Description: The Seneca County Courthouse was designed by Elijah Myers and built in 1884-1886 in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. In 2012, the courthouse was torn down. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00446
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: J. H. Stahl Hardware & Implements store, Carrothers, Seneca County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00485
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Carrothers (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lawrence Dull, of Seneca County, was electrocuted for the Murder of Roy Tish, of Fostoria, Ohio. He was a white male, age 25 and his occupation is listed as an escaped convict. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08201
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio; Death row
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: This elevated view of the town of Fostoria, in Seneca County, Ohio, shows a general view of the houses and businesses of the town. Streets, public buildings and churches are labelled. Bird's eye view drawings like this one were popular in late-19th century America. As the country became increasingly urbanized, many towns had pictures such as this one drawn as an expression of civic pride. Also note the plumes of smoke rising from small manufacturing plants and the three railroads running through this rural-seeming town. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4163
Subjects: Cities and towns--Ohio; Aerial views; Streets -- Ohio; Churches;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the Seneca Motorcar Company in Fostoria, Ohio assembling an automobile, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00700
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: This small American flag is made of cotton and dates from 1917-1918. This rectangular flag has red and white stripes and white stars on a blue background. The dimensions are 27 cm by 42 cm. Cyril H. Webster of Columbus, Ohio, donated this flag in 1953. The donor received the flag from the citizens of Bellevue, Ohio, who during World War I sent each serviceman from the community a small American flag. Bellevue, Ohio, is located in the north central part of the state where the county lines of Erie, Huron, Seneca and Sandusky counties meet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65302_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Stars and Stripes; Textile--cotton; World War, 1914-1918
Places: Bellevue (Ohio); Erie County (Oho); Huron County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Seneca County Courthouse. This is the county's third courthouse, and it was built between 1884 and 1886 by architect Elijah Myers. During the 1940s, renovations modernized the Beaux-Arts building including the removal of the statue of Justice on top of the clock tower, lowering the tower's height from 148 feet to 107. Paired fluted columns and a triangular pediment frame the two-story archway that encloses the south entrance. The statue seen here is of William Harvey Gibson (1821-1894), a lawyer who was born in Jefferson County and grew up in Seneca County. He helped to establish the Republican Party in Ohio and served as a colonel in the Civil War. James B. King was the sculptor. In 2012, this courthouse was torn down. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_435
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Statues--Ohio; arches; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pediments; pilasters; cornices; balconies; Beaux-Arts
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); 103 S. Washington St.
 

Description: School house in Carrothers, Seneca County, Ohio, ca. 1900-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00484
Subjects: Carrothers (Ohio); Education; School buildings; School photography
Places: Carrothers (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Seneca Motorcar Company factory, Fostoria, Ohio, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00699
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: A plaque commemorating Fort Seneca. In the 1820s a general store and grist mill were established on this site, where the famous Scioto-Sandusky Indian trail neared the Sandusky River. The settlement was first known as McNutt's, later as Swope's Corners. The village of Fort Seneca was surveyed January 14, 1836. Its name was derived from Gen. Harrison's War of 1812 fort, which was located a few miles downstream. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06824
Subjects: Seneca County (Ohio); United States--History--War of 1812; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Places: Fort Seneca (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1934, this photograph shows the exterior door of a house identified as the Bates-Brinkeroff House in Melmore, Ohio, in Seneca County. The door is surrounded by an elaborate frame and slim windows. To either side of the door is a fluted, engaged Doric column. A spiral pattern trims the outer frame. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_3650_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Doors & doorways
Places: Melmore (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

Description: This printed New Year's greeting from the Fostoria Bicycle Club of Fostoria, Ohio, features a gilt print poem with an image of a young man and woman on bicycles, and "1892, Fostoria Bicycling Club, A Happy New Year" on the horizon. It is printed on a pale green celluloid card. The illustration is credited to P.W. Shephard of Fostoria, and the poem was written by George MacDonald. The Fostoria Bicycle Club was a men's cycling group organized in the early 1880s, which regularly held regional races and took long cycling trips throughout Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM4801
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Bicycles and bicycling;
Places: Fostoria (Ohio); Hancock County (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)