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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hamilton County, Ohio
Adjacent to Hamilton County, Ohio
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On the site of this school
between the years 1846 - 1850 lived
Stephen C. Foster
Master of the Art of Song
Composer of
My Old Kentucky Home
Swanee River
Old Black Joe
and many others
In Native ballad form and . . . — — Map (db m43654) HM
This Federal house was begun about 1820 for Martin Baum (1765-1831), one of Cincinnati's early merchants. Art patron and abolitionist Nicholas Longworth (1782-1863) lived here for more than thirty years and commissioned the notable landscape murals . . . — — Map (db m24602) HM
Ted Kluszewski was an imposing physical specimen, a quintessential power hitter and the inspiration for Cincinnati's sleeveless uniforms. With room for his bulging biceps to move, “Big Klu” muscled his way through the 1950s, averaging . . . — — Map (db m52827) HM
built in 1859, was constructed from stone quarried from the slopes of Mt. Adams. Early it was known as the "Archbishop's Church" in honor of Archbishop Purcell (1800-83) who donated the land and supervised construction. It was conceived as a votive . . . — — Map (db m112918) HM
In 1862, less than a mile upriver from this marker, the John Lithoberry Shipyard in Cincinnati constructed the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden steam transport. At the end of the Civil War, the U.S. Government contracted the Sultana to . . . — — Map (db m24614) HM
On this property in 1831
Bishop Edward Fenwick established a college
known as the Anthenaeum and placed it
under the patronage of St. Francis Xavier.
In 1840 his seccessor,
Bishop John Baptist Purcell,
gave the College to members of . . . — — Map (db m42659) HM
The Berlin Wall
On August 13, 1961,
the totalitarian government
of East Germany split Berlin
with a wall of concrete.
Free expression of thought
disappeared, From 1961
to 1989 some 130 people
were killed attempting to
escape through . . . — — Map (db m130350) HM
The oldest building in Cincinnati's basin area, the Betts House exemplifies a national trend on the expanding frontier of impermanent log and frame structures giving way to more permanent brick architecture. It is the earliest surviving brick . . . — — Map (db m23943) HM
Side A:
Following the success of Confederate forces in eastern Kentucky and General John Hunt Morgan's raids there in 1862, Cincinnatians believed that Southern invasion was imminent. Anxious officials ordered Cincinnati citizens to form home . . . — — Map (db m24617) HM
When it opened May 30, 1850, the 340-room hotel located on this site was considered one of the finest hotels in the world. Abraham Lincoln stayed here on September 17-18, 1859, while campaigning for the Ohio Republican Party. Lincoln also stayed at . . . — — Map (db m98117) HM
The Church
Families of Salem settlement first held services in Francis McCormick's log home. When he gave land in 1817 for a church and public school, they built a log church on this site, later replacing it with a brick building. In 1863 the . . . — — Map (db m19922) HM
Side A:
Prompted by response to his popular lectures, astronomer Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1809-1862) founded the Cincinnati Astronomical Society (CAS) in 1842. With CAS funding, Mitchel traveled to Munich, Bavaria, to acquire the optical . . . — — Map (db m24623) HM
The first in a succession of schools that eventually gave College Hill its name was CARY'S ACADEMY FOR BOYS. Freeman Cary opened this school in his home on Hamilton Avenue in 1832. Success necessitated larger quarters and in 1833 . . . — — Map (db m158447) HM
Side A:
Flatboats on the Ohio River brought many of the first Irish, some with land grants received after the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, to the Cincinnati area. In 1789, Francis Kennedy arrived in Losantiville, where he operated . . . — — Map (db m24611) HM
Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), pioneering historian of the American Jew, founded the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati in 1947. In the aftermath of World War II and the brutal destruction of European Jewry, Marcus anticipated the . . . — — Map (db m24849) HM
The Kroger Co. Near this site in was one of the original Kroger Grocery & Baking Company stores, where Bernard H. Kroger began serving
the Over-the-Rhine area in 1902. Kroger was 23 years when he opened his first store. The Great Western Tea . . . — — Map (db m133320) HM
The Miami and Erie Canal
———— • ————
Over this site once flowed the Miami and
Erie Canal, linking the Ohio River with the
Maumee and Lake Erie. The canal was opened
in 1827 and was finally . . . — — Map (db m43960) HM
Elegance has surrounded Lytle almost from the beginning. This imposing, Federal-style mansion, built by Martin Baum in 1820, became the social and cultural center of Cincinnati in the mid-1880's under the ownership of Nicholas Longworth, a noted . . . — — Map (db m24894) HM
