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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FG_april-3-1974-xenia-tornado-memorial_Xenia-OH.html
In memory ofthose who lost their lives inApril 3, 1974 Tornado
Richard Adams · Wm. Kent Armstrong · Joyce D. Behnken · Brian K. Blakely · Gloria E. Chambers · Eric Michael Crabtree · Teresa Renee Cross …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRD_albert-baker-football-practice-field_Xenia-OH.html
Central State University's Fighting Marauder football practice field is proudly dedicated in honor of Mr. Albert Baker. Mr. Baker served as a teacher and coach at Central State from 1947 until 1977, and his outstanding contributions included the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRC_paul-robeson_Wilberforce-OH.html
This handsome bronze memorial of the legendary Paul Robeson is the work of artist George Carlson as commissioned by Drs. Camille O. and William H. Cosby. The Cosbys have graciously donated this work to Central State University to be displayed as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRB_galloway-cabin_Xenia-OH.html
Built by James Galloway about 1798 near Old Town. In this house Tecumseh, Chief of the Shawnees, lost a memorable campaign for the hand of Rebecca Galloway.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQL_helen-hooven-santmyer_Xenia-OH.html
Helen Hooven Santmyer moved to Xenia at the age of five and graduated from Wellesley College in 1918. She attended Oxford University in England as one of the earliest female Rhodes Scholars. Returning to America with her first book published and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQI_payne-theological-seminary_Xenia-OH.html
Payne Theological Seminary was originally established as Union Seminary in West Jefferson, Ohio, by the Ohio Conference of the African Methodist Church (AME) on October 18, 1844. The Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church North me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQG_wilberforce-university-distinguished-wilberforceans_Wilberforce-OH.html
Wilberforce University (Side A)Wilberforce University, founded at Tawawa Springs in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, is the first private historically black college or university in America. The inspirations for Wilberforce were an unwaveri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQD_galloway-log-house-xenia-tornado-april-3-1974_Xenia-OH.html
Galloway Log House (Side A)James Sr. and Rebecca (Junkin) Galloway moved with their family to Greene County from Kentucky in 1798, constructing their first home, a small log cabin. Galloway built the present structure around 1799 near the bend in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHF2_historic-little-miami-river_Spring-Valley-OH.html
Side A:An important route north from the Ohio River for Indians, frontiersmen, soldiers, and settlers. Pre-historic Indian mounds and village sites are throughout the valley. In 1788 the river was a boundary between two major survey districts, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEZ_george-barrett-cement-house_Spring-Valley-OH.html
After his home was destroyed by fire, George Barrett decided to build a home that would survive another disaster. An article Barrett read by O.S. Fowler in New York described a new building material that used gravel, sand, and lime. Cement was a l…