Seneca
A Nurse’s Sacrifice in the Great War
The Attica-Venice Joint Cemetery is the final resting place of Clara Edith (Work) Ayres, who died in the line of duty soon after the...
Camp Ball
Tiffin, OH
In July 1813 a detachment of soldiers under Lt. Col. James V. Ball built a supply fort here along the military road that ran along the...
Camp Noble The Buckeye Vanguard
Tiffin, OH
This is the site of Camp Noble, named for Congressman Warren P. Noble, who obtained the officer’s commission for William H. Gibson as the...
Early Electric Illumination, 1884
Tiffin, OH
When St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated on January 6, 1884, an ornate brass chandelier presented by the Edison Electric...
Fort Seneca
In the 1820s a general store and grist mill were established on this site, where the famous Scioto-Sandusky Indian trail neared the...
Founding of Tiffin
Tiffin, OH
In 1822 Josiah Hedges purchased the land that would become Tiffin from the Delaware Land Office.
Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad / Tiffin Train Depot
Tiffin, OH
By the mid 1830s, Ohio had developed a canal system that linked Lake Erie in the north to the Ohio River in the south.
Meadowbrook Park
Bascom, OH
Meadowbrook Park began as a Tiffin, Fostoria & Eastern Electric Railway plan to draw weekend riders.
Mercy Hospital of Tiffin / The Sisters of Mercy Come to Tiffin
Tiffin, OH
Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Thomas F. Conlon met with the newly appointed bishop of the Toledo Diocese, Rt.
New Riegel Parish and Convent
St. Boniface Catholic Church began in 1834 as a mission of several area churches and in 1836, the parish built its first church.
Rezin W. Shawhan & The Seneca County Museum
Tiffin, OH
The Seneca County Museum is the former home of local businessman Rezin W. Shawhan.
Risdon Square
Fostoria, OH
This monument marks the square of the village of Risdon founded 1832.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Tiffin, OH
St. Joseph Catholic Church has been located here since the parish’s formation in 1845.
State’s First Female Lawyers
Tiffin, OH
In 1873, Tiffin’s Cronise sisters became the first women admitted to the Ohio Bar.