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105-31 The Dunbar Community: Acting as One Family for A Century
Dunbar, or Corsica Hollow, was an African American neighborhood on the western edge of Madisonville. Its streets and lots were laid out in 1886 after Mahlon and Anna Leonard subdivided their 10-acre tract near Duck Creek and sold lots to African Americans. Many early Dunbar residents were from the South; some born there prior to […]
72-48 Ella P. Stewart (1893-1987) / Stewart’s Pharmacy (1922-1945)
Ella Nora Phillips Myers Stewart was one of the first practicing Black women pharmacists in the United States. After she married William Stewart in 1920, the couple settled in Youngstown, then moved to Toledo where they opened Stewart’s Pharmacy in 1922. Having broken professional barriers, Ella Stewart became a tireless civil rights champion. Advocating for […]
36-55 Piqua Nuclear Power Facility
The Piqua Nuclear Power Facility was part of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s Power Demonstration Reactor Program. The program developed experimental nuclear reactors that could supplement steam generation for electricity production. In 1956, the commission accepted Director of Municipal Utilities John P. Gallagher’s proposal to build a reactor in Piqua and the following year Congress […]
140-25 CompuServe World Headquarters Online Pioneer
The world headquarters of CompuServe was located on the six-acre site at 5000 Arlington Centre Boulevard from 1973 to 2009. Incorporated in 1969, Compu-Serve Corporation (later CompuServe Inc.) was the first major online information services provider. Its subscribers were the first to have access to email, online newspapers and magazines, the ability to share and […]
144-25 Livingston Heights Place / Dr. Roberto Villalon (1925-2008)
Dr. Harley Manuel and Charles E. Jones were frustrated by the restrictive covenants and redlining that kept Black residents from purchasing homes in desirable Columbus neighborhoods. Deciding to create their own neighborhood, the two men purchased 10.5 acres of farmland in March 1945. They divided it into 42 lots that became Livingston Heights Place. The […]
6-26 Lauber Hill Community / Lauber Hill Meeting House
In 1834, immigrant families from the Upper Rhine River Valley villages of Mulhausen (France) and Schaffhausen (Switzerland) first met in Marshallville, Ohio. They decided to travel west by canal boat and purchase farmland in what became Fulton County in 1850. Joseph Bates, a knowledgeable hunter and navigator, brought them to German Township. On August 22, […]
37-55 Ohio’s Black Civil War Soldiers / Riverside Cemetery’s Civil War Soldiers
Black soldiers played a major role in the Civil War and more than 5,000 free Black Ohioans served in Union forces. While prejudice marginalized the Black man’s ability to serve early in the war, an 1862 Act of Congress authorized their admission into the Union Army and Navy. President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation welcomed […]
159-18 Desegregation of Cleveland Public Schools
The building at 1380 E. 6th Street, designed by Walker and Weeks, served as the Cleveland Board of Education 1931-2013. During the 1950s and 1960s, the segregation of Cleveland Public Schools was the center of the city’s civil rights movement. Parents, like Daisy Craggett and Eddie Gill, protested relay classes and intact busing. The United […]
104-31 United Colored American Cemetery / Notable Citizens Interred at UCAC
United Colored American Cemetery is among the earliest in situ African American cemeteries in Hamilton County. The 11.6 acres in Madisonville were purchased by the United Colored American Association (UCAA) after the legislated closure of their earlier Avondale cemetery. Many Avondale burials and headstones were moved prior to the new cemetery’s dedication on May 30, […]
22-62 Ohio State Highway Patrol Commemorating the First Graduating Class of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, November 15, 1933 / Instilling Core Values for 90 Years 1933-2023
This location marks the site where the first Ohio State Highway Patrol cadet class graduated on November 15, 1933. Known as the Camp Perry School, Colonel Lynn Black opened the training on October 3, 1933, after House Bill 270 created the Division. Colonel Black received over 5,000 applications for the inaugural class, which was trimmed […]