Historical Markers and War Memorials in Westwood, Ohio

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Westwood, Ohio

1 ► Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Westwood — Historic Westwood Town Hall —

A desire by the Village of Westwood for a civic center, Westwood Town Hall, crystalized in 1888, twenty years after the village’s founding. A triangular 3-acre lot had been aquired earlier in 1884 from James Slaven. By March 1888, architech . . . — — Map (db m164158) HM

2 ► Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Westwood — 86-31 — James Norris Gamble — (1836-1932) —

James Norris Gamble, entrepreneur, industrialist, philanthropist and civic leader, is best known for inventing Procter & Gamble's Ivory Soap, the "soap that floats," in 1878. Applying a scientific approach, Gamble transformed P&G into a . . . — — Map (db m172976) HM

3 ► Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Westwood — The Village of Westwood —

Five Miles northwest of Cincinnati in 1868, in a sparsely populated area of southeast Green Township, farmers, local merchants, and landed gentry gathered together to form the Village of Westwood. They envisioned a new community to better control . . . — — Map (db m164159) HM

4 ► Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Westwood — Westwood Veterans Memorial — WW I — WW II —

WWI In commemoration of the boys of the Westwood school District who answered the call of their country to uphold democracy. Justice and the rights of humananity. 1917- 1918 (361 names ) WWII This memorial is dedicated to all men and women . . . — — Map (db m164160) WM

5 ► Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton, Westwood — 14-57 — Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church —

Side A: The first African American congregation and first African American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Dayton trace their roots back to the early 1830s. They were organized by Father Thomas Willis and a small group of faithful men and . . . — — Map (db m17529) HM

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