the memory of these who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
William H. Burton
Luther R. Cordell
Walter Howsman
Frederick Linn
William Linkhart
Edward T. Morrow
Robert B. Tolle
Charles E. Wright . . . — — Map (db m160301) WM
On North West Street (Ohio Route 73) north of West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north.
C. S. Bell Foundry
and Showroom
1866
Expanded 1892
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1882 — — Map (db m202690) HM
On North High Street (U.S. 62) north of West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north.
Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools and legal victory in the first test case of Brown v. Board of Education in the North
Marching Mothers
Zella Cumberland Elsie Steward Young Sallie Williams Zora . . . — — Map (db m202700) HM
On South East Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South East Street.
Tracing the beginning of education in any area can be challenging and Highland County is no different. The Land Ordinance of 1785 was the first document to address public education; and the statute which governed the Northwest Territory, The . . . — — Map (db m268405) HM
On North High Street (U.S. 62) at Trimble Place, on the right when traveling south on North High Street.
To the memory of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of
Highland County, Ohio
who served in the
Union Army
during the War of the Rebellion — — Map (db m166055) WM
On North High Street at West Main Street ( Route 73), on the left when traveling north on North High Street.
In honor of the Revolutionary soldiers buried in Highland County, Ohio.
Samuel Adkins James Anderson Benjamin Arthur Azor Bagley John Beard Andrew Beatty William Bell Thomas Bernard William Boatman Thomas Brady Daniel . . . — — Map (db m235377) WM
On Foraker Place at West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north on Foraker Place.
In honor and memory of all veterans of Highland County who served our country in times of peace and war, and to those who paid the supreme sacrifice so that we might enjoy freedom. Their spirit, devotion and love of country will be forever . . . — — Map (db m235375) WM
On East Main Street (Ohio Route 124) west of South East Street, on the right when traveling east.
In the year 1870 Hillsboro was the center of population of the United States.
The exact center was located 3/4 of a mile east in front of the Marshall Pike (S.R. 124) in a lane on the Lilley Farm in front of the Dr. Robert D. Lilley Home, a . . . — — Map (db m202709) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 50) west of South High Street (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling east.
John A. Smith Building
c. 1880
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior — — Map (db m221616) HM
On South East Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South East Street.
The Log Cabin was originally built circa 1830 by George Robison along Mad River Road.
The cabin was donated by the Curtis Wilson family in 1980. The cabin was moved to its current site in 1990 during the Festival of Bells when it was . . . — — Map (db m268404) HM
On West Main (U.S. 50) at Willettsville Pike ( Route 124), on the right when traveling west on West Main.
Creator of some of America's favorite cartoon characters, Milton Caniff was born in Hillsboro in 1907 and graduated from Ohio State University in 1930. He created his first comic strip in 1932 for the Associated Press Syndicate, and in 1934 . . . — — Map (db m121939) HM
New Market
In 1798, Henry Massie, brother of General Nathaniel Massie, platted a town, the earliest permanent settlement in Highland County, covering 400 acres and named it New Market after a town in his native Virginia. New Market served as . . . — — Map (db m121938) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 50) east of North High Street (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling west.
1808 Jasper Hand 1828
1823 Jacob Kirby 1873
1849 Wm. R. Smith 1900
1863 Kirby Smith 1920
1865 Walter G. Smith 1925
1904 Ed. B. Ayres, Jr. 1964 — — Map (db m202703) HM
On North East Street (Ohio Route 247) at Collins Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North East Street.
Side A
The Lincoln School, which stood on this site from 1869 to 1956, was a segregated elementary school intended for the city's African American students, grades one through eight. Hillsboro was the site of the first Northern desegregation suit . . . — — Map (db m121940) HM
On North High Street (U.S. 62) north of West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling south.
In recognition of the patriotism of the people of Highland County who oversubscribed their war savings quota in 1918 this tablet is gratefully erected by the Ohio War Savings Committee — — Map (db m221617) HM
On Diamond Drive 0.5 miles south of North High Street (U.S. 62).
