Historical Markers and War Memorials in Xenia, Ohio
Xenia is the county seat for Greene County
Xenia is in Greene County
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On Detroit Street (U.S. 68) at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Detroit Street.
In memory of
those who lost their lives in
April 3, 1974 Tornado
Richard Adams • Wm. Kent Armstrong • Joyce D. Behnken • Brian K. Blakely • Gloria E. Chambers • Eric Michael Crabtree • Teresa Renee Cross • Prabahakar Dixit • Michael D. . . . — — Map (db m53867) HM
On North Ballard Road (County Route 6), on the left when traveling south.
In 1883, James E. Brown built this seven-panel Howe truss bridge over the North Branch of Caesar Creek, near the site of Lyman Ballard’s grist mill and on the property of William C. Dean. At the time it was built, iron, concrete, and steel . . . — — Map (db m106267) HM
[Marker Front]:
The great Native American Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, was born on the bank of a large spring at this site in 1768, at the very instant that a great meteor seared across the skies. The birth occurred while his parents, Shawnee . . . — — Map (db m14064) HM
On Elliott Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Erected and dedicated to
the Civil War Veterans
of Ohio who founded
this home
by
the Department of Ohio
Women’s Relief Corps
1936 — — Map (db m95536) HM
On Enon Road, 0.1 miles north of Ohio Route 235, on the right when traveling north.
In 1854, Samuel and Rebecca McClellan Collins deeded 1.28 acres to Beavercreek Township, Greene County, for the purpose of building a schoolhouse. The first two schoolhouses were constructed of stone with fireplaces for heat. Collins . . . — — Map (db m14063) HM
On North Detroit Street (U.S. 68) at East Market Street, on the right when traveling north on North Detroit Street.
Dedicated to the men and women
who served in Operation
Desert Shield - Desert Storm
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Dedicated to those men and women
of Greene County who have served
in the Persian Gulf, and to those
who may serve in the . . . — — Map (db m53876) WM
On Engle Mill Road (County Route 47), on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1877 and spanning 136 feet, the Engle Mill Road Covered Bridge carried vehicular traffic until 2003. The bridge is named after the nearby Levi Engle Mill. It is one of a few dozen Smith Truss bridges in the United States. The Smith Bridge . . . — — Map (db m106266) HM
On Church Street near Detroit Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built by James Galloway about 1798 near Old Town. In this house Tecumseh, Chief of the Shawnees, lost a memorable campaign for the hand of Rebecca Galloway. — — Map (db m52922) HM
On Church Street near Detroit Street, on the right when traveling west.
Galloway Log House (Side A)
James Sr. and Rebecca (Junkin) Galloway moved with their family to Greene County from Kentucky in 1798, constructing their first home, a small log cabin. Galloway built the present structure around 1799 near the . . . — — Map (db m52886) HM
On Church Street at North Patton Street, on the left when traveling east on Church Street.
Godfrey Brown
1768 1843
“As to debts, thank God
I owe no man anything
but love”
Godfrey Brown was born a slave in
Brunswick County, Virginia in the year
of 1768. He yearned for freedom and
was freed by his master on March . . . — — Map (db m95414) HM
On East Market Street at Greene Street, on the right when traveling east on East Market Street.
Dedicated to the Citizens of
Greene County who served
in the Civil War
74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
10th Ohio Battery • 154th Regiment Ohio Infantry — — Map (db m201685) WM
On West 3rd Street just east of South Galloway Street, on the right when traveling east.
Helen Hooven Santmyer moved to Xenia at the age of five and graduated from Wellesley College in 1918. She attended Oxford University in England as one of the earliest female Rhodes Scholars. Returning to America with her first book published and a . . . — — Map (db m207725) HM
This tablet is erected in honor
of our beloved veterans of the
1861 Civil War 1865
The Grand Army of the Republic
Dept. of Ohio
who organized the “Home” in
1869
and by their patriotic effort, provided for
the future protection . . . — — Map (db m95534) WM
On E. Main Street', on the left when traveling east.
Co. D. 127th Inf. 32d Div. A.E.F.
Killed in action Oct. 5 1918
at
Muse Argonne Battle, Gesnes, France.
"In dying hath left us rarer gifts than gold" — — Map (db m201687) WM
General Orders No. 11)
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic,
Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868.
I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in . . . — — Map (db m95531) HM
In 1849, each state in the Union was invited to furnish a block of native stone for the construction of
the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
Geologists selected stone from this quarry, then
owned by Wilford McDonald, as typical of the . . . — — Map (db m91407) HM
On Wolford Road (County Route 102), on the right when traveling west.
To Commemorate
Pioneer Achievements
and Historic Events Which Occurred Here
Here in 1815 Jacob Brown, born Dec. 7, 1775 and
his wife Judith Walters Brown, born Dec. 8, 1781,
venerable Quakers, from Louden County, Virginia,
purchased . . . — — Map (db m139682) HM
On Union Road at Washington Road, on the right when traveling south on Union Road.
Union Meeting House
Organized in 1807
On this site in 1809, pious Christians from Virginia and North Carolina erected a Methodist Church, the first in Greene County. The church was officially organized on May 23, 1807 as the Bonner Society. . . . — — Map (db m91415) HM
On Dayton- Xenia Pike (County Route 142), on the right when traveling west.
Front
First printer and publisher in
the Northwest Territory lived
near this point, 1799- 1809.
established the first news
paper, “The Sentinel of the
Northwest Territory”, Cicin
nati, November 9, 1793.
Published the . . . — — Map (db m91438) HM
On South Miami Avenue at South Detroit Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling west on South Miami Avenue.
Xenia City Commission
Dr. Lee Esprit, Jr.
president
Lawrence W. Gordon
V. President/ Deputy Mayor
John T: Saraga
Mayor
Everett “Fuzz” Ross -
Max H. Sims -
Robert Stilwell -
Dr. Eric V.A. Winston
Patricia . . . — — Map (db m80019) HM
