Description: Photograph of a log cabin built ca. 1840 in Madison County, Ohio. This photograph was taken shortly before the cabin was moved to the museum of the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02897
Subjects: Madison County (Ohio); Ohio Historical Society; Dwellings Ohio
Places: Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: The right side of this photograph shows a frame house and yard with a picket fence. On the left side is what appears to be a streetcar with seated passengers and another streetcar ahead of this one, just barely visible because it may be turning. The title of this image suggests that its subject is a stop along a streetcar route that ran along Hopley Avenue, Bucyrus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06076
Subjects: Street-railroads--Ohio; Bucyrus (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Dwellings--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a row of suburban homes on a residential street in a suburb of Akron, Ohio, ca. 1935-1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05184
Subjects: Dwellings--Ohio; Streets--Ohio; Houses; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a man sitting in a one-horse wagon, flanked by a standing woman wearing a large hat. In the background, a woman stands in front of a house. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed “Ewing Brothers” and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06695
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Dwellings; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Portrait photography--United States--History; Horse-drawn vehicles
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Photograph showing the home of Reverend E.T. Lee and family on West Sixth Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1870-1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05500
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Dwellings--Ohio; Houses; Ohio--Religion
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a blockhouse in South Park Mansfield, Ohio. Built during the War of 1812 by soldiers from Coshocton, Ohio, the blockhouse protected Anglo-American settlers from American Indian attack. Later, it served as the first courthouse, jail, school, and location of the first religious service in Richland County. Mansfield acquired the blockhouse in the early 1900s. The Historical marker was placed by the Mansfield Council of Garden Clubs in 1953, which reads "MANSFIELD BLOCK HOUSE (within this park) Built during the War of 1812 in Central Park ~ a refuge in times of Indian alarms. Rebuilt for Mansfield Centennial in 1908. Now used as a boy Scout meeting place." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F09_001_001
Subjects: Architecture; Blockhouse (Mansfield, Ohio); Dwellings; Housing; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Hayes Home Fremont, O. Aug 10-39. Keep this for copy” The Hayes House was built in 1859 as a summer home for Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), 19th President of the United States. Built as a two story brick mansion, the Victoria home featured many bedrooms and a wrap-around porch. The Hayes House stands on 25 acres of wooded land that were part of the President's estate on Spiegel Grove. Hayes and his wife, Lucy retired at the estate following their residence in the White House and both spent their last days in the home. Numerous trees shade the property, giving it an aura of wealth and elegance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_002_1
Subjects: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893; Spiegel Grove (Fremont, Ohio); Hayes Presidential Center (Fremont, Ohio); Presidents -- Dwellings -- Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inez P. McWhorter, a cook cutting chicken at the home of Warren and Florence Harding in Marion, Ohio, during the 1920 presidential campaign. Harding used his middle-class home in Marion as his campaign headquarters. He chose to give speeches from the uniquely designed round front porch to crowds who would come to him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05328
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; African American women--Ohio; Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Maple Corner, home of the John P. Hopley Family in Bucyrus, Ohio, is decorated with flags for the city's centennial in 1921. Flags are draped along the wraparound porch. A woman wearing a long white dress is seated on the porch near the top step. Formal centennial celebrations were held in Bucyrus on October 2-5, 1921. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06078
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Centennial celebrations; Dwellings--Ohio; Family history
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Maple Corner, the home of the John P. Hopley family in Bucyrus, Ohio, is pictured in a state of disrepair. Born in England, John P. Hopley (1821-1904) was educated in the Royal Navy Academy at Camberwell Surrey. After his graduation he remained at the academy as a teacher. He emigrated to the United States with his uncle and settled in Zanesville, Ohio. In 1845 he moved to Logan, Ohio, where he married Georgianna Rochester (1826-1904) in 1848. Hopley was a teacher, lawyer, postmaster, and owner of two Bucyrus newspapers. He was active in the Republican Party. Members of the Hopley family were active in such pursuits as business, politics, journalism, the temperance movement, and woman suffrage. John and Georgianna Hopley had ten children, nine of whom survived to adulthood: Charles Rochester, John Edward, Thomas Prat, Mary Catherine, Georgianna Eliza, Harriet Evelyn, James Richard, Frank Lewes, and Joseph William. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06079
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Dwellings--Ohio; Family History
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Composite photograph of three photomechanical prints depicting buildings in Bucyrus, Ohio. The buildings pictured are a commercial building identified as the Deal Block (right); the home of Judge J. C. Tobias (center); and the home of Mrs. Jennie Monnett (top). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06085
Subjects: Bucyrus (Ohio); Dwellings--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Inez P. McWhorter, a cook at the Harding home in Marion, Ohio, cutting watermelon on steps outside the house during the 1920 presidential campaign. Harding used his middle-class home in Marion as his campaign headquarters. He chose to give speeches from the uniquely designed round front porch to crowds who would come to him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05327
Subjects: African American women--Ohio; Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)