Circa 1899
"Daniels Cigars"
Circa 1939
Heidingsfeld Clothes Store
Harper Hotel
Circa 1948
W. E. Seilkop Corner Rexall
"Grand Opening" — — Map (db m60929) HM
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
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
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
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
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
This memorial dedicated to
all that served:
WWII Korea
Vietnam Desert Storm
World War II
1941 - 1945
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Korean War
1950 - 1953
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Vietnam
1965 - 1973
[Roll of . . . — — Map (db m60931) 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
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
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
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
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
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 m214728) WM
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
John A. Smith Building
c. 1880
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m202774) HM
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
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
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
In recognition of the patriotism of the people of Highland County who so generously purchased War Saving Stamps in 1918 this tablet is gratefully erected by the Ohio War Savings Committee — — Map (db m214730) HM
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
Side A 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. . . . — — Map (db m122475) HM
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
