Historical Markers and War Memorials in Marion, Ohio
Marion is the county seat for Marion County
Marion is in Marion County
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On Harding Highway (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling east.
This site was once a twenty-four acre camp for Prisoners of War established on the grounds of the Marion Engineer Depot. The Depot was a major supply and logistics site of the U.S. Army Engineers during World War II. The first contingent of POWs . . . — — Map (db m29115) HM
On East Center Street (Ohio Route 309) at Sharpless Ct, on the right when traveling west on East Center Street.
Thomas Stinson Cummin, owner of a successful dry
goods store, built his home in the early 1870s on
the outskirts of the growing village of Marion. The
home was purchased in 1889 by Henry M. Barnhart,
an inventor, and co-founder of the Marion . . . — — Map (db m221680) HM
On East Church Street (Ohio Route 95/309) west of McWilliams Court, on the right when traveling west.
First bell brought to Marion County. Cast in 1839 for the Marion County Courthouse. Moved to Salem Church in 1885. Re-set at this site in 1991. — — Map (db m201366) HM
On West Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309) west of Park Boulevard (Ohio Route 95), on the right when traveling west.
In recognition of foresight and ingenuity of Henry Barnhart, George King, and Edward Huber, who established this plant in 1884 as The Marion Steam Shovel Company, This monument is dedicated as Founders' Point — — Map (db m201403) HM
Near Delaware Avenue (Ohio Route 423) at Vernon Heights Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was born November 2, 1865, in Blooming Grove, Ohio, to Dr. George Tryon Harding and Phoebe Dickerson Harding. The family moved to the village of Caledonia, and then to Marion.
Harding . . . — — Map (db m219208) HM
On West Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309) at Orchard Street, on the left when traveling west on West Center Street.
Hotel Harding has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior, 1924 — — Map (db m201360) HM
On Delaware Avenue (Ohio Route 423) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Delaware Avenue.
Jacob Foos, while surveying the Military Road north from Fort Morrow to Fremont during the War of 1812, dug a well at this site. General William H. Harrison and his troops, on their way to Lake Erie, camped here and drank from the well. This area . . . — — Map (db m29048) HM
On Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309) at Main Street (Ohio Route 4), on the right when traveling west on Center Street.
This is Marion County's fourth courthouse and the second at this site. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1884. Costing $115,000, it was completed in 1885 by contractors Leffler and Bland. In 1973 the courthouse was placed on the National Register . . . — — Map (db m29095) HM
In honor of the Revolutionary Soldiers known to be buried in Marion County 1775-1783
Ebenezer Ballentine •
William Britton, Sr. •
Israel Clark •
Joseph Gillette •
Frazier Gray •
Andrew Hyde, Jr. •
John Trey •
John Lindsey • . . . — — Map (db m201362) WM
On Mount Vernon Avenue (Ohio Route 95) close to Richland Road (Ohio Route 529), on the right when traveling east.
The Marion Mausoleum represents a time in early 20th-century
America in which burial practices changed because of advances in
engineering and construction materials, concerns about hygiene, and
a new rise in wealth among the middle class. . . . — — Map (db m117821) HM
On Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309), on the right when traveling west.
The Marion Steam Shovel Company built the primary tools for America's civil engineering for more than 100 years. Founded in 1884 by Henry M. Barnhart, George W. King, and Edward Huber, the company's patent steam shovels helped revolutionize railway . . . — — Map (db m27021) HM
On East Center Street (Ohio Route 309) at True Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Center Street.
Marion civic leaders Shauck Elah Barlow and Ida Harsh Barlow built “Waldhelm,” their Colonial Revival residence, between 1903- 1905. Ida Barlow, then president of the Marion Women’s Club, hosted a December 1905 meeting in her new home. Members . . . — — Map (db m224218) HM
Near East Fairground Street just west of Patterson Street, on the right when traveling west.
This display is a single Crawler Tread shoe that was
used on the enormous NASA Crawler-Transporters.
These transporters were used to move the Apollo
spacecraft, Skylab space station, and other space
shuttles to the launch site . . . — — Map (db m166057) HM
Was born on this site Nov. 20, 1884. He graduated from Marion High School in 1901, Princeton University in 1905, and from Union Theological Seminary. Thomas, a clergyman, and the son of Marion's Presbyterian minister, was a tireless worker for . . . — — Map (db m27030) HM
On Quarry Street, on the right when traveling west.
Marion founder Eber Baker donated this two-acre plot for use as a
cemetery shortly after platting the village in 1822. The oldest
legible headstone bears an 1812 burial date, indicating that it may
have been moved to the site after the opening . . . — — Map (db m94914) HM
On Pole Lane Rd (County Route 174), on the right when traveling north.
Side A On March 2, 1942, four months after the U.S. entered WWII, farmers living between Marion-Williamsport and Marseilles-Galion Roads and between State Route 98 and the Norfolk & Western Railroad were notified to vacate their farms by . . . — — Map (db m94705) HM
On North Main Street (Ohio Route 423) at Center Street (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a
railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens
where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery
were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m94909) HM
On Harding Highway East (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling east.
Side A:
Early in 1942, during World War II, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 640 acres along two miles of U. S. Route 30 South (now State Route 309) from ten landowners. By June 11 of that year, the farm families were removed and . . . — — Map (db m29126) HM
On LaRue-Prospect Road (Ohio Route 203) at Marion- Green Camp Rd (Ohio Route 739), on the right when traveling south on LaRue-Prospect Road.
The U.S. Army built a two-story blockhouse on a nearby
hill during the War of 1812. The blockhouse was one of a
series of such structures erected along the Greenville
Treaty line to guard against Native Americans who
supported the British during . . . — — Map (db m94537) HM
On East Church Street (Ohio Route 95/309) west of McWilliams Court, on the right when traveling east.
Salem Church has long been known as The Rooster Church because of a rooster once atop its steeple remeniscent of the tradition of Protestant churches in Germany. The rooster reminds us of Peter's denial and how at times in our lives we too deny . . . — — Map (db m221678) HM
On U.S. 23 at milepost 6 at Newmans-Cardington Rd (County Route 123), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 23.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a
railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens
where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery
were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m92076) HM
On Pole Lane Road (County Road 174) at Chapel Heights Street, on the right when traveling north on Pole Lane Road.
Side A:
During the early months of World War II, citizens as well as soldiers made enormous sacrifices for the war effort. In March 1942 the War Department announced plans to build a 13,000-acre munitions manufacturing complex northeast of . . . — — Map (db m29125) HM
