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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Preble County, Ohio
Adjacent to Preble County, Ohio
▶ Butler County (106) ▶ Darke County (57) ▶ Montgomery County (580) ▶ Union County, Indiana (6) ▶ Wayne County, Indiana (47)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Central Avenue (Ohio Route 725) at Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling east on Central Avenue. |
| | This plaque has been placed here in grateful memory of our community's servicemen who have died to maintain the freedoms which we enjoy. Civil War VeteransFrank Hale - Frank Barnet - John L.D. Jones Jack Clarke - Ursah Bell - Allen B. Lowe Benjamen . . . — — Map (db m17548) WM |
| On Wayne Trace Road (County Route 5) at Camden West Elkton Road, on the left when traveling north on Wayne Trace Road. |
| | Marking the trail of Anthony Wayne. Cut Oct. 1793 — — Map (db m109841) HM |
| On Camden College Corner Rd (County Route 24), on the right when traveling south. |
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Historic Hopewell
The Hopewell Associate Reformed Church and Cemetery, now known as Historic Hopewell, was founded in 1808 in a log building that was replaced in 1826 with the present building. It was built by the area's first settlers, . . . — — Map (db m84715) HM |
| On Indiana Street at State Line Road, on the left when traveling west on Indiana Street. |
| | Side A :
The Union School 1893-2004
College Corner Ohio West College Corner Indiana
In 1893, Ohio and Indiana constructed the first Union School on the state line separating Ohio and Indiana. For 111 years, students from both states . . . — — Map (db m116587) HM |
| | First Ohio Testing Station 1946 — — Map (db m19163) HM |
| On Barron Street (U.S. 127) at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Barron Street. Reported missing. |
| | Fort St. Clair
One mile west
Erected in 1791-92, by order
of General James Wilkinson.
Here, on November 6th, 1792,
Major John Adair's Kentucky
Volunteers were attacked by
Little Turtle. — — Map (db m138808) HM |
| On Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) south of Main Street (Ohio Route 122), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Fort St. Clair
Site of one of St. Clair's
line of fortifications.
1791-1792
Now an Ohio State Park. — — Map (db m138827) HM |
| Near U.S. 127 at Kayler Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m138829) HM |
| On U.S. 127 south of Winnerline Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m138834) HM |
| Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) near Main Street (Ohio Route 122), on the right when traveling south. |
| | 1792 .................... 1935
Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Lander
and the
Preble County Historical Society
These 12 acres where the Indians have trod, were donated to the Fort St. Clair Park to be kept in their virgin state as, . . . — — Map (db m138860) HM |
| On West Main Street (Ohio Route 122), on the left when traveling west. |
| | 1- Erected by free contributions on the 17th.day of Oct.1847
2- In memory of Lieut.John Lowery of The second Sub-Legion Ensign Boyd of the first and 13 non-commissioned officers and privates who fell about five miles north of this place in an . . . — — Map (db m84723) WM |
| Near West Main Street (Ohio Route 122). |
| | in memory of
Union Soldiers
who lie
buried in
unmarked graves — — Map (db m89772) WM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m19157) WM |
| Near Camden Road (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Erected by
Wm. H. Ortt
------
Sacred to the memory
of his comrades of
the Civil War from
Preble County Ohio
------
A.D. 1931
1861 1865 — — Map (db m19153) HM |
| Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) near 500 Camden Rd. |
| |
Physicians in the Indian Wars
Pioneer physicians came into the wilderness
that was to become Ohio in the 1780’s, to serve in the
respective campaigns of generals Josiah Harmar,
Arthur St. Clair, and Anthony Wayne in their . . . — — Map (db m85567) HM WM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 35) at Barron Street (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Marker Front:
The current Preble County Courthouse, the third courthouse erected on this site, was designed by noted architect and Preble County native Harvey Hiestand. Its cornerstone was laid on March 17, 1917, with a copper box . . . — — Map (db m42207) HM |
| Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355).. |
| | Dedicated to all veterans of Preble County — — Map (db m19158) HM |
| On South Beech Street 0 miles from West St. Clair Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Ohio's oldest and only standing double-barreled covered bridge and the oldest of six remaining in the nation.
Built by Orlistus Roberts and James Campbell over Seven Mile Creek on Old Camden Pike South of Eaton.
Relocated and restored in . . . — — Map (db m19937) HM |
| On South Beech Street 0 miles north of West St. Clair Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | [Side A] Roberts Bridge
This covered bridge in the oldest still (1962) standing in the state and the last of the "double-barreled" spans in Ohio. It was built across Seven Mile Creek on the Old Camden Road in 1829-30 by Orlistus Roberts . . . — — Map (db m20331) HM |
| Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355). |
| | Regular and militia troops under General James Wilkinson built this supply post and defensive fortification in March 1792 in preparation for Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, following . . . — — Map (db m19152) HM |
| On Concord Fairhaven Rd at Concord Rd (County Route 97), on the right when traveling south on Concord Fairhaven Rd. |
| | The Concord Church
founded
November - 1840
This red granite rock from the “Canadian Shield” is more than 1 ½ billion
years old. It was carried south to Preble County, Ohio at least 15,000 years
ago by “The Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m116662) HM |
| | A Witness
Nov. 6. 1792
The International Society of Arborculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period.
1776 - . . . — — Map (db m19161) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 35), on the right when traveling west. |
| |
This mid-19th-century structure, built in the Federal style with Italianate detail added later, was once owned by town pioneer and merchant Cornelius Van Ausdal. It was later the home of his daughter Lucinda, her husband Joseph Donohoe, and . . . — — Map (db m107651) HM |
| Near Interstate 70 2 miles east of U.S. 35, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland, to East St. Louis, Illinois. The road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route across the Allegheny Mountains to connect the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m139834) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 35) at Barron Street (U.S. 127), on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | William Bruce founded and platted the city of Eaton in 1806. Born in Virginia in 1762, Bruce relocated to Ohio in 1793. In 1806, he purchased nearly two thousand acres of land from the government for the founding of Eaton. Bruce, a Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m17488) HM |
| Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355). |
| | Dedicated to those who served their country
World War 1917 - 1918 — — Map (db m19154) WM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 177) at Newcombe Str, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Side A The Bunker Hill House, previously the Bunker Hill Tavern, was built in stages between 1834 and 1862. The building is one of Ohio's best representations of Federal-Greek Revival style "pike town" architecture. This architectural style . . . — — Map (db m107655) HM |
| On Cumberland Street (U.S. 40) at North Commerce Street (Ohio Route 503), on the right when traveling west on Cumberland Street. |
| | Construction of the National Road was approaching Preble County in 1830, and the coming of the Road spurred the economic interests of local residents. John Mumma, the county surveyor, decided to purchase 158 acres of farmland for $7,900. He platted . . . — — Map (db m96502) HM |
| On National Road (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland to East st. Louis, Illinois. the road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route acros the Allegheny Mountains to connect the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m96508) HM |
| On West Elkton Road (Ohio Route 503) at Camden Avenue (County Road 21), on the right when traveling south on West Elkton Road. |
| | Site of one station where slaves were hidden and aided on their route to freedom to Canada
1840 - 1863 known as the Underground Railway — — Map (db m157013) HM |
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