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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBDY_roy-j-plunkett_Columbus-OH.html
Roy J. Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio, and graduated from Newton Township High School in Pleasant Hill. He received his B.A. degree from Manchester College before enrolling as a graduate student in chemistry at The Ohio State University, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBDC_merion-village_Columbus-OH.html
Side A:Merion Village was named for the Nathaniel Merion family, who in 1809 settled what is now the South Side of Columbus on 1800 acres of the Refugee Lands. Entrepreneur William Merion operated "Merion's Landing" in the 1830s to capitalize on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBD9_saint-mary-of-the-springs-academy-anne-o-hare-mccormick-1880-1954_Columbus-OH.html
Side A:Saint Mary of the Springs AcademyOn this site stood St. Mary of the Springs Academy, a school for girls first founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1830 in Somerset, Ohio, to respond to the educational needs of frontier Catholics. The school …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBD0_the-lincoln-theatre_Columbus-OH.html
The Lincoln Theatre, originally known as Ogden Theatre Lodge, opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1929. Developer Al Jackson was spurred to build the theatre because African-Americans were segregated from the other area theatres. Among the bands that ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCX_the-charity-newsies_Columbus-OH.html
The founding of the philanthropic organization Charity Newsies stems from a cold, blustery day in December 1907, when a small newspaper boy stood on the corner of Broad and High streets. Inside the nearby Billy's Chophouse, entertainers George Bak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB84_bryden-road-historic-district_Columbus-OH.html
Bryden Road is named after James Bryden, a city councilman and county commissioner who owned 135 acres here in the 1840's. By 1900 Bryden Road was known for its stately homes, canopy of elms, and the electrically lit metal arch at its west entranc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB80_ohio-institution-for-education-of-the-blind_Columbus-OH.html
This nine acres of land was purchased by the citizens of Columbus in 1837, and deeded to the state for use as the Ohio School for the Blind. The first building, designed by N. B. Kelly and occupied in October 1839, was replaced by the current buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7W_second-baptist-church-james-p-poindexter_Columbus-OH.html
Side A: Second Baptist Church - Columbus' Oldest Black Baptist Church, 1836Second Baptist Church cordially received its independence as a mission church from the First Baptist Church on January 7, 1836. Rev. Ezekiel Fields was chosen as pastor fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7U_the-first-telephone-central-office-in-columbus-ohio_Columbus-OH.html
Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of the first tran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2T_elijah-pierce_Columbus-OH.html
Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) was an internationally recognized woodcarver/folk artist. Mr. Pierce began carving wood as a young boy on the Baldwyn, Mississippi, farm where he was born in 1892. In the early 1920s, he carved a small elephant for his wi…