In recognition of his dedicated service to our community and to our country:
Member of City Council: 1989-2001
Mayor: 1993-1999
United States Army: 1962-1965
Lifelong Supporter of the Franklin Community — — Map (db m186065) HM WM
Building originally located at 310 S. River
Street was donated to the Franklin Area
Historical Society by Judge J. T. Riley. It was
moved and restored by donations of time
and money of many Franklin friends.
Listed in
National Register . . . — — Map (db m185949) HM
Men from Franklin Township were among the first from Ohio to leave for the war and participated in many of the conflict's great campaigns. Individual companies of the 1st Ohio (90 day), 2nd Ohio, 75th Ohio, and 79th Ohio infantry were raised . . . — — Map (db m135603) HM
front
Lest We Forget
dedicated to all who rendered service
to our country
during the World War
1914 - 1918
back
Lest We Forget
dedicated to all who served
our country
during World War II
and the Korean Conflict . . . — — Map (db m93904) WM
World War II
This memorial dedicated by the
Village of Franklin
In memory of our boys who gave themselves
in the defense of their country to perpetuate
for your future the deals of a free democracy
★ In Memoriam ★ . . . — — Map (db m186066) WM
The unique, concrete
home at 324 River Street,
was designed by attorney
Patrick Gaynor. Gaynor
was born in Dublin, Ireland
in 1848. By 1884, he was
practicing law in Franklin.
His daughter May married
Justin Harding and they
later . . . — — Map (db m185948) HM
Lewis Davis Campbell. Two leading figures in nineteenth century national and state politics were born in log cabins located near this spot. Lewis Davis Campbell (1811-1882) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1858, rising . . . — — Map (db m81184) HM
This bell was cast in 1849.
It summoned and dismissed our school
children from 1849 to 1931.
"Bells of the past, whose long forgotten
music still fills the wild, expanse,
tingeing the sober twilight of the
present with . . . — — Map (db m185951) HM
[North face of the pavilion]
It all started in June 1974 when Franklin Judge J.T. Riley decided to replace the white building pictured here. It was reputed that the right portion was where J.N.C. Schenck had his store and post office. He . . . — — Map (db m26551) HM
(logo- Lee on horse)
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“the shaft memorial . . . — — Map (db m93861) HM WM
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“the shaft memorial and highway straight
at test his worth – he cometh . . . — — Map (db m122329) HM
Most of the homes in this district were constructed after the creation of the Mackinaw Development Corporation in 1887. The corporation was named for the Cincinnati, Jackson, and Mackinaw Railroad which arrived in Franklin from Darke County in 1886. . . . — — Map (db m67652) HM
The oldest known structure standing in Franklin, the Old Log Post Office is a reminder of the links the community's earliest members maintained to the rest of the young state of Ohio and to the United States during the early nineteenth century. . . . — — Map (db m26549) HM
Founded by John L. Thirkield in 1832
Occupied this corner from 1850 until 1979.
The Thirkield family owned and operated the store which prided itself on quality merchandise and good customer relations. Under the leadership of Eden B. . . . — — Map (db m67649) HM
Never in the face of human conflict
has so much been owed by so many to so few.
