Historical Markers and War Memorials in St. Martin, Ohio
Georgetown is the county seat for Brown County
St. Martin is in Brown County
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"It was at two in the afternoon we came in sight of Saint Martin... We saw, at some distance, the little cross on the church of Saint Martin, and which we understood had been the first cross to be erected in the state of Ohio." Sister St. . . . — — Map (db m246387) HM
Chatfield Hall is the oldest structure on campus. Built in 1831 to house St. Mary's Seminary of the West, the seminary of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, it was originally situated on what is now the lawn to the west of St. Angela Hall. The building . . . — — Map (db m246383) HM
Built in 1925 with a generous gift from the O'Connor family of Rochester, New York, this building originally housed a laundry, dairy, and wood working shop. The building was repurposed as a Library in 1985 following the closing of the boarding . . . — — Map (db m246384) HM
The gymnasium was completed in 1867 by the Ursulines of Brown County. It was originally attached to the library building to the north, which was razed in 1985. The first floor was used as a "play hall" and the second floor a "music hall" lined on . . . — — Map (db m246380) HM
The Solomon Run Low-Head Dam was constructed in the 1930s to provide a drinking water reservoir for the St. Martin community in 2013, the dam was removed to return the stream to its natural state.
Solomon Run Low-Head Dam
St. Angela Hall was built in 1861 as a residence for priests with ministerial duties throughout Brown and neighboring counties. Built by Cincinnati's first Archbishop, John Baptist Purcell, who resided here during his retirement and died here in . . . — — Map (db m246381) HM
In July of 1845 eleven Ursuline Nuns arrived in Saint Martin, a village of French and Irish settlers at the northern tip of Brown County. John Baptist Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, had urged these Ursulines to establish a school for young . . . — — Map (db m246386) HM
On July 21, 1845, eleven Ursuline sisters from Boulogne-sur-Mer and Beaulieu, France, arrived in St. Martin, Brown County, Ohio. A Catholic order of sisters known for providing quality education to young women, the Ursulines were invited by . . . — — Map (db m246331) HM
Built in 1960 as the Ursuline Teaching Institute, the Welcome Center was the first college building. Its flat roof was replaced in the 1980s and the entire building was expanded and renovated in 2016-17. It is a multi-purpose facility currently . . . — — Map (db m246385) HM