Geauga

12 historical markers in Ohio

“Old” Chardon Post Office

Chardon, OH

Listed on the National register of Historic Places in 1974, this building was the post office from 1940 through 1986.

(B) Bainbridge Center Historic District

Bainbridge, OH

Bainbridge Center Historic District.

Batavia House

Middlefield, OH

Originally called the James Thompson Inn, named for its builder, the son of Middlefield’s first settler, Isaac Thompson, the Batavia...

Burton, Ohio-First Permanent Settlement in Geauga County / The Village Green

Burton, OH

In 1796, surveyors for the Connecticut Land Company designated an area five miles square surrounding this place as Range 7, Township 7 of...

Chagrin Falls & Eastern Railway – Eastern Ohio Traction Company

South Russell, OH

From east to west, the Chagrin Falls and Eastern Interurban Railway crossed the Muggleton Farm (now South Russell Village Park) at this...

Chardon Business District

Chardon, OH

Chardon was designated the county seat of Geauga County in 1808.

First Congregational Church of Claridon UCC

The First Congregational Church of Claridon has served the community since it was dedicated in the summer of 1832.

Hanging Rock

Chardon, OH

Near this location on May 15, 1823, the first murder trial in Geauga County concluded with the public execution of Benjamin Wright, Jr....

South Newbury Union Chapel

Called the “Cradle of Equal Suffrage” and “Free Speech Chapel,” Union Chapel was to be “…open and free for all denominations, but to be...

The Burton Village Historic District

Burton, OH

In recognition of its noteworthy representation of the history, culture, and architecture of the Western Reserve, Burton Village’s...

The Second High School / The Burton Public Library

Burton, OH

This Queen Anne style building with segmental-arched windows and steep hipped roof was Burton’s second high school.

Welton Cemetery

Burton, OH

Welton Cemetery was known as Roselawn Cemetery until the early 1900s.

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