Counties

Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

There are 2 identical markers at the courthouse. (A) is at entrance on Madison Street; (B) is at entrance on Jefferson Street.

10-62 (B) Ottawa County Courthouse

Side A: As the county seat. Port Clinton is home to the present Ottawa County Courthouse, completed on May 20, 1901 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Constructed in the Richardson Romanesque style, the exterior of the courthouse was built using sandstone quarried at Amherst, Ohio. Pink marble wainscoting, an ornate staircase, and stenciling enhance the interior. A copy of William Powell’s mural, “Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie,” is featured along with smaller murals depicting early county industries–farming, fishing, fruit growing, and quarrying. Memorial tablets honor veterans from the Spanish-American War and Civil War.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Ottawa County Commissioners and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 315 Jefferson Street, 
Port Clinton, 
OH, 
43452
Location: At entrance to courthouse from parking lot on Jefferson Street
Latitude: 41.5098582
Longitude: -82.9392504