Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_291
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the clock tower and side facade of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_294
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_293
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_295
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the light court on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. It has a stained glass skylight. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_297
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Madison County Courthouse. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_296
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the light court on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. It has a stained glass skylight. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_299
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This image shows the light court on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. It has a stained glass skylight. This building represents several architectural styles, including Beaux-Arts Classicism and Second Empire. This was intended to be a smaller version of the 1887 Franklin County Courthouse which was built by the same architect. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_298
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; mansard roofs; dormers; pediments; clock towers; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); Second Empire; Beaux-Arts
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio); 1 N. Main St.
 

Description: This photograph shows the Sherman House Museum in Lancaster, Ohio. The Sherman House is the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman, the home of his parents, Charles and Mary Sherman, and his siblings. Built in 1811, the house includes a parlor, kitchen, master bedroom, and bedrooms for the children. The family built an addition in 1816 which included a parlor and study for Judge Charles Sherman, William's father. Furniture belonging to General William T. Sherman and his wife Ellen from their New York City home decorates the parlor today. Sherman was a graduate of West Point and served under General Ulysses S. Grant in the American Civil War from 1862-1863. In 1863, he succeeded General Grant as the commander of the western theater of the war. He led his troops through Georgia and the Carolinas in the famous "March to the Sea". In April 1865, he accepted the surrender of the Confederates armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The photograph's caption reads "House in which Gen. Wm T. Sherman, of Civil War fame, was born to Charles and Mary Sherman on Feb. 8 1820. John Sherman, statesman, also born here. Plaque on front wall placed by G. A. R. and allied organ. in 1921. Home just east of business section on N. Main St. Lancaster, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_002_1
Subjects: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891; Domestic architecture; Historic houses; Lancaster (Ohio); Military Ohio
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. Memorial Hall Bldg. N.W. corner Main St. and Lowry Ave. is a county building, built in 1915 at a cost of $262,006, headquarters of various patriotic organizations and county association with an auditorium seating 2,700. The Clark County historical museum occupies south side of second floor, containing a collection of pioneer relics and other articles of historical interest, judged the second finest collection in Ohio." This is a photograph of the Memorial Hall building in Springfield, Ohio. The hall was completed on June 1, 1916 and was paid for by taxes and bond sales. It commemorates Clark County's military soldiers, as well as the area pioneers. The hall seats 2,700 and has served as a venue for concerts, sporting events, graduations, political gatherings, balls, and meetings. Today it stands empty after a proposed tax levy for renovation of the building failed to pass. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_008_001
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; Springfield (Ohio)--History; Springfield (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)