On River Road, 0.3 miles south of East Mason Road, on the left when traveling south.
Camp Avery
1811 One-fourth mile southwest from the site on the brow of the hill overlooking the eastern bank of the Huron River, Gen. Simon Perkins, commanding the Ohio Militia, built the fortifications and block house of Camp Avery for protection . . . — — Map (db m41909) HM
On Barrett Road near Newberry Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The Sandusky Portland Cement Company, later known as the Medusa Portland Cement Company, was founded here in 1892 by Arthur, Spencer and William Newberry, sons of geologist Dr. John Strong Newberry. Portland cement was manufactured at the Bay Bridge . . . — — Map (db m41806) HM
On Edison Highway (Ohio Route 113) east of Savannah Vermilion Rd (Ohio Route 60), on the left when traveling east.
Birminghan School was built in 1916 and served as a high school until school districts merged in 1954, and it was repurposed into an elementary school. In 1988, schools districts merged again and the Birmingham School was closed.
The Firelands . . . — — Map (db m144388) HM
On West Mason Road just east of Taylor Road (County Route 112), on the left when traveling east.
A blockhouse was erected in 1811 on the northwest side of the then Flemmonds Trail. The key establishments of a church, school, post office, inn, grist mill and cemetery were founded in the first seven years. The Bank of Sandusky Bay at . . . — — Map (db m182542) HM
On South Washington Street (Ohio Route 101) at Reed Court, on the right when traveling east on South Washington Street.
In 1810 Snow's grist mill
was built near here.
Unfailing water supply brought
people from great distances
to Cold Creek mills.
Snow's family was massacred
by Indians in 1813 — — Map (db m31746) HM
Near Perimeter Road, 2 miles the Cedar Point parking lot entrance.
About 60 leaders of Ohio hospitals gathered at the
Hotel Breakers on August 25, 1915 to form the Ohio
Hospital Association (OHA), the nation’s first state
hospital association. Established 15 years after the
American Hospital Association, the . . . — — Map (db m142165) HM
On Park Street at Ohio Street, on the right when traveling east on Park Street.
The Episcopal Society of Huron was organized in 1837, the Rev. F. M. Levenworth, pastor. The cornerstone of this building was laid on May 23, 1838; it is the oldest church building in Huron, standing near what had been the original southern limit of . . . — — Map (db m141643) HM
On South Jim Campbell Boulevard at North Jim Campbell Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on South Jim Campbell Boulevard.
For over three decades, the electric interurban railways played a major part in the economic life of the
American Midwest. Their contribution was greatest
in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. The
interurban railways were electrically-powered . . . — — Map (db m141539) HM
On Cleveland Road West (U.S. 6) 0.6 miles west of Rye Beach Road (Local Highway 122).
This was one of the first concrete roads built in Ohio. When Cedar Point opened for the 1913 season, it was the access road. The road extended one mile north to the water and six miles west along the lake's unstable sandspit, which was destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m41807) HM
On Cleveland Road West (U.S. 6) 0.6 miles west of Rye Beach Road (Local Highway 122), on the right when traveling west.
The paved trail is actually the original automobile entrance to the Cedar Point Amusement Park. Built in the early 1900's, this road was one of the first hard surface roads east of the Mississippi River. Lake Erie washed away the section of roadway . . . — — Map (db m41808) HM
On Park Street east of Ohio Street, on the left when traveling east.
Huron. • Early Indian Village and French trading post, 1749. • First white settlement in Western Reserve — Jean Baptiste Flemmond, 1790. • Surveyed 1806 by Almon Ruggles. • Site of first school in Firelands area 1810 — Alvin Coe and . . . — — Map (db m141647) HM
Recognizing the importance of Huron’s harbor, a group of Huron and Milan businessmen formed the Huron Harbor Company to make improvements to the harbor. The project was partially funded by the sale at public auction of one half of the town plat of . . . — — Map (db m142343) HM
On Main Street near Huron Pier, on the left when traveling north.
