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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Butler County, Ohio
Hamilton is the county seat for Butler County
Adjacent to Butler County, Ohio
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Near Bishop Circle, 0.1 miles west of South Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling south.
Percy Mackaye
Percy MacKaye (1875-1956) was a poet and dramatist elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1914. From 1920-1924, MacKaye held the position of writer-in-residence at Miami University, the first position of its . . . — — Map (db m140417) HM
On East Park Place at East High Street (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south on East Park Place. Reported missing.
Thomas Cowan Bell, James Parks Caldwell, Daniel William Cooper, Isaac M. Jordan, William Lewis Lockwood, Benjamin Piatt Runkle, and Franklin Howard Scobey met in a second floor room of this building to found Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) in early . . . — — Map (db m227310) HM
On East Spring Street at Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on East Spring Street.
Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling"
Home of Two Miami University Presidents
Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced . . . — — Map (db m225372) HM
Near Oxford Millville Road (U.S. 27) 0.3 miles north of Stillwell Beckett Road, on the right when traveling north.
side A
A cemetery was established on the site in 1811 and became the final resting place for many of the area's early pioneer families. The Hanover Township Trustees obtained title to the land in 1823 from John and Anna Farnsworth, and it . . . — — Map (db m97814) HM
(bust of Washington)
The Act of 1794
In the name of the United States of America: It is hereby declared that
one complete township or tract of land, of six miles square, to be located
with the approbation of the governor, for the . . . — — Map (db m116659) HM
Front One of the few remaining covered bridges in southwestern Ohio and the only one in Butler County on its original site, this bridge was built in 1868-1869 to give access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile . . . — — Map (db m86977) HM
Side A: The DeWitt Family
Zachariah Price DeWitt was born of a Dutch family in New Jersey in 1768. With brothers Jacob and Peter, he migrated to Kentucky where, in 1790, he married Elizabeth Teets, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774. By . . . — — Map (db m24064) HM
On Brown Road at Doty Road, on the right when traveling north on Brown Road.
Side A: The Doty Settlement
As Oxford Township was developing in the mid-1800s, a cluster of farmsteads near its northern border was designated the "Doty Settlement." As was the custom, the community took its name from a prominent family in . . . — — Map (db m24015) HM
This original dug well relates to one of the several fascinating legends of Zachariah and Elizabeth DeWitt. As reported by Ralph McGinnis in The History of Oxford, Ohio, from the Earliest Days to the Present, Zachariah heard Elizabeth's . . . — — Map (db m24072) HM
On Brown Road, 0.2 miles south of Doty Road, on the right when traveling south.
Side A: The Restoration Movement
In the early years of the nineteenth century, a religious unrest known as the Second Great Awakening spread across much of the American frontier. Among the most influential of the evolving religious . . . — — Map (db m24051) HM
On Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27) at Oxford-Trenton Road (Ohio Route 73), on the left when traveling south on Patterson Avenue.
The life of Verlin L. Pulley was
long intertwined with Miami University.
A member of the class of 1925
A trustee from 1959 to 1965
A resident orf Oxford since graduation
and mayor of Oxford from 1936-1940
The founder of Capitol Varsity . . . — — Map (db m25006) HM
Near Bishop Circle, 0.2 miles west of South Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling south.
This building is named for
the fourteenth president
of the university
1928-1945
who met the challenges
of depression and war
Alfred H. Upham
Member of the class of 1897
whose "Old Miami" tells the
story of her first . . . — — Map (db m140481) HM
On Campus Avenue at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Campus Avenue.
Who, while professor in Miami
University compiled the famous
McGuffey Readers which established
the social standards of the Great
Middle West of the United States
for three-quarters of a century.
Professor of Miami University 1825-36 . . . — — Map (db m24781) HM
On Spring Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Spring Street.
William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a Miami University faculty member in 1836 when he compiled the first edition of the McGuffey Eclectic Reader in this house. His Reader taught lessons in reading, spelling, and civic education by . . . — — Map (db m24012) HM
On East Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
Woodside Cemetery
Established as the Oxford Township Cemetery in 1880, this public graveyard replaced the original one at the corner of College Avenue and Spring Street. That earlier burial ground was abandoned when the railroad bisected it . . . — — Map (db m227942) HM
On West Ritter Street at Mill Street (Ohio Route 503), on the left when traveling west on West Ritter Street.
The Seven Mile Academy was built in 1857 and was in continuous service until razed in 1993. This bell was in service at that Academy for many years. It was discovered in storage at the old Academy and was removed to the Board of Education until . . . — — Map (db m157051) HM
On Cincinnati-Brookville Road (Ohio Route 126), on the right when traveling east.
The foundation for the first Welsh settlement in Ohio was laid on June 29, 1801, when William and Morgan Gwilym purchased land in what is now Morgan Township at the Cincinnati Land Office. The Welsh, who settled in Pennsylvania beginning in the late . . . — — Map (db m23991) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 73) at Miami Street / Hamilton Road, on the left when traveling west on State Street.
Site of the home of Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, and his wife, Phebe Squier Pearce. The family migrated from New Jersey in 1801, purchased 1,500 acres, and settled in this location. Michael Pearce and David Enyeart platted the village of 33 . . . — — Map (db m29681) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 73) at Miami Street / Hamilton Road, on the left when traveling west on State Street.
Side A: The Village of Trenton
Platted 1816. Incorporated as Village 1895. Became a city 1971
Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, came to the area in 1801. The original village of 33 lots was named Bloomfield. When the post office was . . . — — Map (db m28792) HM
On Tylersville Road, 0.9 miles east of I-75 Exit 22, on the left when traveling east.
During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields . . . — — Map (db m23994) HM
On Woodsdale Road (County Route 150), on the right when traveling west.
This farm, Chrisholm (German for home farm of Christian Augspurger), was established in 1830 by Christian Augspurger (1782-1848), leader of the Amish Mennonite settlement in Butler County. The Amish selected this area because of rich, fertile . . . — — Map (db m122421) HM
On Woodsdale Road (County Route 150), on the left when traveling east.
This hamlet, located one mile southwest from here, was never platted, but was named after William Woods, president of the three-story brick Woodsdale paper mill constructed in 1867. Flanking the mill were the company office and store and several . . . — — Map (db m122420) HM
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