Historical Markers and War Memorials in Worthington, Ohio
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On High Street (U.S. 23) south of New England Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Roswell S. Ripley was born in Worthington on March 14, 1823 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. Serving with the U.S. Artillery from 1846 to 1848 during the Mexican-American War, Ripley was promoted twice for . . . — — Map (db m2050) HM
On North High Street (U.S. 23) at Dublin- Granville Road (Ohio Route 161), on the right when traveling north on North High Street.
Near this site was established
in December 1830
as a part of Worthington College
The first
Eclectic Medical College
in the Middle West.
This tablet commemorates
the faculty and students of the college
who by reason of their . . . — — Map (db m95133) HM
The original pioneer structure of this house was built by Arora Buttles in 1811. It was purchased by Orange and Achsa Johnson in 1816. Orange Johnson came from Connecticut as a comb maker; he became a farmer, landowner, turnpike commissioner, . . . — — Map (db m12648) HM
On Dublin-Granville Road (Ohio Route 161) 0.1 miles east of High Street (U.S. 23), on the right when traveling east.
Saint John's Church of Worthington and Parts Adjacent
In October of 1803, members of The Scioto Company, led by James Kilbourne, came from Connecticut and founded Worthington. On February 6, 1804, the Articles of Agreement establishing St. . . . — — Map (db m12650) HM
On Village Green Drive NE, 0 miles north of Dublin-Granville Road (Ohio Route 161), on the right when traveling south.
This oak tree has been planted by the people of Worthington to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence and to reaffirm its principles
July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m12695) HM
On High Street (U.S. 23) at Village Green Drive NW, on the right when traveling south on High Street.
The Founding of Worthington
The Scioto Company, led by James Kilbourn (Kilbourne) of Granby and Berlin, Connecticut, founded Worthington in 1803, the year that Ohio became a state. The Scioto Company was organized as a land company in 1802 with . . . — — Map (db m12688) HM
On High Street, on the right when traveling south.
The people of Worthington dedicate this memorial to those here named who entered the Armed Services from this community in time of war and died in service to our country.
Their names are etched in our hearts.
Our freedom is their gift. . . . — — Map (db m12720) WM
On North High Street (U.S. 23) near Village Green SE, on the right when traveling north.
Side A Worthington was founded in 1803 by the Scioto
Company, settlers from Connecticut, and named
after Thomas Worthington, a major proponent
of Ohio statehood. The original plat included a
3 ½ acre village green bounded on the . . . — — Map (db m94240) HM
On High Street (U.S. 23) south of New England Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Worthington was the center of Masonry for the central Ohio area in the early years of the nineteenth century. New England Lodge, with its original charter from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut dated 1803, is the oldest lodge in continuous existence in . . . — — Map (db m2049) HM
On Plesenton Drive, 0.2 miles west of Olentangy River Road, on the left when traveling north.
Archaeologists believe that this prehistoric mound, part of a complex of earthworks, was used for rituals by the Hopewell people and was probably built between 100 BC and 400 AD. Note the painted post tops marking the Hopewell pole house footprint. . . . — — Map (db m168823) HM
On Dublin Granville Road (Ohio Route 161) at Proprietors Rd, on the right when traveling east on Dublin Granville Road.
The Harding Hospital, initially called the Columbus Rural Rest Home, was founded in 1916 by Dr.George T. Harding II, MD (1878-1934) and his associates, many of whom shared his commitment to service and his Seventh-Day Adventist Christian faith. The . . . — — Map (db m106121) HM