On Main Avenue (County Road 25A) at Crescent Drive/Miami Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Avenue.
This landmark bridge was completed in September 1924 by the Walsh Construction Company for the C.C.C.&St.L. Railroad, and hailed as a “stupendous piece of engineering work.” The original Bellefontaine and Indiana line went through . . . — — Map (db m29769) HM
On Hardin-Wapakoneta Rd (County Route 20), on the right when traveling south.
Membership 70
Hardin Presbyterian Church Building
1865 – 1925
38’ x 50’
Note: this brick building
was badly damaged in a
windstorm on July 25,
1925 and was torn down — — Map (db m119326) HM
On Main Avenue (Ohio Route 47) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Avenue.
This graceful yet sturdy building is of the Italianate design. Shoes have been sold here since 1864, making it Ohio's oldest continuously operating footwear location. William Covill operated his store here in 1870. John Burkhart built the current . . . — — Map (db m29748) HM
On Ohio Avenue (Ohio Route 29/47) at Poplar Street, on the left when traveling south on Ohio Avenue.
Carey's Hall was completed in 1854 by local contractor John W. Carey. Carey's Hall was given as first prize in the Monumental Building lottery in the early 1870s. It housed many businesses over the years. John W. Carey constructed the Shelby County . . . — — Map (db m29798) HM
On East Court Street (Ohio Route 29) at South Ohio Street (Ohio Route 47), on the right when traveling west on East Court Street.
General Isaac Shelby
December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826
Husband, Father, Farmer, and
Namesake of Shelby County
First Governor of Kentucky (1792-1796)
Fifth Governor of Kentucky (1812- 1816)
Hero of Dunmore’s War,
American . . . — — Map (db m211070) HM WM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 29) at Ohio Avenue (Ohio Route 47), on the left when traveling west on Court Street.
George W Bush
President George W. Bush became the third sitting
U.S. president to visit Sidney when he arrived at The
Spot on August 28, 2004 while campaigning for
re-election. The President greeted shocked Spot
patrons, and ordered a . . . — — Map (db m136135) HM
On Main Avenue (Ohio Route 29) at Poplar Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Avenue.
In memory of
George Washington
1732 - 1799
this tree is planted by
Lewis Boyer Chapter D.A.R.
in the bicentennial year of his birth
1932 — — Map (db m29702) HM
On Poplar Street, on the left when traveling east.
This lot was one of the first developed in Sidney with its use dating from 1820. It was headquarters for the German American Bank that collapses in a notorious 1904 bank failure. The First National Exchange Bank, founded in 1899, rented the space . . . — — Map (db m29611) HM
On Hardin-Wapakoneta Road (County Route 20) at St Rt 47 (Ohio Route 47), on the left when traveling north on Hardin-Wapakoneta Road.
First County Seat of Shelby County
1819- 1820
Hardin was founded in October, 1816 by Thomas McClish,
Joseph Steinberger and James Lenox. These men were also
instrumental in developing Shelby County, which included the
areas of Allen county . . . — — Map (db m86765) HM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 47) at Ohio Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Court Street.
Ohio's most important Civil War building was the first of 14 constructed. The cornerstone was laid in June 1875 to honor 320 fallen comrades. The placement of Sgt. Baker in 1900 facing Ohio Avenue completed the building. An opera hall, seating . . . — — Map (db m29706) HM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 29/47) at Ohio Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
One of the last works of Louis Henri Sullivan (1856-1924), the American architect whose original ideas of functional design and decorative ornament provided a basis for modern American architecture. — — Map (db m28591) HM
Near Tawawa Drive, 0.9 miles east of Riverside Drive (Ohio Route 47), on the left when traveling east.
Bridge understructure built in 1966
Designed by AI Wheeler
Constructed by Frantz Brothers
Covering for bridge erected in 1971
Designed by Ereytag and Freytag, A.1:A
Detailed by C.A. Bickel
Constructed by Robert Hulsmeyer
Overall . . . — — Map (db m166785) HM
On Ohio Avenue at Main Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Ohio Avenue.
