For 200 years and counting, Elyrians have been proud to call Ely Square the city's central gathering place. Donated by the city's founder Heman Ely, the square has long featured a series of fountains. Each unique to the generations they've . . . — — Map (db m202679) HM
The nation-wide Easter Seal movement, the first major voluntary effort to provide treatment for the crippled, was founded on this site with the organization of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children by Edgar F. (Daddy) Allen, April 22, 1919. — — Map (db m158975) HM
Elyria businessman Edgar “Daddy” Allen (1862–1937), founder of Easter Seals, is buried in this cemetery with his wife Blanche and son Homer. In 1907 Allen lost his son because of an interurban train crash. The lack of adequate . . . — — Map (db m158976) HM
You've never lived 'til you've almost died… for those who fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know."
Scribed on a c-ration container by a soldier during the Vietnam War
This monument dedicated to the memory of members of the United States Armed Force from Elyria, Ohio who gave their lives in World War 1. — — Map (db m202678) WM
King Solomon Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge
in Lorain County, was chartered on December ll,
1821, with Heman Ely as Worshipful Master.
Ely (1775-1852), a prominent land developer,
founded the City of Elyria in 1817, and built
the first grist . . . — — Map (db m144070) HM
Lorain County Community College opened its
Abbe Road facilities on October 3, 1966, making
it the first community college in Ohio with a
permanent campus. At the time, three buildings
had been completed on the 250-acre site—
Engineering . . . — — Map (db m224984) HM
Monteith Hall was built in 1835 as the residence of Reverence John Monteith (1788–1868) and family. Before coming to Elyria as the first superintendent of the new high school, Rev. Monteith was an educator and minister in Detroit, Michigan. He . . . — — Map (db m143985) HM
Dedicated to the noble deeds of the men and women of this county who served their country and gave their lives in time of strife and to the lasting memory of their sacrifice. — — Map (db m202684) WM
This propert is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church
1872 — — Map (db m202685) HM
1861 – 1865
Elyria
to
her heroes who fought
and
her martyrs who fell
that
the Republic might live
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Vicksburg — — Map (db m136369) WM
Elyria’s founding party left West Springfield, Massachusetts on
February 20, 1817. Heman Ely brought his personal staff of Miss Anna
Snow and an African American youth named Ned. They were
accompanied by Ebenezer Lane, an Ely relative; Luther . . . — — Map (db m143834) HM
On Memorial Day in 1907, interurban car 123 crashed into the rear
of interurban car 129 at the intersection of 5th Street and Middle
Avenue. Eight passengers died including Homer Allen, son of
Elyria businessman Edgar F. Allen. Inadequate . . . — — Map (db m144078) HM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Main
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine — — Map (db m202561) WM
This propert is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
United States
Post Office
1915 — — Map (db m202689) HM