The American soldier does not pick his war,
but when war has come, he has always done his duty,
with honor and for the love of his country. — — Map (db m185950) WM
Side A: Harveysburg
The Quaker village of Harveysburg was founded in 1829 on land originally a part of Colonel Abraham Buford's Revolutionary War Land Grant. Levi Lukens, a Virginia Quaker, purchased the 1000 - acre survey in 1812 and sold a . . . — — Map (db m26545) HM
The King Mansion Built of bricks of clay from the Little Miami River, the King Mansion has stood majestically overlooking the town of Kings Mills since 1885. The home of industrialist Ahimaaz King and the first house in Kings Mills, this . . . — — Map (db m118361) HM
Restored to its former glory, this log cabin was originally
constructed in September 1795, by William Beedle, his grown
son, and four sons-in-law. This cabin, as well as four others, a
church and a blockhouse were the beginnings of the . . . — — Map (db m200446) HM
Side A:
Built in 1897, this span over Turtle Creek is the oldest nonreinforced concrete arch bridge in Ohio. The residents of Floraville, the area to the south, felt the bridge needed to be “the most prominent” in all of Lebanon. . . . — — Map (db m24772) HM
Side A:
This house is on lot No. 33 of the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. The land was owned by Samuel Manning, one of the town's founders. It was bought in 1886 by Dr. G. L. Krieger, a native of France. That same year it was sold, for . . . — — Map (db m25047) HM
The Golden Lamb
Ohio's oldest inn
has hosted scores
of dignitaries
including 11
US Presidents
Two Hollywood movies
were filmed here;
Harper Valley PTA in 1977
and Milk Money
in 1993
Distinguished citizen
Tom . . . — — Map (db m25109) HM
Side A 20-24 N. Broadway is part of Lot
No. 38 of the original plat of
Lebanon. The property's first
owner was was Ephraim Hathaway,
one of Lebanon's four founders
in 1802, and the second sheriff
of Warren County (1806-1810).
It was . . . — — Map (db m200375) HM
In tribute to Eleanor Dell Clark Ullum (1917-2002) for her
dedication and inspiration to our community throughout
her political and personal endeavors. A graduate of Lebanon
High School Class of 1935, she was married to Ed Ullum
for 57 years . . . — — Map (db m200376) HM
Side A:
This house sits on lot No. 29 in the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1805 the land was bought by William Ferguson, the town's first postmaster. Ferguson owned the Indian Chief Tavern. This inn was located one block to the west where . . . — — Map (db m25099) HM
(side 1)
Charles Clark was born in 1811 in Lebanon, Ohio. He graduated from law school in Kentucky and was given a river trip to New Orleans in 1831. When Clark stopped in Natchez, Mississippi, he was attracted to the old city. He set up a . . . — — Map (db m120758) HM
(side 1)
Born in Kentucky in 1909, Ormsby MackKnight Mitchel came with his mother to Lebanon after the death of his father in 1812. They lived at 115 E. Silver St. He received an appointment to West Point in 1825 and was No. 15 out of 46 . . . — — Map (db m200370) HM
Located in lot No. 24 in the first
plat of Lebanon, 35 E. Mulberry was
in the 1870s a hat dealer's. The
building was less than half as deep
as it is now. By 1900, it was its
size today, 18 ft. by 105 ft. It had
been a saloon, bowling alley, . . . — — Map (db m200448) HM
Side A:
Lebanon Lodge No. 15 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was dedicated to the “purposes of benevolence and charity” and became one of the most prominent I.O.O.F. lodges in Ohio. The original building was a two-story . . . — — Map (db m25007) HM
Upon this site in March, 1796
Ichabod Corwin
erected the first cabin on
land which is now Lebanon, Ohio
This tablet placed by
Turtle Creek Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1962 — — Map (db m99421) HM
Side A:
On May 20, 1877 the Lebanon National Bank was certified by the Treasury Dept. Its new 10-ton safe came by rail to Corwin, Ohio. Eight oxen were needed to haul it the 10 miles to the bank's location at what is now 2 N. Broadway. In . . . — — Map (db m24777) HM
Side A: Lebanon Library
Andrew Carnegie gave Lebanon $10,000 in 1906 for the construction of a library if the town would provide at least $1,000 a year for its upkeep. Money for the books and furnishings was given by Lebanon's own William E. . . . — — Map (db m24779) HM
Side A In 1806 the Lebanon Presbyterian
Church called its first pastor. The
first place of worship was the old
courthouse on Broadway, built the
same year. In 1817 the first meeting
house was erected on this site, on
lots 147 and 148. . . . — — Map (db m200339) HM
(side 1)
Located on the north side of lot
No. 20 of the original 1802 plat
of Lebanon, the structure at 3 S.
Broadway was erected circa 1840.
