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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.

5-52 Elm Farm Dairy

Side A: In 1927, Henry Abell, a master plumber, purchased a 100-acre dairy farm. When the Great Depression struck the nation two years later, Abell could find little work as a plumber and decided to develop his dairy farm. In 1934, he and his family began the Dairy, growing the farm to 500 acres and producing enough milk, ice cream, and other dairy products to supply five counties. The dairy closed in 1979, but today houses America’s Ice Cream and Dairy Museum, dedicated to the cultural history of the ice cream and dairy industry in Ohio and the United States.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Abell Enterprises and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 1050 Lafayette Road, 
Medina, 
OH, 
44256
Location: Located on the S side of the road at the edge of the dairy’s parking lot
Latitude: 41.1228870
Longitude: -81.8975390