Huron’s lighthouses have served as beacons to Great Lakes shipping since the early nineteenth century. The first of three Huron lighthouses was built in 1835. Built of wood and ill-equipped to deal with strong Lake Erie winds, it was destroyed . . . — — Map (db m142257) HM
On Adams Avenue at U.S. 6 Eastbound, on the right when traveling west on Adams Avenue.
Huron and Erie County are rich in Native American history.
During the construction of the nearby Ohio Route 2 bypass
archaeologists in 1976-77 uncovered three Native villages and
burial sites.
The Anderson site, overlooking the Old Woman . . . — — Map (db m142364) HM
On Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
John Baptiste Flemmond (1770–1827), a French
Canadian trader, was one of the earliest Euro-American settlers in what became Erie County. In
1805, he established a trading post at “Flemmond’s
Cove” on the east side of the Huron . . . — — Map (db m142178) HM
Self-Unloaders.
Business at the ore docks was strong through the 1970s. An all time record was set in 1979 when 151 boats shipped in 2,784,000 tons of ore. As higher grade iron-ore grew scarce it was replaced by lower grade taconite. It became . . . — — Map (db m142291) HM
Early Boats.
In the 1800s, schooners were the main cargo vessels of the Great Lakes, linking the growing towns of the Midwest with the East Coast. One of the largest schooners to sail the Great Lakes was built just a few miles up the Huron . . . — — Map (db m142342) HM
On Ottawa Road (U.S. 6) east of Berlin Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1837
Aaron Wright Meeker received 160 acres of Lots 26 and
32 from his parents Stephen and Polly
Meeker,
who originally
came to the Firelands from Vermont.
Heavily forested,
A. W. cut
the trees by hand to build a farm on what would become . . . — — Map (db m141530) HM
On Cleveland Road (U.S. 6) 0.4 miles west of Huron Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Old Woman Creek is one of the few naturally functioning estuary environments—places where chemically-distinct bodies of water meet and mix—left in the western basin of Lake Erie. This ecosystem features diverse habitats of marshlands, sand beaches, . . . — — Map (db m142350) HM
Near University Drive at Rye Beach Road (County Route 122).
The history of the Firelands is linked to the American Revolutionary
War. During the British raids of 1777 and 1779 the Connecticut
towns of Danbury, East Haven, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk,
Greenwich, Groton, Ridgefield and New London were . . . — — Map (db m150043) HM
On Ohio Street south of Cleveland Road West, on the right when traveling south.
Ohio’s oldest continuing summer theatre, the Huron Playhouse,
has been housed at McCormick Middle School for its entire
history. Dr. Frederick G. Walsh (1915-1999) of the Bowling
Green State University (BGSU) Speech Department founded
the . . . — — Map (db m224978) HM
On Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
1906 Dock Improvements.
In the early 1900s the lake vessels were getting larger and needed more water and room to turn around when emptied. In 1906 the
Army Corps of Engineers widened Huron Harbor from 120 to 180 feet and extended the west . . . — — Map (db m142256) HM
The Huron Iron Ore and Coal Docks. In 1882 Huron, Ohio became the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad’s port on Lake Erie for the shipping of iron ore and coal. For the next 100 years the docks played an integral part in Huron's progress and . . . — — Map (db m150714) HM
In 1812, fearing the outbreak of war with Great Britain and her
Indian allies, many settlers left the area, and local militia companies
began constructing blockhouses as places of refuge. Victims of Indian
attacks included Michael Gibbs, Daniel . . . — — Map (db m150452) HM
On Cleveland Road West at Main Street when traveling east on Cleveland Road West.
The Wright House and the Underground Railroad
In the early 1800s, Jabez Wright, an early Huron County judge, purchased a large tract of lakeside land on the north side of what is now Cleveland Road. There Wright built an eight-room farmhouse . . . — — Map (db m41809) HM
On Ohio Street near Cleveland Road West (Old U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to those who gave their lives in World War II.
