Historical Markers and War Memorials in Henry County, Ohio

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Henry County, Ohio

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1► Ohio (Henry County), Florida — Florida — Corporation Limit Marker —

Founded 1834 on site of the Indian Village "Snaketown" — — Map (db m159669) HM

2► Ohio (Henry County), Florida — Florida United Methodist Church —

Organized 1828. Oldest Continuous Congregation in Henry County. — — Map (db m159987) HM

3► Ohio (Henry County), Florida — C — Girty's Island — Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Trail —

Girty's Island »»«« Named for George Girty, renegade brother of Simon Girty. This was his hiding place between various treach- erous expeditions. — — Map (db m136576) HM

4► Ohio (Henry County), Grelton — Grelton Veterans Memorial —

For God and Country In memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice and in honor of those who served their country — — Map (db m159144) WM

5► Ohio (Henry County), Liberty Center — Liberty Center — Corporation Limit Marker —

Platted 1863 on Wabash Railroad grew through the effort of C.C. Young — — Map (db m159668) HM

6► Ohio (Henry County), McClure — 1-35 — Prairie Des Mascoutins / Damascus —

Front Text : "Prairie Des Mascoutins" In 1742, a tribe of Kickapoo requested permission from Montreal's Governor to move to a Mascoutin village on both sides of the river here. French "Coureurs de Bois" traders named the wide floodplain "La . . . — — Map (db m54540) HM

7► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 102 East Washington — Commercial Italianate Design — Old Vocke Block —

5 & 10 Cent Store For Many Years — — Map (db m157940) HM

8► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 105 West Main — Est. 1928 —

Unusual California Mission Style Architecture — — Map (db m157983) HM

9► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 107-109-111-113-115 West Washington — Italianate Design — Circa 1875 —

Purchased by George Hahn In 1898 Clothing & Dry Goods Emporium Good example of Commercial Row Italianate — — Map (db m157991) HM

10► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 116 E. Clinton —

Donnelly Bros. & Bokerman Dunbar Auto Sales 7-Up Bottling Company, 1936-1982 Founded By J. B. & R. A. Maher — — Map (db m157989) HM

11► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 123 West Washington — Circle 1875 —

New marble front in 1970 Served as newspaper L. L. Orwig & Son, Publishers — — Map (db m157992) HM

12► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 127 E. Clinton — Erected by Ohio State Armory Board — Built 1913 —

Unusual fortress-like architecture with castellated parapets — — Map (db m157988) HM

13► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 221 East Washington —

Founded in 1924 by Leo English, Earl Grieser & Earnest Spengler. First Production in January, 1925, At This Location — — Map (db m157985) HM

14► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 535 North Perry —

One of the oldest buildings in downtown district. It served as a boarding house for canal travelers. Finerty Shoe Repair 1947-1985 — — Map (db m157984) HM

15► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 606 North Perry — Italianate — Circa 1880 —

J.P. Belknap & Son Nat, publishers of The Henry County Signal for nearly 60 years. — — Map (db m157982) HM

16► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 611 North Perry — Restrained Italianate — Circa 1880 —

Built By Henry Carey — — Map (db m157981) HM

17► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 701 North Perry —

Original site of the First National Bank until 1935 Community Bank, 1935-1970 Bancohio Corp., 1970-1985 Ohio Citizens Bank, 1985 — — Map (db m157975) HM

18► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 711 North Perry — Queen Anne — Circa 1870 —

Men's Haberdashery for over 100 years — — Map (db m158000) HM

19► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 713 North Perry — Queen Anne — Circa 1880 —

Purchased By Wm. Spencer in 1892 & operated as grocery store & tavern for nearly 100 years — — Map (db m157976) HM

20► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 719 North Perry Street — Unusual Second Story — Oriel Window —

Site Of Shaff Drugstore 1912 - 1959 — — Map (db m157977) HM

21► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 720 North Perry — Elaborate Queen Anne — Circa 1894 —

Formerly World Theater — Street Level Home Telephone Co. — Upper Level Third floor destroyed by fire in 1984 — — Map (db m157978) HM

22► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 722 & 724 North Perry — Italianate Design — Circa 1880 —

Built By Herman Weber Served As Dr. Thomas Quinn's Office For Many Years — — Map (db m157980) HM

23► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 723 & 725 North Perry — Italianate Design — Circa 1870 —

Murder trial of Major Gen. R.K. Scott was held on second floor. He was tried, acquitted & set "Scott Free". — — Map (db m157979) HM

24► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 814 North Perry — Eclectic Design — Circa 1902 —

Site of Dreamland Theatre Napoleon's First Movie Theatre — — Map (db m157990) HM

25► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 828 Oakwood —

Formerly housed Fox Cigar Factory, Catholic Grade School, & Mitchell Flower Shop. — — Map (db m157997) HM

26► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 3-35 — Civil War Camp Latty —

Front Text : "Civil War Camp Latty" Camp Latty was located at the corner of Riverview and Glenwood Avenues in Napoleon, Ohio and included Glenwood Cemetery in its grounds. This camp was named for Judge Alexander S. Latty, a staunch supporter of . . . — — Map (db m54539) HM

27► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — 6-35 — Riverfront Industries Powered by Canal Water / How Napoleon Kept Its Name —

The completion of the Miami and Erie Canal passing through Napoleon in 1843 provided a way to receive manufactured goods, export farm products, and power local mills. The early industries of Napoleon utilized the canal as a source of reliable water . . . — — Map (db m122324) HM

28► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — The Henry County Courthouse —

Henry County was organized in 1834 and Napoleon became the county seat in 1835. The first Court was held in a two-story log cabin located at the corner of Perry and Front Streets. The first Courthouse was a plain two-story structure costing . . . — — Map (db m28489) HM

29► Ohio (Henry County), Napoleon — Winchester's Encampment —

General Winchester leaving "Camp Starvation” (Camp #3) on January 1st of 1813, the army started towards the rapids of the Maumee. On January 3, 1813, Ellias Darnell's journal noted "it commenced snowing two days and nights…it was from 20 . . . — — Map (db m160266) HM

30► Ohio (Henry County), Ridgeville Corners — 2-35 — Draining the Great Black Swamp —

The landscape of northwest Ohio was formed by melting ice and glacial lakes left behind in its wake. Because of the low gradient (3 feet fall per mile) to the northeast, the flat lacustrine plain evolved into a large swamp. A massive swamp forest . . . — — Map (db m158667) HM

31► Ohio (Henry County), Ridgeville Corners — Giffey Hall — Built 1916 —

Giffey Hall was built in 1916 by Anton Giffey. The bricks used in its construction were undoubtedly made from the clay dug from near the Giffey Tile and Brickyard furnaces. In 1937 Emile (Mrs. Paul) Miller received the hall from her father. . . . — — Map (db m159739) HM

32► Ohio (Henry County), Ridgeville Corners — Ridgeville Corners War Memorial —

In Honor Of All Who Served And Continue To Serve — — Map (db m159678) WM

33► Ohio (Henry County), Texas — James Durbin —

Sec. No. 53, W.&E.C. Completed 1842 By James Durbin — — Map (db m28614) HM

34► Ohio (Henry County), Texas — Oak Tree —

This Oak tree was planted in 1836 by the Ottawa Indians in honor of Martha A. Edwards Showman, the first white child born in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio. — — Map (db m94083) HM

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