2nd Lieutenant John W. Bowen, Jr.
July 14, 1922
Killed in Action Apr. 14, 1944
Flight Officer George D. Collins
Nov. 11, 1922
Killed in Action July 10, 1943
2nd Lieutenant Spencer L. Shaw
Sept. 8, 1921
Killed in Action . . . — — Map (db m268698) WM
On Diamond Drive 1 mile east of U.S. 62, on the right when traveling north.
Charles Lovedahl 1Lt/ US Army Lynchburg Daniel Hively Sgt US Army Danville James Waulk, Jr. Corpus. Army Greenfield Mark Hook Pfc/ US Army Hillsboro Stephen Colopy Spc4/ US Army Danville William Brown Spc4/ US Army Hillsboro Daniel . . . — — Map (db m271586) WM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 62) at Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
W.J. Manifold Richard W. Priest Homer H. Wolfe John E. Priest, Jr.
John P. Dewey James P. Morgan Charles D. Engle John H. Davis, Jr.
McKinley Sauer Earl Surber Jack H. Willis H.H. Lowe John E. Priest
Edsel O. Clark . . . — — Map (db m303284) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 28) at Market Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
[Left mural, clockwise from top left, depicts:
Pure service station Ice cream stand Leesburg school
Candle-Lite Company Mason Fence Co. Railroad depot]
[Right mural, clockwise from top left, depicts:
Leesburg Auto Co. Leesburg . . . — — Map (db m303243) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 62) at Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Adams, Harold · Adams J.W. · Adams, James · Adams, Joseph · Adams, Manlove · Adrian, James E. · Adrian, Johnny H. · Aldridge, John D. · Allen, Everett · Allen, Floyd · Allen, Mark E., Jr. · Allen, Robert H. · . . . — — Map (db m303274) WM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 62) at Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
MIA ...The Ultimate Sacrifice...
Burns, Harry W - WWII Couan, Morgan M - CW Coulter, James M - CW
Chites, Robert B - WWII Curtis, Charles C - WWII
Dusseau, Lawrence D, Jr - WWII Graves, Everett - WWII
Henley, . . . — — Map (db m304423) WM
On Fort Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Architects of Monumental Earthworks. Fort Hill Earthwork was built 2000 years ago by
indigenous people who flourished in the temperate deciduous forest of Eastern North America. The exact ancestral
lineages and languages that united the . . . — — Map (db m214661) HM
On High Street at Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling west on High Street.
In memory of
our fallen comrads
who died
in defence of the
country in the War
of the Rebellion
1861 to 1865.
12th Regt. O.V.I.
T. J. Murrell T. Hall J. Patterson
1st, Regt. O.V.C.
J. M. Hickman G. Feely
2nd, . . . — — Map (db m274446) WM
On Gist Settlement Road (County Route 291) at Rollins Lane (County Route 430), on the left when traveling south on Gist Settlement Road.
Through the terms of his will, British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c.1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation, the purchase of land and homes, and the establishment of schools and churches. Gist's . . . — — Map (db m272720) HM
On Careytown Road (County Route 10) 0.4 miles south of Powell Road.
The History of Fallsville
Fallsville Wildlife Area is named after Fallsville, Ohio, a short-lived small town in Highland County. Fallsville was settled in the mid- 1820s by the Clouser family of North Carolina, who built a grist mill at the . . . — — Map (db m274443) HM
On U.S. 62 south of Old U.S. 62, on the right when traveling south.
In Memory of
Robert Crites
Sherman Carter
John Carl
James VanZant
Veterans of World
War II who gave
their all
&
to honor those who
returned — — Map (db m303193) WM
On Washington Street at Grant Ct., on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.
Governor Charles Willing Byrd
was the son of Colonel William Byrd of
Virginia. In 1792 President John Adams
appointed him secretary of the Northwest
Territory and in 1802 he became acting
governor of the territory. He was a
delegate to the . . . — — Map (db m121877) HM