William J. Brophy • Raymond A. Cherry • Richard W. Collins • Edward M. Cunningham • Richard D. Floyd • Valentine A. Fries, Jr. • Michael D. Holland • Irving J. Kehr • Robert G. Keller • . . . — — Map (db m141640) WM
On East Old Lake Road at Lands End Drive (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling east on East Old Lake Road.
Almon Ruggles, Surveyor of the Firelands. Almon Ruggles (1771-1840) came to Ohio from Connecticut in 1805 and led survey teams that divided the Firelands section of the Connecticut Western Reserve into townships. The Firelands was territory . . . — — Map (db m226455) HM
On Division Street at Titus Road (Ohio Route 575) on Division Street.
Welcome to the Glacial Grooves State Memorial. This memorial, containing of three and one-half acres on Kelleys Island, has been administered by the Ohio Historical Society since 1932.
Impressive is size and shape, these glacial grooves are of . . . — — Map (db m158973) HM
On Lake Shore Road at Addison Road, on the right when traveling east on Lake Shore Road.
Between three and four hundred years ago, Ohio pre-historic Indians, believed to be of the Erie tribe, pecked numerous inscriptions or pictographs on the top surface of this large native limestone rock. The figures, now nearly obliterated by the . . . — — Map (db m158974) HM
On Division Street, 0.3 miles north of West Lakeshore Drive (Ohio Route 575), on the right when traveling north.
The German Reformed Church was organized on Kelleys Island in
1865. The congregation built this church from island stone in 1866
on ½ acre of land purchased from Alfred S. and Hannah Kelley. By
1871, the congregation, one of five on the island, . . . — — Map (db m241149) HM
On East Lakeshore Drive at Division Street, on the left when traveling east on East Lakeshore Drive.
Datus and Sara Kelley built their home here
in 1843, known as
the Island House. It was located up the hill from the
steamboat landing and
across
the street from the island store (the Lodge,
1854). In 1873, Jacob Rush bought the property and . . . — — Map (db m142019) HM
On North Edison Drive north of Ohio Route 113, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Lehman Galpin, who had this house built in 1847, was the physician present at Thomas Alva Edison's birth February 11, 1847. — — Map (db m237625) HM
On East Edison Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Edison Recalls Milan
My recollections of Milan are somewhat scanty as I left the town when I was not quite seven years old. I remember the wheat elevators on the canal, and Gay shipyard; also the launching of new boats, on which occasion the . . . — — Map (db m90659) HM
On North Edison Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The Edison Birthplace Assoc. dedicates this "Edison Statue on
Bench” to all the "Friends of Edison to Statuary Hall” in our U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Edison Statue, one of the two statues
representing the State of Ohio, was unveiled on . . . — — Map (db m204573) HM
On N. Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
• Birthplace of Thomas A. Edison, February 11, 1847.
• A Moravian village, Pequotting, 1804–1809.
• First permanent white settlers came in 1816.
• Milan village platted, 1817; incorporated February 23, 1833.
• Ship’s canal to lake . . . — — Map (db m90656) HM
On North Edison Drive, 0.1 miles north of Front Street, on the left when traveling north.
Milan was a leading Great Lakes port after the completion of the 3-mile Milan Canal in 1839. Center of activity was the Milan Basin at this site where produce was brought from area farms for shipment to lake and world ports through 14 warehouses by . . . — — Map (db m39910) HM
On North Main Street at Church Street (Ohio Route 113), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Dedicated
to the Soldiers of
Milan Twp.
July 4, 1867
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold-Harbor
Petersburg
Cedar-Creek
Gettysburg
Lookout Mtn.
Mission Ridge
Knoxville
Cold Harbor
Atlanta
Petersburg
Franklin . . . — — Map (db m204595) WM
On North Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
The last mission of the Moravians in the Valley of the Huron in the Ohio Country was at the Indian Village of Pettquottink, now Milan. — — Map (db m90658) HM
On North Edison Drive north of Ohio Route 113, on the right when traveling north.
Milan Town Square during Milan Home Coming and Normal School Reunion Celebration on August 18, 1910.
