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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI32_historic-woodlawn-cemetery_Toledo-OH.html
Founded in 1876 by a group of Toledo businessmen, Woodlawn Cemetery was designed in the tradition of the country's "rural cemetery" movement, which was first popularized in Europe in the 1830s. This movement reflects the change in American burial …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZE_toledo_Toledo-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker, Facing South]:"Toledo" After consolidation of the villages of Fort Lawrence and Vistula, the City of Toledo was incorporated in 1837. Originally named "Toledo" in 1833, the site became part of Ohio when the "Toledo War," …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYE_wolcott-house_Maumee-OH.html
This federal style house was built in 1827 by James A. Wolcott who migrated to Ohio in 1818 from Connecticut. Of distinguished parentage, Wolcott was a leading merchant, shipbuilder, judge and politician. Here he and his wife, Mary Wells, daughter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHY5_the-old-plantation_Maumee-OH.html
Levi Beebe built in 1836 this structure then known as the Commercial Building housing stores, bank, and post office. During the canal era, the building was a stagecoach stop and social center for Maumee, the Lucas County seat until 1853. Later the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHH4_vistula-historic-district_Toledo-OH.html
The pioneer village of Vistula is now bounded by Walnut, Champlain, Chestnut, Magnolia, and Summit streets. Established in 1833 by Benjamin F. Stickney and Edward Bissell, Vistula was merged with its rival, Port Lawrence, and in 1837 both villages…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9T_the-oliver-house_Toledo-OH.html
[Front Side]:"The Oliver House" Overlooking the "Middlegrounds," an early site of railroad, immigration, and commercial activity, the Oliver House opened in 1859 as Toledo's premier hotel. It was designed by nationally prominent architect Isaia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9P_port-lawrence-fort-industry-1805_Toledo-OH.html
[East Side of Marker]:"Port Lawrence" This pioneer village, which was united with its downriver rival, Vistula, to be incorporated as Toledo in 1837, was platted by Cincinnati businessmen in 1817. The "Panic" of 1819 caused the enterprise to de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH92_the-columbian-house_Waterville-OH.html
This property has beenPlaced on theNational RegisterOf Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6L_house-of-four-pillars_Maumee-OH.html
Theodore Dreiser wrote in 1900 his famous novel, Sister Carrie, in this house. It was built in 1835 and altered to Greek Revival Style in 1844. Dreiser acquired it in 1899. The house possesses most of the features typical of the American "classic …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH64_a-prehistoric-fort_Toledo-OH.html
A Prehistoric Fort consisting of earthen walls accompanied by moats, formerly occupied this site. The walls, three to four feet high, probably were surmounted by palisades which together with the steep river banks, rendered the fort fairly secure …
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