On Bainbridge Road at Chillicothe Road (Ohio Route 306), on the right when traveling east on Bainbridge Road.
Founded in 1817, Bainbridge Township was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, commander of the USS Constitution during the War of 1812. The unincorporated hamlet of Bainbridge Center is both the geographic and historic center of Bainbridge . . . — — Map (db m122744) HM
Near Bainbridge Road at Chillicothe Road (Ohio Route 306).
Erected in 1822 by 30 of the 200 Bainbridge Township residents as a Methodist Episcopal Church, this building was sold to the township in 1866 and served as a town hall and public meeting place for the next 76 years. During the 1900-1901 school . . . — — Map (db m122746) HM
On Spring Street at West Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Spring Street.
The Burton Congregational Church was organized in 1808 and met in several nearby locations before this present building was erected in 1836 at a cost of $4,000. It was originally located within the park directly opposite where it stands today, but . . . — — Map (db m122754) HM
On Spring Street at West Park Street, on the left when traveling west on Spring Street.
Erected by the citizens of Burton to the memory of those who served from this community and those who gave their lives in the service of our country in all wars.
Sponsored by
Atwood Mauck Post 459
American Legion
1954 — — Map (db m166038) WM
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In 1796, surveyors for the Connecticut Land Company designated an area five miles square surrounding this place as Range 7, Township 7 of the Connecticut Western Reserve. A landowner's expedition on June 15, 1798, arrived at the . . . — — Map (db m122760) HM
In 1877, Burton Village merchants purchased this ten-pound Parrott gun from the War Department in Washington, D.C. The cannon is said to have been fired at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, during the Civil War.
The inauguration of Rutherford B. . . . — — Map (db m122771) HM
Near West Park Street, 0.1 miles south of Spring Street.
Erected to the Memory of the Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Burton, Ohio
This tablet was placed by citizens of Burton and dedicated by the Western Reserve Society, Sons of the American Revolution
September 12, 1937.
Amos Beard . . . — — Map (db m122773) WM
Near North Cheshire Street (County Route 3) at Berkshire Lane, on the left when traveling south.
The Great Geauga county Fair is the longest continuously operating
county fair in Ohio. The fair is a major county gathering event
each year, pulling together people from the whole county. Geauga’s
settlers imported the idea of the county fair . . . — — Map (db m134516) HM
Near West Park Street, 0.1 miles south of Spring Street.
Soldier of the Revolution
Pioneer Missionary and Educator of the Western Reserve
Founder of the Burton Academy in this village in 1805
Marked on July 24, 1926 — — Map (db m122772) HM
On West Park Avenue at Cheshire Street, on the left when traveling east on West Park Avenue.
Side A
In recognition of its noteworthy representation of the history, culture, and architecture of the Western Reserve, Burton Village's Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Historic . . . — — Map (db m122778) HM
Built in 1838 by Eleazer Hickox who came to Burton in 1804. The frame annex is part of the old home of Thomas Umberfield, the first white settler in this, Geauga County. He arrived here in 1798. — — Map (db m122779) HM
On West Park Street, 0.1 miles south of Spring Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side A
The Second High School
This Queen Anne style building with segmental-arched windows and steep hipped roof was Burton's second high school. Completed in 1885 at a cost of $12,500, it is wood framed with a brick and stone . . . — — Map (db m122774) HM
On East Park Street (Route 87) at South Cheshire Street, on the left when traveling east on East Park Street.
In 1974, the National Register of Historic Places added the Burton Village Historic District to its inventory. To date, 15 Burton Village buildings and structures have received that designation and are pictured on this map.
In June, 1798 . . . — — Map (db m213385) HM
On Goodwin Street, 0.2 miles east of Cheshire Street, on the right when traveling west.
Side A
Welton Cemetery was known as Roselawn Cemetery until the early 1900s. Early settlers to the Burton area donated the land. Welton Cemetery is the burial place for veterans of the nation's wars and for several state officials. Judge . . . — — Map (db m122782) HM
On Chillicothe Road (Ohio Route 306) 0.2 miles south of Bainbridge Road (County Route 11), on the right when traveling south.
Tuberous Begonia
Official Bainbridge
Township Flower
Carlton brought the
Tuberous Rooted Begonia
to this country from
Belgium after WWI
Established Lowe's Greenhouse
on Rt. 306 in 1926
Carlton's community service . . . — — Map (db m138053) HM
On Chillicothe Road (Ohio Route 306) 0.2 miles south of Bainbridge Road (County Route 11), on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to
the men and women of
Bainbridge Township
who have served their country
[Armed Forces service emblems]
In honor and memory of all who served
and those who died for the preservation
of our . . . — — Map (db m138051) WM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, this building was the post office from 1940 through 1986. It is an example of the Colonial Revival style common in the 1930s and 1940s. The exterior brick work, large Palladian window, . . . — — Map (db m122787) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles north of Water Street (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south.
Side A
Chardon was designated the county seat of Geauga County in 1808. On July 25, 1868, the entire village business district (now Main Street) was destroyed by fire, including forty businesses, offices, meeting halls, and the 1824 . . . — — Map (db m122789) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles south of North Hambden Street (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south.
