Erie
(A) Ohio Veterans Home, Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, 1888-1979
Following the Civil War, many of Ohio’s disabled and wounded veterans found inadequate provisions for their long-term needs.
Almon Ruggles, Surveyor of the Firelands / The Unknown Sailor and The Battle of Lake Erie
Mitiwanga, OH
Almon Ruggles (1771-1840) came to Ohio from Connecticut in 1805 and led survey teams that divided the Firelands section of the...
Birthplace of Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) / Edison Recalls Milan
Milan, OH
One of America’s most prolific and important inventors, Thomas Alva Edison was born in this house in 1847.
Cedar Point
Sandusky, OH
Cedar Point became a popular beach resort in the late 1870s, when visitors traveled to the peninsula by steamboat from Sandusky.
Cholera Cemetery / In Honor of the Doctors
Sandusky, OH
Of the city’s 5,667 people in 1849, 3,500 fled, and 400 of those remaining were victims of cholera.
Christ Episcopal Church
Huron, OH
The Episcopal Society of Huron was organized in 1837, the Rev. F. M. Levenworth, pastor.
Eleutheros Cooke / Cooke-Dorn House
Sandusky, OH
Eleutheros Cooke. The Cooke-Dorn house was the last home of attorney Eleutheros Cooke (1787-1864) who served four years in the Ohio...
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sandusky, OH
Good Samaritan Hospital was formed for the purpose of maintaining and operating an institution for the sick and injured.
Grace Episcopal Church
Sandusky, OH
This building was begun in 1835 and was completed in 1844.
Holy Angels Catholic Church / Holy Angels Catholic Church
Sandusky, OH
Holy Angels Catholic Church is the mother church of Sandusky.
Huron’s First Inhabitants
Huron, OH
Huron and Erie County are rich in Native American history.
Huron’s Maritime History / Huron Lighthouses
Huron, OH
Lake Erie commerce has played a central role in the development of Huron.
Inaugural Meeting of Ohio Hospital Association
Sandusky, OH
About 60 leaders of Ohio hospitals gathered at the Hotel Breakers on August 25, 1915 to form the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA), the...
John Baptiste Flemmond
Huron, OH
John Baptiste Flemmond (1770-1827), a French Canadian trader, was one of the earliest Euro-American settlers in what became Erie County.
Jury of Erie County Women / Erie County Courthouse
Sandusky, OH
Jury of Erie County Women, First to be Impaneled Under Federal Suffrage proclaimed the headline of the Sandusky Register on August 28, 1920.
Kilbourne Plat
Sandusky, OH
Hector Kilbourne, a Freemason and the surveyor who make the original plat of Sandusky (as Portland) in 1816, laid out the streets to form...
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Vermilion, OH
At this site the Lake Shore Electric Railway crossed a bridge that spanned the Vermilion River.
Lester Allan Pelton
Lester Allan Pelton, “the Father of Hydroelectric Power,” was born on September 5, 1829, a quarter of a mile northwest of this site.
M.A. Harrison Memorial Airfield
Marion A. Harrison established M.A. Harrison Memorial Airfield, formerly Harrison Airport, in 1946 on land encompassing 80 acres.
Milan Canal Basin
Milan, OH
Milan was a leading Great Lakes port after the completion of the 3 mile Milan Canal in 1839.
Old Homestead-on-the-Lake / Old Meeker Farm
Huron, OH
Old Homestead-on-the-Lake was established on August 7, 1927, when the Old Homestead Beach Association was granted ownership of Harbor...
Old Perkins Cemetery
Using the power of eminent domain, the United States Government purchased 9,000 acres of land in Perkins Township, Erie County, Ohio to...
Old Sandusky Post Office
Sandusky, OH
This U.S. Post Office building, Sandusky’s third, opened in 1927, replacing a smaller building at Columbus Avenue and Market Street.
Old Woman Creek – A Feature of Ohio’s Estuaries
Old Woman Creek is one of the few naturally functioning estuary environments – places where chemically-distinct bodies of water meet and...
Sandusky Library / Erie County Jail
Sandusky, OH
A library has existed to serve Sandusky’s citizens since 1826.
Sandusky’s First Congregation
Sandusky, OH
The Methodist Episcopal Church pioneered organized religion in Perkins Township in 1811, then in Sandusky when the Rev. Alfred Brunson...
The Huron Playhouse
Huron, OH
Ohio’s oldest continuing summer theatre, the Huron Playhouse has been housed at McCormick Middle School for its entire history.