Julia Comstock Felton and sister Emma Comstock LaVayea on the porch of their home, July 4, 1910. This house was built by Dr. Leman Galpin in . . . — — Map (db m239836) HM
On North Edison Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
historic sites act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the history of the United . . . — — Map (db m204574) HM
On Park Street at Church Street (Ohio Route 113), on the right when traveling north on Park Street.
This statue was presented in 2018 as a gift to the people of the Village of Milan, Ohio from the sculptor Alan Cottrill as a token of appreciation for their collective efforts in successfully lobbying to have a statue of Thomas Edison permanently . . . — — Map (db m178362) HM
On North Edison Drive north of Ohio Route 113, on the right when traveling north.
Two smaller one & one-half story houses were moved to the site, probably by oxen in Winter, then joined to form this larger house. — — Map (db m237627) HM
On North Main Street just south of West Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
Birthplace of Thomas A. Edison, February 11, 1847.
A Moravian village, Pequotting, 1804–1809.
First permanent white settlers came in 1816.
Milan village platted, 1817; incorporated February 23, 1833.
Ships' canal to lake . . . — — Map (db m236718) HM
On North Edison Drive, 0.1 miles north of Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
The ridge beginning at the Edison Birthplance and descending to the Village Creek 1/4 mile north of this spot was known, even in Edison's time, as the Hogback. Shown on an 1805 Morvaian map, the street on which you are standing was an . . . — — Map (db m236716) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) west of Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east.
After witnessing the unsuccessful British attack against Fort McHenry on September 13 and 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner," which in 1931 was made the national anthem by Act of Congress. The manuscript, in Key's . . . — — Map (db m204908) HM
On West Washington Street (U.S. 6) west of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated in memory of those early aviation pioneers “The Early Birds.”
Between the years 1910-1917, aviators Weldone B. Cooke and Tom W. Benoist had aeroplane factories and flying schools in Sandusky which had a very important part in . . . — — Map (db m241109) HM
On East Washington Row, on the left when traveling east.
Franklin wrote out a copy of his epitaph - one of the most
famous in the English language- and presented it to Samuel
Morris in Philadelphia on August 31, 1776. The original
manuscript belongs to Colonel Richard Gimbel.
The Body of
B. . . . — — Map (db m204892) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) west of Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east.
On September 25, 1789, the Congress proposed twelve articles of amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Except for the first two, they were ratified by the required number of states by December 15, 1791, and thus were renumbered and . . . — — Map (db m241134) HM
Near Columbus Ave, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to all who served or currently serving in the United States Military.
American Legion 41
Ohio Veterans home Volunteer Advisory Committee, Inc.
Dedicated November 11, 2016 — — Map (db m207919) WM
Near Perimeter Road, 0.6 miles north of Cedar Point Drive, on the right when traveling north.
One of the largest of the famous racing derby rides built by Prior & Church in the early 1920's. It was originally built for Euclid Beach Park near Cleveland, Ohio, where it was a popular ride for 47 years.
Cedar Point purchased the ride in . . . — — Map (db m178480) HM
Cedar Point became a popular beach resort in the late 1870s, when visitors traveled to the peninsula by steamboat from Sandusky. The Grand Pavilion (1888), the oldest building in the park, dates from this era. Promoter George Boeckling formed the . . . — — Map (db m3026) HM
Near Perimeter Road, 0.8 miles north of Cedar Point Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The American Coaster Enthusiasts recognizes Cedar Point’s Magnum XL-200 as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, a designation reserved for rides of historical significance.
It premiered on May 6, 1989, as the world’s tallest and fastest . . . — — Map (db m178483) HM
On Harrison Street north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
Marker Front: Of the city's 5,667 people in 1849, 3,500 fled, and 400 of those remaining were victims of cholera. Most are buried here, some only in rough boxes in a common grave. The scourge came again in 1850 and 1852 but with less toll. . . . — — Map (db m79100) HM
On Columbus Avenue south of Cable Street, on the right when traveling south.
