The City of Amherst was founded in 1811. Beginning in 1847, Amherst developed and prospered around the sandstone industry and its associated quarries. This sandstone proved to be an important economic blessing to our early settlers and is the . . . — — Map (db m5525) HM
A progressive farmer, physician, and legislator, Norton S. Townshend lived in Avon from 1830 until his death. His introduction of field drainage tile significantly increased the productivity of Avon farmland. A well-educated country doctor, he . . . — — Map (db m5529) HM
A progressive farmer, physician, and legislator, Norton S. Townshend had a residence in Avon from 1830 until his death.
His introduction of field drainage tile significantly increased the productivity of Avon farming.
A well educated country . . . — — Map (db m96124) HM
The Peter J. Miller House was constructed around 1830 and is
one of the last remaining pre-Civil War lakefront houses in Lorain
County. The architecture is Greek Revival. Peter Miller married
Ruth Houseworth in 1828. They had five children. In . . . — — Map (db m143225) HM
Ray Ewell Richard Gill Leslie Burge Kenneth Miller Hubert Anderson Norman Whiton Herbert M. Goss Charles Jones Clarence Friend Guy Reynolds Arthur Bernardo S. Bud Baker James D. Millers Ralph E. Beebe Howard E. Eveason . . . — — Map (db m246469) WM
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County.
Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley,
Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury
Land Company to buy the township from the
Connecticut Land . . . — — Map (db m134194) HM
Site of the first dedicated house of worship in Lorain County. The first Methodist service in Columbia Township occurred in 1818 in the home of the Widow Burke. Methodists continued to meet in homes until 1830 when the first church building was . . . — — Map (db m175661) HM
For 200 years and counting, Elyrians have been proud to call Ely Square the city's central gathering place. Donated by the city's founder Heman Ely, the square has long featured a series of fountains. Each unique to the generations they've . . . — — Map (db m202679) HM
The nation-wide Easter Seal movement, the first major voluntary effort to provide treatment for the crippled, was founded on this site with the organization of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children by Edgar F. (Daddy) Allen, April 22, 1919. — — Map (db m158975) HM
Elyria businessman Edgar “Daddy” Allen (1862–1937), founder of Easter Seals, is buried in this cemetery with his wife Blanche and son Homer. In 1907 Allen lost his son because of an interurban train crash. The lack of adequate . . . — — Map (db m158976) HM
You've never lived 'til you've almost died for those who fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know."
Scribed on a c-ration container by a soldier during the Vietnam War
This monument dedicated to the memory of members of the United States Armed Force from Elyria, Ohio who gave their lives in World War 1. — — Map (db m202678) WM
King Solomon Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge
in Lorain County, was chartered on December ll,
1821, with Heman Ely as Worshipful Master.
Ely (1775-1852), a prominent land developer,
founded the City of Elyria in 1817, and built
the first grist . . . — — Map (db m144070) HM
Lorain County Community College opened its
Abbe Road facilities on October 3, 1966, making
it the first community college in Ohio with a
permanent campus. At the time, three buildings
had been completed on the 250-acre site
Engineering . . . — — Map (db m224984) HM
Monteith Hall was built in 1835 as the residence of Reverence John Monteith (1788–1868) and family. Before coming to Elyria as the first superintendent of the new high school, Rev. Monteith was an educator and minister in Detroit, Michigan. He . . . — — Map (db m143985) HM
Dedicated to the noble deeds of the men and women of this county who served their country and gave their lives in time of strife and to the lasting memory of their sacrifice. — — Map (db m202684) WM
This propert is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church
1872 — — Map (db m202685) HM
1861 – 1865
Elyria
to
her heroes who fought
and
her martyrs who fell
that
the Republic might live
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Vicksburg — — Map (db m136369) WM
Elyrias founding party left West Springfield, Massachusetts on
February 20, 1817. Heman Ely brought his personal staff of Miss Anna
Snow and an African American youth named Ned. They were
accompanied by Ebenezer Lane, an Ely relative; Luther . . . — — Map (db m143834) HM
On Memorial Day in 1907, interurban car 123 crashed into the rear
of interurban car 129 at the intersection of 5th Street and Middle
Avenue. Eight passengers died including Homer Allen, son of
Elyria businessman Edgar F. Allen. Inadequate . . . — — Map (db m144078) HM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Main
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine — — Map (db m202561) WM
This propert is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
United States
Post Office
1915 — — Map (db m202689) HM
On April 19, 1891, a head-on collision between two trains of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway occurred at the Kipton depot. Eight people lost their lives, and the depot was heavily damaged. The crash occurred when a fast mail train . . . — — Map (db m96536) HM
Discover the
Signs and Signals
of People and Nature
Modern human influence
surrounds this park. Although the
Black River Valley seems to be
spared from development, this
valley has been used for Native
American settlements . . . — — Map (db m177053) HM
At the mouth of the Black River in April, 1787, Moravian missionary David Zeisberger attempted a settlement of Indians but was ordered further west by unfriendly Delaware Indians. On July 16, 1834, a plat of this site was filed by Conrad Reid, . . . — — Map (db m192163) HM