In the year 1792, Henry Tucker started clearing land and erecting a Station House on the old Indian Trace in what is now the village of Woodlawn. He had purchased the land from John Cleves Symmes for two dollars per acre. Fear of Indian Attack drove . . . — — Map (db m76291) HM
Here, at the third crossing of Mill Creek, Jacob
White, in 1790, built a stockaded settlement consisting
of six cabins and a blockhouse. White’s Station
was one of several walled settlements which
guarded the approaches of Cincinnati and . . . — — Map (db m76218) HM
William Howard Taft Born here on September 15, 1857, William Howard Taft is the only American to have served as President and Chief Justice of the United States. His unique career of public service began after he graduated from Yale University . . . — — Map (db m59348) HM
In 1836, Paul Rust, cabinetmaker was selling “coffins”. Developed into a modern funeral home by three generations of the Wiltsee family. The operation was entrusted in 1945 to two employees, Schaefer & Busby. It is now Ohio's oldest . . . — — Map (db m24309) HM
Side A: Woodward High School
William and Abigail Cutter Woodward founded Woodward High School, the first public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains, on this site October 24, 1831. Concerned that the poor of Cincinnati had no avenues . . . — — Map (db m24596) HM
This one-of-a-kind structure was designed and built by Cincinnati’s Verdin Company. Sensors under the piano keys electronically cause the strikers at the top of the structure to ring the chimes.
The chimes themselves are historic. They were . . . — — Map (db m98037) HM
“To commemorate the services
of the citizens of Cleves , who
served in the armed forces of
their country. Some of whom made
the supreme sacrifice in World Wars I and II.”
This tablet and drinking fountain
are gratefully . . . — — Map (db m135129) WM
side A Border warfare characterized the American Revolution on the northwest frontier. Between August 26 and September 15, 1781, sixty-four survivors of Lochry's Expedition were held captive by "Butler's Rangers" (British-allied Indians led by . . . — — Map (db m134916) WM
side A (south)
Harrison, later to become the ninth president of the United States,
was a strong supporter of the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal project
and a major subscriber of stock in the canal company. He sold
land from his North Bend . . . — — Map (db m78769) HM
While many Ohioans panicked in the path of Confederate
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry — hiding their
valuables and fleeing their homes — the Schencks and the
Thompsons resolved to defend both. During the Civil War
this . . . — — Map (db m108238) HM
(South Face)
State Line as resurveyed under a joint resolution passed by Indiana on the 27th Jan. and by Ohio on the 10th March 1837.
(East Face)
Ohio
(North Face)
Erected Nov. 27th, 1838.
(West . . . — — Map (db m81784) HM
More than a week after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 rebel soldiers remained on Northern
soil. In the early morning of July 14, 1863, the crack Confederate
cavalry division of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan . . . — — Map (db m108240) HM
Eckstein Elementary School operated on this site from 1915-1958 serving the Glendale's Negro Children from Kindergarten through eighth grade. The school was named in honor of Eleanor Eckstein, who taught the children at various locations in this . . . — — Map (db m133585) HM
At 2 am on July 14, 1863, the sound of hooves on Sharon Avenue's cobblestones interrupted the dark morning stillness. While many townspeople slept, those awakened were terrified by what they saw. Peering from their Glendale College dorm windows, . . . — — Map (db m98212) HM
The large stones used here as fountain elements, benches, and garden accents were quarried from a deposit of granite in Milford, Massachusetts in 1887. These stones artifacts were originally cut for the construction of the Cincinnati Chamber of . . . — — Map (db m134160) HM
Population growth in the newly settled communities of Cincinnati (1788) and Hamilton (1791) led to a call to improve the early Native American and military foot trail that connected the two settlements. The Cincinnati and Hamilton Turnpike Company . . . — — Map (db m158442) HM
Three hundred yards east of this location on Oak Road, overlooking
the Miami & Erie Canal, was the house of abolitionist John Van Zandt
1791-1847). For years this house was known as one of the most active
"stations” on the Underground . . . — — Map (db m133584) HM
Established in 1851 after the addition of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway, Glendale incorporated in 1855 as Ohio's first planned community and one of the nation's first planned villages. The original planning included forested . . . — — Map (db m19925) HM
This lovely land, acquired by William and Mary J. Burchenal in 1936, was a 360-acre working farm.
