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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8FM_james-j-thomas-park_Columbus-OH.html
Named by resolution of City Council adopted May 24 - 1943 - in recognition of 12 years of active service as mayor in promoting the beautification of the reservoir lands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8FL_the-upper-arlington-historic-district_Upper-Arlington-OH.html
The Upper Arlington Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, is an important example of the "Garden City" model of early 20th century suburban development. Based on English precedents, the "Garden City" moveme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DL_william-green-labor-leader-the-columbus-streetcar-strike-1910_Columbus-OH.html
William Green, Labor LeaderA native of Coshocton County, William Green (1870-1932) began his working life as a coal miner at age 16 and rose rapidly in the leadership of the United Mine Workers of America. Twice elected to the Ohio Senate, Green s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DJ_american-federation-of-labor-united-mine-workers-of-america_Columbus-OH.html
American Federation of LaborSince 1881One this site, December 10, 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Union merged with the trade unionists of the Knights of Labor to create the American Federation of Labor. Delegates elected Samuel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DH_general-john-hunt-morgan-csa-morgans-escape_Columbus-OH.html
Side A:General John Hunt Morgan, CSAOn this site once stood the Ohio Penitentiary, which was built in 1834 and operated through 1984. Incarcerated here in July 1863 was Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, a cavalry commander known as the "Thunde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DE_the-irish-in-columbus_Columbus-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Thousands of Irish immigrants came to Columbus to seek personal and religious freedom. With the "Great Hunger" in Ireland and the completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the National Road, immigration to Columbus increased in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D8_the-lane-avenue-bridges_Columbus-OH.html
· In the late 1800's a steel truss was constructed across the Olentangy River at Lane Avenue. Its primary function was to gain access across the Olentangy River from the main campus of The Ohio State University to the agricultural land on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CP_deaf-school-park_Columbus-OH.html
This ten acre site was purchased in 1829 for the Ohio School for the Education of the Deaf. The first school building opened here in 1834; the school was enlarged in 1845. In 1868 the original school was replaced. Another school building was added…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CJ_columbus-main-library-judge-noah-swayne-home_Columbus-OH.html
Columbus Main LibraryThe first tax supported free public library in Columbus was formed in 1873 and housed in City Hall. In 1901, City Librarian John Pugh petitioned Andrew Carnegie for funding and was granted $200,000. In 1903, the Swayne home wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CI_starling-medical-college-and-st-francis-hospital_Columbus-OH.html
This site, now Grant Medical Center, was the original location of the neo-gothic building that housed St. Francis Hospital and Starling Medical College, named for Columbus benefactor Lyne Starling. Established in 1849, Starling Medical College/St.…