Two additions to the rear of the
building were made between 1895
and 1907. Its beautiful . . . — — Map (db m200415) HM
(side 1)
Believed to have been built in 1808, this Federal style house sits on lot No. 43 of the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. It is arguably the city's oldest structure and its last timber frame constructed building. It was saved after . . . — — Map (db m200414) HM
Side A Three Warren County Jails have been
built near this spot. The first was
in 1820, 15 years before the courthouse.
It had two stories and four cells. It
was replaced on the same location
in 1844 by a six celled jail. One
cell was . . . — — Map (db m200338) HM
This courthouse was built in the
Greek Revival style at a cost of
$25,000 in 1835. Court was held on
the second floor with offices on
the first. It had six large tin pillars.
Four chimneys were on either side
between every other window. . . . — — Map (db m200336) HM
In 1879 Henry Greathouse, a local
blacksmith, and his wife Matilda,
leased this lot to Lebanon for a fire
company Within a few years, the
Orient Fire House was built for less
than $2,000. The fire company
fought its first blaze on September . . . — — Map (db m200450) HM
This monument commemorates the 100th anniversary
of the Rotary Club of Lebanon Ohio's founding.
Establishing the club in 1920 was not easy. Lebanon was rejected twice
by Rotary International because the village did not meet the . . . — — Map (db m201021) HM
On December 23, 1803 Jonas Seaman
paid four dollars for a license
to operate a house for public
entertainment” -The Golden
Lamb. The inn quickly became a
stop for stagecoaches going to
Cincinnati. In 1815 a brick hotel
was built to replace . . . — — Map (db m200419) HM
Lebanon's first train arrived on
Feb. 17, 1881. Passenger service
began on May 30. The first depot
was built at that time with a men's
and ladies' waiting room and one
for the station agent. By 1885, the
Cincinnati, Lebanon & . . . — — Map (db m200447) HM
Side A:
The William C. Lewis House sits on lot No. 49 of the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. The owner of a dry goods store on the corner of Mulberry and Broadway, Lewis built the Greek Revival house in 1846. The veranda was added around 1900. . . . — — Map (db m24784) HM
(side 1)
This building at 120 S. Broadway
sits on lot No. 4 and half of lot
No. 3 of the original 1802 plat
of Lebanon. Silus Hurin, one of
Lebanon's four founders, was
its first owner. In 1910, it was
bought by the . . . — — Map (db m200445) HM
Side A Built in 1818, the house at 42 N.
Broadway is on lot No. 40 of the
town's 1802 plat. The land was
owned by Ephraim Hathaway, one
of Lebanon's founders. That year,
1818, it was sold to John Reeves,
the town's recorder and its . . . — — Map (db m200374) HM
Side A: The Town Plat
Lebanon was laid out in September of 1802 by four pioneer settler. Cradled by the forks of Turtle Creek, 100 lots were carved out of the wild, primitive forest. At the time, there were only two cabins in the plat. The . . . — — Map (db m25100) HM
Side A: The Town Square
Only Broadway and Main were named on the original 1802 map of Lebanon. Broadway was 1 1/2 times wider so stagecoaches could turn around. The four lots at the intersection were set aside as the town square. Today two of . . . — — Map (db m24775) HM
Side A:
The building at 22 S. Broadway sits on lot No. 99 of the 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1854, Henry C. Meloy ran a grocery store here while his family lived on the 2nd floor. After his death in 1889, it was used as a saloon, a . . . — — Map (db m24778) HM
45 and 47 E. Mulberry St. sit on
the east side of lot No. 24 of the
1802 original plat of Lebanon.