Black Angus cattle grazed in the pasture below and corn and soybeans were grown in the fields beyond. Across the creek were hay fields and an apple . . . — — Map (db m134159) HM
In honor of the men of Harrison, Ohio who made the supreme sacrifice
Korean Conflict
Congressional Medal of Honor Award
William Baugh
World War II
Willard Baker Elvyn Fagley Gilbert Otto
Eugene Barrow Robert Gillman . . . — — Map (db m133623) WM
Before noon on July 13, 1863, heads in Harrison turned towards the distant rumble of hooves on the covered bridge over the Whitewater River southwest of town. A long line of Confederate horsemen -- more than 2000 -- inched their way down the hill . . . — — Map (db m133611) HM
Othniel Looker Home
Built 1805
Fifth and only Governor of Ohio who served in the American Revolution
1757- 1845
Placed by Gov. Othniel Looker Chapter DAR
1976 — — Map (db m158419) HM
In honor of P.F.C. William B. Baugh, U.S.M.C. (July 7, 1930 - Nov. 29, 1950), awarded Medal of Honor posthumously for action at Koto-Ri, Korea
Sacrificed his life by smothering an enemy hand grenade with his body thereby saving the lives of his . . . — — Map (db m133622) HM WM
Civic organizations played pivotal roles in the development of
the residential community of Hazelwood, founded as a
subdivision of Blue Ash in 1888. The Hazelwood Civic
Association, initially established as the Brothers Civic Society
in 1941, . . . — — Map (db m133118) HM
Erected by St Marys
Congregation----In
honor of the men who
served their country
during the World War
1917---1918
Sacred to the memory of
those who died for Liberty,
Justice and Peace
Joseph Dermody
Frank Mullarkey . . . — — Map (db m106311) WM
Ground was broken for Mariemont by Mary M. Emery, the village's founder, on April 23, 1923. This planned community was designed by eminent town planner John Nolen and twenty five of America’s leading architects. As part of the garden city . . . — — Map (db m133289) HM
The Madisonville site is the largest and most thoroughly studied
village of the late Fort Ancient culture (AD 1450-1670). Artifacts
were so abundant here that local residents called this site the "pottery field.” Between 1879 and 1911, a . . . — — Map (db m133287) HM
500 feet west of this marker near the big spring is the site of the the blockhouse erected by Capt. Aaron Mercer in 1792 establishing Mercersburgh later known as Newtown. First settlement in Anderson Township — — Map (db m133278) HM
The Clark Stone House, constructed around 1801 by
James Clark (1765-1852), is one of the oldest standing
stone houses in Ohio. Clark, who served as a drummer in the Battle of Yorktown (1781), came with his
family to Anderson Township in 1797 and . . . — — Map (db m133276) HM
Ichabod Benton Miller purchased 440 acres in
Anderson Township on April 2, 1796. The log house
Miller built on his property around 1796 was continuously occupied for more than 170 years until the
Anderson Township Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m133284) HM
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was born here on a farm established by his grandfather, William Henry Harrison. A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Harrison read law in Cincinnati and then moved to Indianapolis to practice. He became active . . . — — Map (db m82635) HM
Fort Finney
A company of soldiers from Fort Pitt landed at the mouth of the
great Miami, October 28, 1785, and immediately began the building
of a fort near this site. It was called “Fort Finney” in honor of Major
Walter Finney who . . . — — Map (db m78630) HM
Reverend Richard E. Scully, founder of the Cincinnati Goodwill operated a Fresh Air Camp for women and children in the 1930s and '40s. The camp was part of a 100-acre site with vegetable fields, a swimming pool, tennis courts and horseshoe pits. The . . . — — Map (db m134936) HM
side A
Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey
purchased a huge tract of land "between the Miamis"
(rivers) stretching from the Ohio River to the
Greenville Treaty Line that became known as the
Miami Purchase. Symmes helped found the . . . — — Map (db m82016) HM
Point Farm
given by
William Henry Harrison
February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841
ninth president of
the United States of America
to his son,
John Scott Harrison, Congressman
who reared his son
Benjamin Harrison
August 20, 1833 – . . . — — Map (db m78690) HM
William Henry Harrison Secretary of the Northwest Territory Delegate of the Northwest Territory to Congress Territorial Governor of Indiana Member of Congress from Ohio Ohio State Senator United States Senator from Ohio Minister to Colombia Ninth . . . — — Map (db m93185) HM
Historic
Landmark
12 Mile House
★ Built 1842 ★
Located 12 miles from the Ohio
River, it was on the stage coach
route between Cincinnati and
Dayton.
