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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.

5-48 Wolcott House

Side A: This federal style house was built in 1827 by James A. Wolcott who migrated to Ohio in 1818 from Connecticut. Of distinguished parentage, Wolcott was a leading merchant, shipbuilder, judge and politician. Here he and his wife, Mary Wells, daughter of scout William Wells and Sweet Breeze, Indian Chief Little Turtle’s daughter, made their home a center of frontier activity. This house stands as a tangible symbol of this Maumee pioneer, a Registered National Historic Place.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The Maumee Valley Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 1031 River Road, 
Maumee, 
OH, 
43537
Location: Wolcott House Museum
Latitude: 41.5723020
Longitude: -83.6385960