Warren

19 historical markers in Ohio

Blaw-Knox Antenna

Mason, OH

In 1922, during the infancy of broadcast radio, the call letters WLW were assigned to the station begun by Cincinnatian Powell Crosley...

Butterworth Station / Butterworth Family Contributions

Butterworth Station (seen across the field) was the southernmost station on the Underground Railroad in Warren County.

Carlisle Station Depot / Schenck-Stanton Rally, October 3, 1868

Carlisle, OH

Carlisle Station Depot.

Deerfield-South Lebanon

South Lebanon, OH

Deerfield was laid out around 1795 and in 1802 Major Benjamin Stites, his son Benjamin, Jr., and John Gano officially recorded the...

Franklin in the Civil War

Men from Franklin Township were among the first from Ohio to leave for the war and participated in many of the conflict’s great campaigns.

Harveysburg / The Harveysburg School

Harveysburg, OH

The Quaker village of Harveysburg was founded in 1829 on land originally a part of Colonel Abraham Buford’s Revolutionary War Land Grant.

Jeremiah Morrow’s Barn

In 1795, at the age of 23, Jeremiah Morrow came to the Northwest Territory from Pennsylvania.

John Evans House

Waynesville, OH

David and Rachel Burnet Evans built this Federal style house in 1836.

Jonathan Wright Homestead

Springboro, OH

Jonathan Wright (1782-1855) and his wife Mary Bateman Wright (1787-1866) moved with their five children from Menallen, Adams County,...

Justice John Mc Lean 1785-1861

Having settled in the Ridgeville area with his father, Justice McLean, in 1799, Justice John McLean was appointed to the United States...

Lewis Davis Campbell / Robert Cumming Schenck

Franklin, OH

Two leading figures in nineteenth century national and state politics were born in log cabins located near this spot.

Peters Cartridge Company / Gershom Moore Peters, LLD

South Lebanon, OH

The Peters Cartridge Company was once a major employer in the region, providing munitions for Allied forces during World Wars I and II.

The Civilian Conservation Corps / The Civilian Conservation Corps of Fort Ancient

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government established the Civilian Conservation Corps, known as the CCC or triple...

The King Mansion / Ahimaaz King (1839-1909)

Kings Mills, OH

Built of bricks of clay from the Little Miami River, the King Mansion has stood majestically overlooking the town of Kings Mills since 1885.

The Mackinaw Historic District

Franklin, OH

Most of the homes in this district were constructed after the creation of the Mackinaw Development Corporation in 1887.

The Old Log Post Office

Franklin, OH

The oldest known structure standing in Franklin, the Old Log Post Office is a reminder of the links the community’s earliest members...

Thomas Corwin (1794-1865)

Lebanon, OH

One of the most effective political orators of his era, Tom Corwin (nicknamed “the Wagon Boy” for his War of 1812 service) resided here...

Union Township Town Hall

South Lebanon, OH

The Union Township Hall was a center of community life from the time of its construction around 1907.

Union Village (1805-1912)

Union Village, the first and largest Shaker (United Society of Believers) community west of the Allegheny Mountains, was established in...

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