Quincy Adams Gillmore, considered one of the greatest
military engineers and artillerists of the Civil War,
was born to Quartus Gillmore and Elizabeth Reid
Gillmore at this location in l825. He attended Norwalk
Academy and taught high school in . . . — — Map (db m143353) HM
Helen Steiner Rice was born on May 19, 1900, in Lorain, the daughter of Anna and John Steiner. Demonstrating an early propensity for writing, Helen planned for college, but her father's death during the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic kept her . . . — — Map (db m67511) HM
Prior to the Civil War, Ohio was a leading state for enslaved Americans
of African descent traveling the Underground Railroad to freedom in
Canada. For these fugitives, their final stop in Ohio was a Lake
Erie port community in the north. One . . . — — Map (db m143281) HM
On October 22, 1913, Congress appropriated $35,000 to build a light-
and-fog station at Lorain harbor. Construction began after plans
were approved in 1916. The concrete structure was finished and light
placed in service in 1917, but the station . . . — — Map (db m143276) HM
Side One
Lorain's shipbuilding industry began when Augustus Jones and William Murdock began constructing wooden sailing vessels on the west side near the mouth of the Black River. The sloop General Huntington was the first boat launched . . . — — Map (db m67504) HM
Just after 5:00 P.M on June 28, 1924, a tornado swept off Lake Erie directly into downtown Lorain. Within five minutes, seventy-eight people lost their lives. Fifteen died in the old State Theatre that stood upon this site, as an audience of two . . . — — Map (db m67510) HM
In 1807 a Trading Post with the Indians was established near this site by Nathan Pery, Jr. that resulted in the settlement of Lorain which in pioneer days was known as the Mouth of the Black River. — — Map (db m5547) HM
Despite all the logging and development in this valley over the last few hundred years, some giant trees have survived. These modern giants give only a hint of the giants of the past.
A Giant's Tale
A giant tree grew near this spot over . . . — — Map (db m177055) HM
First Church was built by the Oberlin Community in 1842-44
for the great evangelist Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875).
He was its pastor, headed Oberlin Colleges Theology Department, and later became College president. In the
mid-19th . . . — — Map (db m144079) HM
Aluminum pioneer Charles Martin Hall was born in 1863 in Thompson, Ohio (Geauga County), and moved with his family to Oberlin in 1873. Hall graduated from Oberlin College in 1885, studying chemistry under Professor Frank Fanning Jewett . . . — — Map (db m224994) HM
The intersection of Main and College streets has been the center of
Oberlin since the town and college were founded in 1833. The first
downtown buildings were made of wood and were destroyed by a series
of spectacular fires. The first college . . . — — Map (db m144173) HM
A key junction on the Underground Railroad in Oberlin, Ohio connected at least five routes that led from slavery to freedom. No fugitive in Oberlin was ever returned to bondage. Freedom seekers lived openly in the town, and were supported by its . . . — — Map (db m144166) HM
Oberlin College and Community. Founded in 1833. Reverend John Jay Shipherd and Philo Penfield Stewart envisioned an educational institution and colony dedicated to the glory of God and named in honor of John Frederick Oberlin, . . . — — Map (db m144277) HM
Jabez Lyman Burrell (1806-1900), originally from Massachusetts, built this house in 1852. Burrell made his living as a cattleman and farmer, but devoted much of his time to serving the cause of abolitionism, helping slaves who had escaped the South . . . — — Map (db m101111) HM
This fence is made from railings that graced the Morgan Street Bridge from circa 1880 to 2008. Oberlin Heritage Center volunteers devoted many hours to salvage, repair and installed them here for all to enjoy. — — Map (db m144251) HM
Shortly after Oberlin Colony was established in 1833, a two-acre burying ground was set aside south of Plum Creek in the area bounded by Main, Morgan, and Professor streets. By 1861, however, with the town and Oberlin College growing and the Civil . . . — — Map (db m144282) HM
Willard Van Orman Quine was one of the greatest philosophers and
logicians of the 20th century. Born in Akron on June 25, 1908, Quine
studied philosophy and logic at Oberlin College (B.A. 1930). He received
his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard . . . — — Map (db m144178) HM
Civil War
J. Wolfe F. Campbell G. Furman J. Dagnan A. W. Mitchell S. Mitchell E. Mitchell F. Mitchell F. Stabbins A. A. Pond W. M. Crandall J. Irish C. Church S. Crapo W. Rugg B. Ross S. Philips E. H. Rowland . . . — — Map (db m246470) WM
The 103rd O.V.I. was recruited for Civil War service from Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. The Regiment was organized at Cleveland in August, 1862, and served until 1865 in campaigns at Cincinnati, Knoxville, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, and . . . — — Map (db m67469) HM WM
In June 1815, Captain Jabez Burrell settled this land after coming from Sheffield, Massachusetts. Five years later the brick homestead was constructed. Five generations of the Burrell family occupied the homestead continuously from 1820 to January . . . — — Map (db m67503) HM
Around 1867, along the shale cliffs of the lakeshore of Sheffield Lake, Jay Terrell found fossils of a "terrible fish" later named in his honor as Dinichthys Terrelli. This animal, now known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, was a massive arthrodire (an . . . — — Map (db m67502) HM
Erected in appreciation of those of South Amherst and vicinity who gave their services in the World War.