Bricks for this building were made . . . — — Map (db m108235) HM
Around 3 am on July 14, 1863, more than 2,000 grimy
hard-looking, heavily armed cavalrymen, most without uniforms
plodded toward Main Street from the west. Confederate Brigadier
General John Hunt Morgan's Raiders had arrived.
Many of the . . . — — Map (db m108241) HM
A group of concerned Cincinnati women organized, in
1855, The Protestant Home for the Friendless and
Female Guardian Society as a private, not-for-profit
maternity home for destitute women and children.
These public minded social leaders were . . . — — Map (db m133583) HM
(side 1)
In July 1863, Confederate Brigadier-General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 cavalrymen across southern Ohio. Morgan's force entered Ohio from Indiana. A chase ensued as Union cavalry pursued Morgan's men across twenty Ohio . . . — — Map (db m133555) HM
In 1801, the Springdale Presbyterian Church acquired these two and a half acres to construct a church and cemetery. Although
the church moved to a new location in 1833, the cemetery remained
and continued to receive regular internments until the . . . — — Map (db m133110) HM
Consisting of blockhouse and palisade
Was built near this site by
Captain Abram Covalt
1789
In honor of
Blanche Bacon Meyers
Organizing Regent — — Map (db m57440) HM
James Norris Gamble, entrepreneur, industrialist, philanthropist and civic leader, is best known for inventing Procter & Gamble's Ivory Soap, the "soap that floats," in 1878. Applying a scientific approach, Gamble transformed P&G into a . . . — — Map (db m158449) HM
This was the location of the stately Victorian home
of Roderick Barney and family.
Mr. Barney served as mayor of Wyoming from 1886- 1896.
During his tenure, h was instrumental in establishing
Wyoming’s water works department and the . . . — — Map (db m135117) HM
c. 1854, retail merchant Robert Reily built this home, Twin Oaks, on a large lot that that included orchards, vineyards, and a stable. Here Reilly and his family enjoyed what was then the country life.
In early April, 1861, Reily invited . . . — — Map (db m135128) HM
Not long after World War I, in 1923, the Wyoming
Women’s Club decided that Wyoming should erect a
memorial honoring those who had served in that war.
They formed a testimonial committee that included
members of the village council. The . . . — — Map (db m135014) HM WM
In 1864 & 1865, George Sulliva
Stearns purchased two parcels
of land totaling nearly 24
acres around the crest of a
hill in what had recently
become known as Wyoming.
On that land, he built
a lovely Victorian house,
complete with a . . . — — Map (db m135036) HM
The lives of the residents of the valley were greatly
changed with the addition of the train depot in 1851.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad (C.H.&D.)
was now carrying passengers and stopping here.
The eight hour trip to downtown . . . — — Map (db m135044) HM
“Springfield Pike” was
a toll road through
Wyoming for many years.
for each ten miles on
the road, travelers
paid from 6 ¼ c for a
horse and rider to 75c
for a four-wheeled
carriage drawn by four
horses. persons going
to or . . . — — Map (db m134935) HM
Robert Reily, founder of the village of Wyoming in 1861. He was born June 1, 1820, the son of John and Nancy Hunter Reily of Butler County. He served as a major, lieutenant colonel and colonel of the 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the . . . — — Map (db m19920) HM
Spreen’s Corner
site of
Spreen’s Grocery
1890- 1934
August Spreen, proprietor
Village of Wyoming
Treasurer of Council 1899- 1934
Fire Chief 1911- 1934
This property has been placed on
the National Register
of Historic Places . . . — — Map (db m135015) HM
The Stearns and Foster Company was co-founded by George S. Stearns, one of the founding fathers of the City of Wyoming, and Seth Foster. Family-owned for 139 years, the company saw the nation through three wars and the Great Depression. A few of its . . . — — Map (db m134934) HM
As was common, business districts developed around
transportation routes. Wyoming was no different.
The train tracks to the east began with passenger trains.
Merchants located their businesses where those
traveling on the train would pass each . . . — — Map (db m135038) HM
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