Cooke-Dorn House. The house is named for its first and last private owners. Built for
Eleutheros and Martha Cooke in 1843-1844, this Greek Revival home was originally located on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Washington Row. Rush . . . — — Map (db m182693) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) west of Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east.
This proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, freed the slaves in the territory in rebellion against the United States. It did not abolish slavery; that required a constitutional amendment. The original proclamation, bearing Lincoln's . . . — — Map (db m241923) HM
On West Adams Street east of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Erie County Jail. The Erie County Jail was built in 1882-1883 in the Gothic style. Constructed of blue limestone, the $45,750 facility featured 26 cells, the sheriff’s residence, and boasted then modern innovations including chrome steel bars . . . — — Map (db m141925) HM
On Central Avenue at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Have in honor
you who linger
here.
The boys from Erie-Co. Ohio,
who volunteered and served
in humanity's cause
during the Spanish American
War.
1898-1902 — — Map (db m204814) WM
On Central Avenue at Jackson Street\, on the left when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Civil War
James Anderson •
Zenas W. Barker, Jr. •
Henry Barney •
Franklin P. Bartow •
George L. Bartow •
Andrew Bengel •
Horace H. Bill •
Andrew Bradley •
James P. Brisbane •
Samuel C. Brown •
Solomon Brown •
Thomas . . . — — Map (db m204617) WM
On Central Avenue at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Dedicated to and in honor of the
mothers and wives of Erie County
Ohio whose sons and husbands served
their country in the World War.
These gave their lives in service.
Robert Adkerson •
Austin J. Atwood •
Joseph F. Baier • . . . — — Map (db m204816) WM
On Venice Road (U.S. 6) at Fremont Avenue (U.S. 6), in the median on Venice Road.
Erected by the British near this junction in 1761; destroyed during Pontiac's Conspiracy of 1763. The fort was strategically located near Indian towns and trading posts on the Great Indian trail between Detroit and Pittsburgh. — — Map (db m20435) HM
On W. Shoreline Drive, on the right when traveling west.
This building served as Cedar Point's winter offices from 1928 and after for Mr. Boeckling, the entrepreneur who first developed the resort into an amusement park. Because the Bay freezes in the winter, this site offered a convenient location to . . . — — Map (db m117811) HM
On Tyler Street east of Prospect Street, on the left when traveling east.
Good Samaritan Hospital was formed for the purpose of
maintaining and operating an
institution for the sick and injured. Under the
direction of Rev. William W. Farr and Mr. C.C.
Keech, the cornerstone was laid June 27, 1876.
The hospital was . . . — — Map (db m142163) HM
On Wayne St near Huron Ave., on the right when traveling north.
This building was begun in 1835 and was completed in 1844. It is the oldest church building in continual use in Sandusky and incorporates a portion of the original structure. This marker commemorated the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the . . . — — Map (db m79103) HM
On Tiffin Avenue (U.S. 6) at Clinton Street, on the left when traveling south on Tiffin Avenue.
Holy Angels Catholic Church is the mother church of Sandusky.
Reverend Joseph P. Machebeuf, a French Missionary, began ministering
to Catholics in the Sandusky area in late 1839.
Soon after William
H. Mills offered five lots, $530, and the . . . — — Map (db m142162) HM
On West Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
Owned by Lester Hubbard, this Romanesque building was built in 1855 and was designed by architect Sheldon Smith who later occupied the 3rd floor. It was home to the Cosmopolitan Art and Literary Association, a national organization devoted to the . . . — — Map (db m117809) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) west of Wayne Street, on the right when traveling west.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, was not a legal brief on the specifics of the civil rights bill, nor an intellectual treatise on the plight of the oppressed. It was a fervent, emotional sermon, forged out of the . . . — — Map (db m204916) HM
On Central Avenue east of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north.