Side A
This block of Main Street overlooks the Geauga County Courthouse, which was built in 1869. The courthouse and the Main Street buildings, together which compose a district that has been entered on the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m122788) HM
Near Mayfield Road (U.S. 322) 0.1 miles east of Fowlers Mill Road.
Side A
Fowler's Mill Historic District
Fowlers Mill (originally Fowler's Mills) developed around a group of mills built in the 1830s on the Chagrin River. Opportunities from these mills led to Fowlers Mill becoming the commercial . . . — — Map (db m122784) HM
On Fowlers Mill Road, 0.1 miles north of Mayfield Road (U.S. 322), on the right when traveling south.
Side A
Fowler's Mill Historic District
Fowlers Mill (originally Fowler's Mills) developed around a group of mills built in the 1830s on the Chagrin River. Opportunities from these mills led to Fowlers Mill becoming the commercial . . . — — Map (db m122785) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 6) at Short Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
In honor of all Geauga County servicemen who made the supreme sacrifice in the
Korean War
Richard Casper •
Peter B. Skiba •
Robert D. Bond •
Richard B. Crandall •
William C. Hoyes •
David E. Ladow •
Robert F. Plzak •
Henry L. . . . — — Map (db m202400) WM
On Main Street south of U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south.
In honor of all Geauga County servicemen who made the supreme sacrifice in the Vietnam War
Richard M. Bargar •
Robert K. Hall •
Charles J. Hildenbrand •
William I. Inman •
Paul J. Kingery •
David M. Lacey •
Ernest A. Molzon • . . . — — Map (db m202398) WM
On Main Street south of U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south.
Under the parent of this tree Washington took command of the American Army, July 8, 1725.
This elm tree replaces that memorialized by the 1932 "George Washington” Tree which succumbed to Dutch elm disease in 1995.
The new tree was . . . — — Map (db m202397) HM WM
On Main Street north of Short Court Street, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of Geauga County servicemen who made the supreme sacrifice
Gerald Horwath •
Richard C. Hurst •
Richard C. Jeffs •
Joseph Kampf •
Leo H. Kehn •
Harold C. Kellogg •
William Kilmer •
Weikko Kiviniemi •
Donald R. . . . — — Map (db m202399) WM
On Main Street (Route 6) near Short Court Street, on the left when traveling south.
In recognition of the Patriotism of the People of Geauga County who so generously purchased War Savings Stamps in 1918 this tablet is gratefully erected by the Ohio War Savings Committee — — Map (db m202402) WM
On Main Street at U.S. 6, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Founded in 1959, Ohio's Buckeye
Trail (BT) is the only long-distance
hiking trail entirely within Ohio.
More than 1,400 miles loop through
wooded footpaths, abandoned
railroads, historic towpaths, back
roads, rivers and lake shores, . . . — — Map (db m202395) HM
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The First Congregational Church of Claridon has served the community since it was dedicated in the summer of 1832. Twenty-seven souls from the Burton Congregational Church petitioned to form their own church in Claridon in November . . . — — Map (db m122786) HM
On North Cheshire Street at Goodwin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Cheshire Street.
Side A
Originally called the James Thompson Inn, named for its builder, the son of Middlefield's first settler, Isaac Thompson, the Batavia House is Middlefield's oldest remaining structure. Built in 1818, the two-story wood frame structure . . . — — Map (db m122783) HM
On Ravenna Road (Ohio Route 44) 0.3 miles north of Bell Road (Local Route 10), on the right when traveling north.
Side A
Called the "Cradle of Equal Suffrage" and "Free Speech Chapel," Union Chapel was to be "...open and free for all denominations, but to be monopolized by no one or to the exclusion of anyone." Built in 1858 or 1859 on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m122751) HM
On Ravenna Road (Ohio Route 44) 0.3 miles north of Bell Street (Local Route 10), on the right when traveling north.
Built by citizens of South Newbury, Ohio on land donated by Anson Mathews in 1856. This chapel was dedicated to
Free Speech
by
James Abram Garfield
Twentieth President of the United States
Other speakers in this chapel were
Susan B. . . . — — Map (db m122752) HM
Near Washington Street at Savage Road (County Route 190), on the right when traveling west.
From east to west, the Chagrin Falls and Eastern Interurban Railway
crossed the Muggleton Farm (now South Russell Village Park) at this
location and connected the Chagrin Valley with Hiram, Garrettsville,
and Middlefield. Its sister interurban, . . . — — Map (db m137137) HM
On Madison Road (Ohio Route 528) 0.1 miles south of Thompson Road, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Thompson Ohio
As a youth of 22 years he unlocked from natures grasp the modern metal aluminum giving to the nation the countless benefits of the metal and the aluminum industry which his discovery made possible — — Map (db m122790) HM
On Thompson Road (Local Route 7) 0.2 miles east of Madison Road, on the right when traveling east.
Side A
Thompson Ledges
Due to what is known as the Sharon Conglomerate or pebbly sandstone, these ledges have played an important role in the daily life of local residents and the economy. The porousness of this rock, which underlies . . . — — Map (db m122791) HM