1917-1918
J. M. Adams
L. A. Adams
E. Anderson
H. Barnhardt
A. Barricilli
D. Barricilli
J. W. Bruce
Wm. . . . — — Map (db m202676) WM
We gratefully remember all of our veterans who answered their country's call to duty in a time of need and stood in harms way so that this great nation might remain the land of the free and home of the brave. — — Map (db m202674) WM
The Village of South Amherst incorporated in 1918. Mayor Fred Ruth and village's council authorized a special election on February 22, 1919 so that the village could issue bonds to establish a town hall. The village used the funds to buy the house . . . — — Map (db m202560) HM
Dedicated by Brownie Girl Scouts in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in World War II
John Jones
Charles Carland
Paul Shairba
Andrew Vassie
Maynerd Jones
Walter Ruth
John Klimosewski
John Szekely — — Map (db m202675) WM
This tablet was erected
by Wellington residents
to honor the memory of
Archibald M. Willard
creator of the
“Spirit of 76”
who conceived the idea for his
famous inspirational painting on
this public square, henceforth . . . — — Map (db m38796) HM
This Library was erected by Hon. Myron T. Herrick once our fellow citizen, always our friend. He dedicated it to the memory of his Father and Mother, Timothy R. Herrick and Mary Hulbert Herrick and presented it to the Township of . . . — — Map (db m191379) HM
Side one:
Horr Cheese House, 1865
As late as the Civil War era, cheesemaking in Ohio remained largely a cottage industry. After investigating new processes and obtaining pledges for a reliable milk supply from area farmers, brothers . . . — — Map (db m38814) HM
Wellington gratefully acknowledges the gift of the land for this park and square made by Mr. and Mrs. Alonson Howk who were among the area's earliest settlers, arriving in the Fall of 1818 — — Map (db m229103) HM
Panel A:
In grateful Memory of the Volunteers from Huntington Who offered up their Lives to Preserve the Federal Union in the Great American Rebellion
Panel B:
Sergt. E.A. Sprague
Gauley River Va. Oct. 9, 1861 Ζ . . . — — Map (db m38832) HM
Center marker, front:
Revolutionary War 1775-1783
War of 1812
Civil War 1861-1865
Spanish American 1898-1901
World War 1917-1918
World War II 1941-1945
Korean War 1950-1953
Vietnam War 1961-1975
Center marker, . . . — — Map (db m38810) WM
Wellington was the hub of the Nations cheese-processing industry in the last half of the 19th century. The rich pasture lands of southern Lorain County, enterprising farmers, selective cattle breeding and astute businessmen contributed to the . . . — — Map (db m191331) HM
Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of our Men and Women Who served our Country in times of War
The erection of this monument made possible by the gifts of the citizens of the community, the assistance of the Huntington Grange, the efforts of . . . — — Map (db m38829) HM
To those who died in Vietnam
Kenneth C. Marley
Davis A. Jones
Gary W. Perkins
Timothy J. Cottrell
Richard M. Logan
Sydney A. Cottrell
They shall not have died in vain — — Map (db m38809) HM
The Wellington-Oberlin Slave Rescue The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 enabled slave owners to enlist federal marshals to recapture their runaway slaves even in free states, so getting across the Ohio River was no guarantee of safety to an escaping . . . — — Map (db m191343) HM
Wm. H. Eisenhower, Co. E. 103rd 0.V.I. Ezekiel Jones Emanuel G. Myers Geo. M. Peasley Morell Seeley Charles Wright, Co. K John Y. Burge, Co. H. 43rd O.V.I. Benj. F. Mills Hugh Mosher Marvin McSheb Jas. . . . — — Map (db m246467) WM
The Seven School Houses
By 1870 there were seven schools in Huntington Township, providing the educational needs of 163 pupils in grades one through eight. Each school was designated by number but was also spoken of by the name of some . . . — — Map (db m246002) HM