Remarkable Ohio

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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.

1-47 Birthplace of Easter Seal Society

Side A: The nation-wide Easter Seal movement, first major voluntary effort to provide treatment for the crippled, was founded on this site with the organization of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children by Edgar F. (Daddy) Allen, April 22, 1919.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: National Society of Crippled Children and Adults and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 125 East Broad Street, 
Elyria, 
OH, 
44035
Location: Gates Memorial Hospital, 630 East River Street
Latitude: 41.3674141
Longitude: -82.0966397