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 north of Front Street, 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 m296794) 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
Near North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Huron River Greenway trail uses the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad track bed. The rail line was built on fill above the original Milan Canal towpath. The section of Village Creek immediately behind this sign is the last portion of the former . . . — — Map (db m262192) HM
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 N. Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
Milan
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 . . . — — Map (db m90656) HM
Near North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Canal, which opened in 1839, was 3 miles in length and connected with the Huron River at the River's southern most navigatible point. Work on the Canal had begun in 1832 with construction of the tow path There were two wooden locks to allow . . . — — Map (db m262190) 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 ( 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 Edison Drive north of 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 0.1 miles north of Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
Milan's Hogback
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 . . . — — Map (db m315255) HM
Near North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the mid 1830's the Milan Canal Basin was excavated at the site of "Merry's Mill Pond" which was in a "U" shaped bend in the Huron River below the village and near this site. A new river channel, with a dam and a covered bridge, was then . . . — — Map (db m262191) 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 ( 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 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
