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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM816_green-lawn-cemetery_Columbus-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Landscape architect Howard Daniels designed the original portion of Green Lawn Cemetery in 1848. Noted Columbus architect Frank Packard designed Green Lawn's Chapel mausoleum, the Hayden family mausoleum, and the Packard mausoleum. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V9_prentiss-school-no-8_Canal-Winchester-OH.html
This building was generously donated to theVillage of Canal Winchesterin the interest of historic preservation by the following businessmen: Lloyd Stebelton, Dick Weiser, Don Weiser, Robert Wood, Neil Wyman.It was moved from its previous location …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V7_pvt-alfred-cannon_Canal-Winchester-OH.html
95th O.V.I. Co-D8-18-1862 to 1-21-1865P.O.W. Resident of Canal Winchesterenlisted to preserve the Union.Taken prisoner at BricesCrossroads, MS. and marchedto Andersonville, GA., Confederateprison. He gave up his placeof exchange to a friend sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V6_canal-winchester_Canal-Winchester-OH.html
Birthplace ofOley Speaks,1874 - 1948.Musician and Composer
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SN_camp-chase_Columbus-OH.html
(Side A):Camp Chase was a Civil War camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. Four miles west of Columbus, the main entrance was on the National Road. Boundaries of the camp were present-day Broad Street (north), Hague A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6M1_the-state-house_Columbus-OH.html
A total of 15 commissioners, seven architects, and numberless artisans built this Grecian Doric State House of local limestone and brick from Indian mound clay at a cost of $1,359,121. Experts today marvel that so many diverse personalities could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LX_the-state-house_Columbus-OH.html
A total of 15 commissioners, seven architects, and numberless artisans built this Grecian Doric State House of local limestone and brick from Indian mound clay at a cost of $1,359,121. Experts today marvel that so many diverse personalities could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LV_the-breathing-association_Columbus-OH.html
The Breathing Association was founded in 1906 as the Tuberculosis Society under the leadership of public health advocate Carrie Nelson Black. The society provided nutrition, medical care, and sanitorium services to people who could not afford prop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LQ_the-underground-railroad-black-conductors-of-columbus_Columbus-OH.html
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor arailroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havenswhere those escaping the brutal conditions of slaverywere sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised,and instructed during thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6FL_the-ohio-statehouse-lincoln-at-the-statehouse_Columbus-OH.html
In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitolbuilding and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, stood …