A commercial building since the
mid-1800s, its Queen Anne style
facade dates from c. 1885. Early
owners of the property include
Ephraim . . . — — Map (db m200449) HM
One of the most effective political orators of his era, Tom Corwin (nicknamed "the Wagon Boy" for his War of 1812 service) resided here from 1839 until his death. A Whig stump speaker known for his wit and eloquence, he was elected governor of Ohio . . . — — Map (db m24061) HM
Distinguished citizen Tom Corwin served as Ohio's Governor in 1840. In addition he served as a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Treasury Secretary and Minister to Mexico. — — Map (db m200441) HM
Side A:
Union Village, the first and largest Shaker (United Society of Believers) community west of the Allegheny Mountains, was established in 1805. Nearly 4,000 Shakers lived in Union Village, the last living here until 1920. They owned 4,500 . . . — — Map (db m24074) HM
Side A On August 9, 1798 the Reverend John
Kobler conducted Lebanon's first
Methodist service in Ichabod Corwin's
log cabin. The first Methodist Society
organized in a house on Main St.
in 1805. It had only 4 members. By
1811, services . . . — — Map (db m200369) HM
Civil War
Day, David E. Private Vicksburg, Miss 1863
Miller, James P. Private Selma, Al 1865
Burns, James M. Sergeant New Market, Wv 1864
Indian Campaigns
Hutchinson, Rufus D. Sgt. Little Big Horn, Mt 1876
Vietnam War
Roberts, . . . — — Map (db m200343) WM
Side A:
Located on lot No. 29 of the 1802 town plat, this land was bought by William H. Van Sickle in 1868 for $800. The house was built a short time later. Van Sickle was the grandson of one of Lebanon's founders, Ephraim Hathaway. A village . . . — — Map (db m25059) HM
Butterworth Station (seen across the field) was the southernmost station on the Underground Railroad in Warren County. Built in 1820, it was the home of Benjamin and Rachael Moorman Butterworth. As Quakers and abolitionists who opposed slavery in . . . — — Map (db m120746) HM
Gershom Moore Peters, LLD Gershom Moore Peters was born in 1843 near Circleville, Ohio. At 18, he joined the Union Army, contracted tuberculosis, and was discharged. He graduated from Denison University in 1867 and the Rochester Theological . . . — — Map (db m118358) HM
Side A In 1795, at the age of 23, Jeremiah Morrow came to the Northwest Territory from Pennsylvania. He purchased land along the Little Miami River in Deerfield Township and in 1799 married Mary Parkhill of Pennsylvania. Around 1800 he . . . — — Map (db m120760) HM
In 1922, during the infancy of broadcast radio, the call letters WLW were assigned to the station begun by Cincinnatian Powell Crosley Jr. The station moved its transmitting operations to Mason in 1928, and by April 17, 1934, WLW had permission to . . . — — Map (db m23996) HM
Side A
The Rapid Railway began operation in 1903 and was the Interurban Railway and Terminal Company’s (IR&T) northernmost traction line. The IR&T began near Pleasant Ridge and Kennedy Heights in Cincinnati and connected to a street car line . . . — — Map (db m120759) HM
“Lest we forget”
the trees along this road
were planted
by the
people of the community
to form this
Road of
Remembrance
in honor of the
Men of Middletown
who served their country
during the World War
1916- 1918 — — Map (db m93869) WM
The first pedigree of a
Poland China Hog
was written on this farm
in August 1876
by W. C. Hankinson, owner of
the farm, and Carl Freigua,
compiler of the original record
This strictly American breed of
swine originated within a radius . . . — — Map (db m93868) HM
The First Settlement of the
Virginia Military Lands
in Warren County
was located a short
distance west of here
by William Mounts
in 1795
dedicated: October 6, 1940 — — Map (db m99422) HM
This easy walking trail will lead you past part
of an earthworks built nearly 2000 years ago by
prehistoric Indians. A series of signs provide a
brief explanation of the earthworks, its purpose,
and the cultures that built it and lived here.
. . . — — Map (db m200459) HM
Each colored square on the map corresponds to a specific interpretavie
station to which you can drive or walk. Each Station provides
information about some aspect of the site.
You are here
Interpretive station
Roadway
Earthen walls . . . — — Map (db m200457) HM
The great gateway, an elevated passageway
bordered by two exceptionally large mounds, joins
the middle fort to the south fort. This gateway,
apparently constructed before the larger north fort,
was the primary entrance to the south fort.