In Flanders' Fields the Poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row,
that mark our place, and in the sky
the larks bravely singing fly,
scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are dead. Short days ago
we lived, felt dawn, . . . — — Map (db m204803) WM
On Central Avenue at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Dedicated to the men and women of Erie County who served in the US Armed Forces in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and, all past and future conflicts occurring throughout the Southwest Asia Theatre of Operation. — — Map (db m241162) WM
On Columbus Ave, on the right when traveling north.
Jay Cooke was born on this site August 10, 1821. Financier and promoter of The Northern Pacific Railroad, he sold bonds to finance the Union during the Civil War 1861-1865. — — Map (db m117804) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) west of Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east.
John F. Kennedy, at 43, was not only the youngest American President over elected, but was also the first 20th century president to be actually born in that century. Thus, his inaugural address on January 20, 1961, was viewed by many as heralding . . . — — Map (db m241171) HM
On West Shoreline Drive east of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling east.
Johnson’s Island, in the Bay opposite Sandusky, was a prison for Confederate soldiers 1862-1865. Nothing remains of the prison except its cemetery and the earthworks of two old forts. — — Map (db m183076) HM
On Columbus Avenue north of Adams Street, on the left when traveling north.
Jury of Erie County Women. "Jury of Erie County Women, First to be Impaneled Under Federal Suffrage" proclaimed the headline of the Sandusky Register on August 28, 1920. One of the first female Court of Common Pleas juries in the nation was . . . — — Map (db m241172) HM
On Washington Street east of Wayne Street, on the right when traveling east.
Hector Kilbourne, a Freemason and the surveyor who made the original plat of Sandusky (as Portland) in 1816, laid out the streets to form the Masonic emblem. Huron and Central Avenue are the arms of the compass, Elm and Poplar Streets the sides of . . . — — Map (db m241173) HM
On Columbus Avenue south of East Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling south.
Legendary University of Notre Dame Head Football Coach
Knute Rockne married Bonnie Skiles of Kenton, Ohio in the
rectory of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on July 15,
1914. Father William F. Murphy officiated.
The two met in the summer of . . . — — Map (db m141931) HM
On East Adams Street just west of Wayne Street, on the right when traveling east.
Lester S. Hubbard House
built in 1852
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m241178) HM
On East Washington Row (U.S. 6) east of Columbus Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
The Mayflower Compact, the first written constitution in America, was signed by 41 adult, male passengers aboard the Mayflower, November 11, 1620, off Cape Cod, prior to the landing at Plymouth. This version by William Bradford, second . . . — — Map (db m241196) HM
Near Dewitt Avenue (County Route 92) north of Beatty Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Patriotic citizens of Ohio mourn their Soldier-Sailor dead, veterans of '61 to '65. Their self sacrifice and deeds of valor are worthy of emulation.
Whether we fight or whether we fall by saber-stroke or rifle-ball, the hearts of the free . . . — — Map (db m204880) WM
Near Dewitt Avenue (County Route 92) north of Beatty Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
• On November 19 1888, the first seventeen Civil War veterans arrived at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.
• The Soldiers' and Sailors' home has been in continuous operation since 1888. — — Map (db m204815) HM
Near Milan Road (U.S. 20) east of Dewitt Avenue (County Route 92), on the right when traveling east.
Following the Civil War, many of Ohio's disabled and wounded veterans found inadequate provisions for their long-term needs. In response, the Grand Army of the Republic's Department of Ohio lobbied for a state-operated veterans' home. In 1886 . . . — — Map (db m79101) HM
On Milan Road (U.S. 250) east of Dewitt Avenue (County Route 92), on the right when traveling east.
Following the Civil War, many of Ohio's disabled and wounded veterans found inadequate provisions for their long-term needs. In response, the Grand Army of the Republic's Department of Ohio lobbied for a state-operated veterans' home. In 1886 . . . — — Map (db m79102) HM
Near Dewitt Avenue (County Route 92) north of Beatty Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
• In 1969 women Veterans could seek assistance from the Sandusky home.
• In 2003 a second Ohio Veterans Home was opened in Georgetown, Ohio. — — Map (db m204818) HM
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