Ohio Historic Places Dictionary


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OHIO HISTORIC PLACES DICTIONARY contains all the latest listings on all the recognized Historic Places in the Buckeye State. The entries in the reference work were obtained from the official list of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington DC. The National Register of Historic Places is a government program designed to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect historic and archeological properties. The properties include historic - districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, engineering and culture.OHIO HISTORIC PLACES DICTIONARY is arranged alphabetically by county name. The county arrangement allows patrons to find many historic places by where they live and/or counties they want to research in Ohio. An easy to use Place Index lists the cities and towns alphabetically to locate all the historic places in any town or city in Ohio. This reference work contains photographs that add visual quality to the text.










Genealogical Research in Ohio


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"This research guide describes Ohio sources for family history and genealogical research. It also includes extensive footnotes and bibliographies, addresses of repositories that house Ohio historical and genealogical records and oral histories, and addresses of chapters of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Valuable Ohio maps conclude this work ... This new edition describes many Ohio sources on the Internet and compact discs, as well as additional genealogical and historical sources and bibliographies of Ohio sources"--Preface.







Lost Dayton, Ohio


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Many of the places that helped make Dayton a center of innovation were lost to history, while others survived and adapted, representing the city's spirit of revitalization. Some of the city's distinctive and significant structures, such as Steele High School and the Callahan Building, were demolished, while others, including the Arcade and Centre City Building, saw hard times but now await redevelopment. Entire neighborhoods, such as the Haymarket, and commercial districts, such as West Fifth Street, vanished and show no traces of their past. Others, including the popular Oregon District, narrowly escaped the wrecking ball. From the Wright Brothers Factory to the park that hosted the first NFL game, Andrew Walsh explores the diverse selection of retail, industrial, entertainment and residential sites from Dayton's disappearing legacy.




Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide III: A Ghost Hunter's Guide to Ohio


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Discover Ohio's Spookiest ghost stories! Bloody Horseshoe Grave of Mary Henry Dead Man Hollow Mysterious Grave The Red Slipper Murder The Haunted Athens Asylum and Ghostly Cemetery Walk Bloody Island in Columbus The Real Woolly-Booger of Little Pennsylvania Cemetery Crybaby Hill Fairport Harbor Ghost Cat Gore Orphanage Ghouls of Zanesville The Grave of the Gypsy Queen Holcomb Road The Elmore Rider And more than 65 spine-tingling haunted Ohio ghost stories and legends to tell around the campfire or visit. Sit back and enjoy ghost stories and folklore of Ohio with Jannette Quackenbush, who has written over 20 ghostly books from New Orleans to Pennsylvania with many of the stories passed on directly to the writer. "My books are not about my journeys. They are about my readers' journeys. I want my readers to see the places I saw, read about them, and visit them too. That is why my books offer the richest and most robust ghost stories, lots of area pictures, and GPS to visit the legendary places if they are able . . "




Columbus Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide


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Ghosts and Haunted Places in Columbus, Ohio Stories GPS to visit and Pictures. Local legends and ghost stories from Columbus, Ohio including: The Jury Room Schwartz Castle Central Ohio Fire Museum Greenlawn Cemetery Old Franklinton Cemetery The Thurber House Fort Hayes Mooney Mansion and Calumet Bridge Glen Echo Park Nearby haunts like The Woolly-Booger And haunted bars like Char Bar and Elevator Brewery! 49 stories of the haunted past of Columbus.




The Mosaic Tile Company


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Founded in 1894, the Mosaic Tile Company was the dream of two ceramic pioneers who intended to manufacture innovative ceramic mosaic murals while also dominating the utilitarian market. One of the largest such companies in the United States at the time, MTC's most significant contribution to the burgeoning Ohio pottery industry was the development of innovative and varied proprietary tile production and installation methods. Compared to its emphasis on mosaic murals, MTC's utilitarian and giftware goods were produced in limited quantities and were not well received at the time, making them rarer today. This book chronicles the history of ceramic creativity in Zanesville, Ohio, from its earliest days as a bustling town before the Great Depression through its recovery in the 1960s. It examines the Mosaic Tile Company's whole history, the bygone details of this long-lost business, its products and its employees, and incorporates images and postcards illustrating its products in each chapter.




Lost Department Stores of Cleveland


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At its height, Cleveland was a center of industry. Nearly 1 million people called the city home, and all of them needed various assortments of goods, wares and sundries. To serve their desires, fabulous stores once graced the city. The names alone--Higbee's, Halle's, May Company, Taylor Son & Company, Sterling Linder and Bailey's--conjure a comforting memory of sophisticated style and lost glamour. At the heart of this consumer paradise stood Euclid Avenue, Cleveland's golden façade. With its dynamic retail stores, homes to countless millionaires and elevated air, it was one of a trio of famous American retail promenades alongside New York's Fifth Avenue and State Street in Chicago. Local historian Michael DeAloia's illuminating chronicle evokes the golden age of Cleveland's prestige and elegance.