. . . — — Map (db m200458) HM
Having settled in the Ridgeville area with his father, Justice McLean, in 1799, Justice John McLean was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1829 by President Andrew Jackson. He was best known for his anti-slavery dissenting opinion in . . . — — Map (db m26546) HM
Side A
Deerfield was laid out around 1795 and in 1802 Major Benjamin Stites, his son Benjamin, Jr., and John Gano officially recorded the village’s plat. A part of the great tide of Americans moving into the Northwest Territory (and Ohio after . . . — — Map (db m118357) HM
The Union Township Hall was a center of community life from the time of its construction around 1907. The hall included the offices of township government, a community hall, and club meeting rooms, a rarer combination in the 21st century. Local . . . — — Map (db m103394) HM
This oldest building in the historic district was the home of Griffy Griffis five years before the village was founded by Jonathan Wright in 1815. Since Griffis had no legal right to the property, it became known as the “Squatter's . . . — — Map (db m13711) HM
Built by Clark Williams, this early brick Federal style building was owned by the Dayton Leather & Collar Company in the late 1800s. In the early 1900s it was owned by Napoleon Johnson, a former slave who was freed in Virginia in 1847 when his . . . — — Map (db m13717) HM
The house on the right (45 South Main) appears to have been built circa 1832 by Joshua Trotter. In 1837, Trotter sold the house to John and Mary Potts, who were “conductors” on the Underground Railroad, persons who risked their lives and . . . — — Map (db m13704) HM
Members of the religious Society of Friends were
instrumental in the founding and development of
Springboro.
This plot contains the remains of Springboro founder
Jonathan Wright (1782- 1855), a Quaker leader who donated
part of his land . . . — — Map (db m84495) HM
Harry Pence grew up on a family farm nearby and later became a successful businessman who lived in Minneapolis. He had this Queen Anne style house built for his parents, Charles and Ruth Pence. Harry's brother Warren along with his wife Clara and . . . — — Map (db m13703) HM
This site was purchased by Josiah Townsend in 1827 for $50. In 1830, the property was sold for $1,500, suggesting that a house was built on the property sometime before 1830. Emmor Bailey, a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), bought the . . . — — Map (db m13694) HM
This house was built as the home of Jeremiah and Nancy (Gregg) Stansel. Jeremiah's father, Henry Stansel, was a friend of Daniel Boone. Although not a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Jeremiah is thought to have assisted runaway slaves, . . . — — Map (db m13712) HM
John Bateman was a local tanner who had his house, storehouse, and workshop on this site. The house now located at 440 South Main was built circa 1869 by Joseph Haines, a carpenter who built a number of Springboro homes in the mid and late 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m13693) HM
Jonah Thomas bought this building in 1837 when he moved his home and harness shop from across the street at 200 South Main. As a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, Thomas opened his home as a “station” on the . . . — — Map (db m13714) HM
Jonathan Wright (1782-1855) and his wife Mary Bateman Wright (1787-1866) moved with their five children from Menallen, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1814 and built this Federal style house. Using skills acquired from his father, Joel Wright, a . . . — — Map (db m26547) HM
This house was built by Joseph Stanton, son-in-law of local abolitionist James Stanton. Lydia Wood owned the house from 1875 until her death at age 86 in 1917. Lydia was the aunt of artist Grant Wood who pained the famous “American . . . — — Map (db m13713) HM
This pin oak tree has been placed here in living memory of Lynn O. Eaton, a charter member of the Springboro Lions Club. Lion Eaton was ever ready to assist his fellow man in all and every manner needed. He served in many civic offices and was . . . — — Map (db m13698) HM
This building was built as a general store for Mahlon and Josiah Wright, sons of the village founder, Jonathan Wright. The building originally had a shed roof extending out over the street to protect customers from the weather. A large stepping . . . — — Map (db m13718) HM
Built in 1919, this building was the first gasoline station in Springboro and served as the bus maintenance facility for Springboro Community City Schools from 1945 to 2001. This shop replaced the home of Mahlon Wright, a son of the village founder . . . — — Map (db m13696) HM
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