In recognition of his dedicated service to our community and to our country:
Member of City Council: 1989-2001
Mayor: 1993-1999
United States Army: 1962-1965
Lifelong Supporter of the Franklin Community — — Map (db m186065) HM WM
Building originally located at 310 S. River
Street was donated to the Franklin Area
Historical Society by Judge J. T. Riley. It was
moved and restored by donations of time
and money of many Franklin friends.
Listed in
National Register . . . — — Map (db m185949) HM
Men from Franklin Township were among the first from Ohio to leave for the war and participated in many of the conflict's great campaigns. Individual companies of the 1st Ohio (90 day), 2nd Ohio, 75th Ohio, and 79th Ohio infantry were raised . . . — — Map (db m135603) HM
front
Lest We Forget
dedicated to all who rendered service
to our country
during the World War
1914 - 1918
back
Lest We Forget
dedicated to all who served
our country
during World War II
and the Korean Conflict . . . — — Map (db m93904) WM
World War II
This memorial dedicated by the
Village of Franklin
In memory of our boys who gave themselves
in the defense of their country to perpetuate
for your future the deals of a free democracy
★ In Memoriam ★ . . . — — Map (db m186066) WM
The unique, concrete
home at 324 River Street,
was designed by attorney
Patrick Gaynor. Gaynor
was born in Dublin, Ireland
in 1848. By 1884, he was
practicing law in Franklin.
His daughter May married
Justin Harding and they
later . . . — — Map (db m185948) HM
Lewis Davis Campbell. Two leading figures in nineteenth century national and state politics were born in log cabins located near this spot. Lewis Davis Campbell (1811-1882) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1858, rising . . . — — Map (db m81184) HM
This bell was cast in 1849.
It summoned and dismissed our school
children from 1849 to 1931.
"Bells of the past, whose long forgotten
music still fills the wild, expanse,
tingeing the sober twilight of the
present with . . . — — Map (db m185951) HM
[North face of the pavilion]
It all started in June 1974 when Franklin Judge J.T. Riley decided to replace the white building pictured here. It was reputed that the right portion was where J.N.C. Schenck had his store and post office. He . . . — — Map (db m26551) HM
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“the shaft memorial and highway straight
at test his worth – he cometh . . . — — Map (db m122329) HM
(logo- Lee on horse)
Erected and dedicated by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and friends
in loving memory of
Robert E. Lee
and to mark the route of the
Dixie Highway
“the shaft memorial and . . . — — Map (db m223721) HM WM
Most of the homes in this district were constructed after the creation of the Mackinaw Development Corporation in 1887. The corporation was named for the Cincinnati, Jackson, and Mackinaw Railroad which arrived in Franklin from Darke County in 1886. . . . — — Map (db m67652) HM
The oldest known structure standing in Franklin, the Old Log Post Office is a reminder of the links the community's earliest members maintained to the rest of the young state of Ohio and to the United States during the early nineteenth century. . . . — — Map (db m26549) HM
Founded by John L. Thirkield in 1832
Occupied this corner from 1850 until 1979.
The Thirkield family owned and operated the store which prided itself on quality merchandise and good customer relations. Under the leadership of Eden B. . . . — — Map (db m67649) HM
Never in the face of human conflict
has so much been owed by so many to so few.
The American soldier does not pick his war,
but when war has come, he has always done his duty,
with honor and for the love of his country. — — Map (db m185950) WM
