Built in 1851 by her grandparents,
Annie and her parents lived here
beginning when Annie was a year old in
1869. She never married and died at age
83. Whenever Annie needed help, she
would hang a white towel on a
broomstick on her front porch. — — Map (db m204764) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 113), on the left when traveling north.
Carpenter Gothic board and batten
barn with louvered windows.
Built on West Main Street in
Bellevue during our nation's
Centennial in 1876. Note the star
symbol in the cupola.
Moved to the Lyme Village in
1983. It contains two horse . . . — — Map (db m204756) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
Bishop Seybert was the first bishop of the Evangelical Association. He traveled over 175,000 mi. in the mid-west including Flat Rock, preaching the word of God. He died
in 1860 in the Parker Home near Bellevue and is buried at Flat Rock. . . . — — Map (db m204907) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 113), on the left when traveling north.
Before there were hardware stores, every
town had one or two blacksmiths.
Blacksmiths made hinges, latches, tools,
horseshoes. The "smith” heated iron
objects red hot in his forge, hammered,
and shaped them by hand on his anvil. — — Map (db m204759) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
One of the last remaining original
log churches in Ohio. Built in 1848 in
Adams Township, Seneca County,
Ohio. Used until 1875. An Evangelical
Association Church.
The Builder, Adam Snyder, lived
about a mile from the construction
site. The . . . — — Map (db m204766) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 113), on the left when traveling north.
Construction: Post and Beam
Each oak board was notched (tenon)
and was fitted into a carved out hole
(mortise) in each upright post. The mortise
and tenon was held together with a hand-
carved oak peg.
During World War II, 1941-1945, . . . — — Map (db m204758) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
The one-room school was built in 1864
at the corner of Thomas and Strecker Road
in Oxford Township of Erie County.
The school was for grades 1-8 until 1934.
The school was purchased by the Lyme
Village Association in 1989. The building
was . . . — — Map (db m204768) HM
On Ohio 4 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
Opened in 1834
A Toll Keeper opened the pike (gate) to
let the traveler(s) through. The term
turnpike came from tollgate. This is a
replica of the tollgate that was once at the
intersection of Strongs Ridge Road (SR
113) and Columbus Pike . . . — — Map (db m204765) HM
On Ohio 4 (Ohio Route 113), on the left when traveling north.
This Log House originally stood in Seneca
County's Reed Township. Francis Xavier Schriner
built this house in the early 1870's. The Log House
was originally built as a two-room home. When it
was dismantled and moved here in 1980, it was
rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m204763) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
Pioneers made their own tools. Later
stores like this one began stocking axes,
saws, planes, hammers and nails.
Eventually the store sold household items
like washing machines, sweepers, and
lamps. They also sold sleds, red wagons etc.
for . . . — — Map (db m204753) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
Resembling corn stalks,
sorghum was fed into this
press, producing juice, which
was boiled to the thickness of
syrup (similar to molasses).
A horse pulled the tree
limb round and round.
Sorghum is used for
animal feed. Its fiber can . . . — — Map (db m204755) HM
Near Ohio Route 4 0.3 miles south of Route 113, on the right when traveling south.
The Underground Railroad In Lyme Township, Huron County
Historic Lyme Village is helping to preserve some of the local history related to the Underground Railroad. The Seymour House, which is now located in this recreated village, was one . . . — — Map (db m204760) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 113), on the left when traveling north.
This Tavern, built by James Rose in 1835, originally
stood along the old Maumee Pike (Route 20) west of
Fremont. The condition of the mud-rutted road,
through the edge of the Great Black Swamp, was so bad
that few could travel a little more than . . . — — Map (db m204761) HM
On Ohio 113 (Ohio Route 4), on the left when traveling north.
Traditional woodcraft depended
on axes, adzes, wedges, gluts & froes,
saws, squares, plumb bobs, etc.
Woodcraft dates back to Biblical
times: "The carpenter stretches a
line, marks it with a pencil, fashions
it with planes and marks it with . . . — — Map (db m204754) HM