Zum Andenken der Deutsch
Amerikanishe Freiwilligen
Schultz's Battery
Civil War 1861 - 1865
Battery M, First Ohio
Volunteer Light Artillery
Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio.
Erected in 1938 by
George Hemm Jr.
in memory of . . . — — Map (db m29779) HM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 29) at Ohio Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Court Street.
In commemoration of those of
Shelby County
who for freedom's sake gave their
last full measure of devotion
Korean Conflict
Blackford, Forest W. • Cicur, Jr., John T.
Eidemiller, Harold H. • Fogt, Kale D.
Fogt, Lloyd O. • Geuy, . . . — — Map (db m29763) WM
On East Court Street (Ohio Route 47) at South Main Avenue (Ohio Route 29), on the right when traveling west on East Court Street.
They
rest in
honored glory
In commemoration of those of Shelby County
who for freedom's sake gave their last full measure of devotion.
World War I
Andandale, Frederick N. •
Bothel, Howell •
Briggs, Floyd •
Burress, Thomas • . . . — — Map (db m166781) WM
This sculpture celebrates [Agriculture/Civic Life/Education/Industry] in Sidney and Shelby County at the turn of the Millenium. [These] four pieces representing important aspects of local life, [were] donated by the Sidney/Shelby Public Art . . . — — Map (db m29766) HM
On Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west.
This 1,250 pound bell was first sounded in the belfry of the Monumental Bulding at Ohio Avenue and Court Street in January 1905. There is served mainly as a fire bell, ringing when firemen were called to a fire and again as the men returned to the . . . — — Map (db m29768) HM
On Tawawa Drive, 0.2 miles east of Riverside Drive (Ohio Route 47), on the right when traveling east.
Big Rock arrived here 16,000 years ago, completing the natural beauty
of this area. Trains on the Big Four Railroad line
passed this spot and continued behind Bridgeview
School through downtown Sidney until the
completion of the Big Four Bridge . . . — — Map (db m166784) HM
On South Main Avenue, 0.2 miles south of Gearhart Road, on the left when traveling north.
Map
showing
the primary and
feeder routes that
made up the Ohio
canal system.
Canal Fulton,
Piqua area, and
Roscoe all have
canal restorations and canal
boats offering
rides to the public…
A note of caution: riding on a
canal . . . — — Map (db m166782) HM
On Court Street at Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
The old jail, actually the county's fourth, was completed in 1875 at a cost of $38,600. The Victorian Italianate design made it a distinctive structure. The front facade is composed of 2,000 pound limestone blocks. The jail housed inmates and also . . . — — Map (db m29746) HM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 29/47) at Main Avenue (Ohio Route 29/47), on the left when traveling east on Court Street.
In 1819, the State of Ohio formally recognized Shelby County, named for Isaac Shelby, veteran of the American Revolution and former governor of Kentucky. The first county seat was located in Hardin, but was moved to Sidney in 1820 to centralize . . . — — Map (db m28590) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 29/47), on the left when traveling north.
Theodore Roosevelt
Former President Theodore Roosevelt addressed a large crowd from these steps on May 16, 1912. He was introduced by C. B. De Weese.
William Howard Taft
President William Howard Taft was the first sitting . . . — — Map (db m28619) HM
On Court Street (Ohio Route 29), on the right when traveling east.
The old Presbyterian church occupied this site until it was purchased and demolished by General J.O. Amos in 1892. He built a three-story structure here to house the Sidney Daily News and Shelby County Democrat newspapers. That business remained . . . — — Map (db m29744) HM
Near Tawawa Drive, 1 mile east of Benjamin Trail, on the left when traveling east.
Zenas King (1818-1892) was a 19th century bridge builder whose iron bridges received wide acceptance throughout the country. He developed his tubular bowstring bridge in 1859, patented the design in 1861, renewed the patent in 1867, and founded . . . — — Map (db m182667) HM