1844
After
80 years of service
and
40 years of silence
The old school bell
rings out again
"The spirit it awakened still is
living, ever young."
1964
Commemorating
the golden anniversary of
Edward Lee McClain . . . — — Map (db m281746) HM
Circa 1899
"Daniels Cigars"
Circa 1939
Heidingsfeld Clothes Store
Harper Hotel
Circa 1948
W. E. Seilkop Corner Rexall
"Grand Opening" — — Map (db m60929) HM
Side A The factory of the C. R. Patterson & Sons Company once stood near here at 138 N. Washington Street. Established in the mid-nineteenth century by the black businessman Charles Richard (C. R.) Patterson and his white partner, J. P. . . . — — Map (db m122482) HM
The story of the Patterson family begins in 1841 when Charles and Nancy Patterson moved to Greenfield from Virginia with their son, Charles Richard (C.R.). C.R. would have been around 8 years old. The Pattersons were free people of color however, . . . — — Map (db m298921) HM
A focal point of community pride for generations, McClain High School was the gift of textile manufacturer Edward Lee McClain to his hometown, "as promising the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time." Designed by nationally . . . — — Map (db m60866) HM
On this site the Greenfield
First Presbyterian
Church
was organized June 24, 1820
The first minister
Rev. Samuel Crothers, D.D.
1820 - 1856 — — Map (db m298924) HM
Erected by
James H. Freshour
of
Co. I. 81st Regt. O.V.V.I.
to the memory of
the Union soldiers
of
Greenfield and vicinity
of the War of the Rebellion
1861-1865 — — Map (db m122544) WM
1796
Duncan McArthur leads surveying
party to Greenfield.
Washington elected president
1799
McArthur lays out town of
Greenfield. First road
to town completed.
1801
First inn and first
Justice of Peace.
Ferry . . . — — Map (db m60893) HM
reenfield's 1799 founders took up the prohibition of slavery that their faith demanded and was set in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance.
Greenfield played a significant role to abolish slavery culminating with the Civil War and continuing through . . . — — Map (db m298923) HM
Greenfield's 1799 founders took up the prohibition of slavery that their faith demanded and was set in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance.
Greenfield played a significant role to abolish slavery culminating with the Civil War and continuing through . . . — — Map (db m298925) HM
The cemetery's four acres on the west bank of Paint Creek were given by Duncan McArthur when he founded Greenfield in 1799 and are the final resting place for approximately 900 burials.
In 1821 a stone meeting house stood to the north of the . . . — — Map (db m298926) HM
The Patchwork Path by Bettye Stroud is the story of a young slave girl, Hannah, who, after the sale of her sister and death of her mother, escapes slavery with her father. She takes along a quilt sewn by her mother, who explained the "special . . . — — Map (db m298928) HM
The Smith Tannery is the oldest original structure remaining in Greenfield. Built in 1821 by Revolutionary War veteran William Smith and his son Samuel, the tannery became a noted station on the fabled "Underground Railroad." The structure, . . . — — Map (db m60862) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
———————
Honoring Rotarian
Frank Raymond Harris
1880 - . . . — — Map (db m60857) HM
This memorial dedicated to all that served.
WW II Vietnam Korea Desert Storm
Greenfield knew them.... Don't forget them.
World War II 1941 - 1945
Charles Albert Kenneth Arnott Weldon A Baird Louis A Baker . . . — — Map (db m281744) WM
Side A:
Augustus West, an African American, was born in Madison County, Virginia on March 20, 1814, and moved to Ohio in 1837. Legend has it that West was a runaway slave and worked as a farm laborer before designing a scheme to purchase his . . . — — Map (db m28631) HM
Our Honored
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Owen Barr Fred Brown Chas. Cannon Dean Carper James Denewitz Walter Eads Louis Eckert Wm. Eyler Joseph Fox Hugh George Oscar Gibson Howard Gilbert Harry Hartzel Waisel Hrabawske . . . — — Map (db m281742) WM
