Description: Aerial view documenting the construction of the Ohio Village, a reconstructed historical 1860s village located at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio. In the mid-2010s, the Village was re-interpreted to represent the decade of the 1890s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06575
Subjects: Ohio Historical Society; Historic buildings--Ohio; Historical museums--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the side and rear facades of the Brown County Historical Society Museum. This building was formerly the Brown County Jail, and is now the current home of the Brown County Historical Society's Museum and genealogy collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_049
Subjects: Jails--Ohio; Historical museums--Ohio
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of Ohio's Battle Flag collection hanging in the plaza of the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1970. The flags were displayed on the Center’s plaza level from the time the building opened in 1970 through the late 1980s, when they were removed due to conservation concerns. Many of the flags can still be seen on display in the Follow the Flag permanent exhibit. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03433
Subjects: Ohio Historical Society; Flags -- Ohio; Historical museums--Ohio; Museum exhibits
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Ohio Company Land Office taken between 1935-1943. The Campus Martius Museum highlights migration in Ohio's history. The museum is on the site of the fortification built by the Ohio Company of Associates, as their headquarters, in 1788 when they founded the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory. The restored Rufus Putnam house, part of the original fort, is now enclosed within a wing of the museum. Behind the museum is the Ohio Company's Land Office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_069
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Ohio Company; Land settlement--Ohio; Historical museums--Ohio
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1910, this photograph shows Indian Mill in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, with three people standing by a boats docked along the water. After the War of 1812, members of the Wyandotte Tribe and a group of African Americans, comprised of both free and freedom seekers, settled near modern day Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Because these two communities lived close to each other and worked together, many of the Wyandottes accepted Christianity and adopted the customs of their African American neighbors, which resulted in limited perks from the federal government, including money to build a mill. In 1820, a flour mill and sawmill were both constructed on the banks of the Sandusky River which allowed the Wyandottes and African Americans in the area to process their harvests and turn logs into timber to build their homes. However, under pressure from many white settlers who lived in the area surrounding the Wyandotte reservation, the federal government decided to permanently move the Wyandottes out of Ohio. Several years later, the last of the Wyandottes left the area. The mills fell into disrepair and were abandoned. In 1861, the flour mill was rebuilt on the present site by Lewis Rummel, who used three water-powered turbines made by The James Leffel & Co. of Springfield, Ohio, in his new mill. The mill has been owned by various people over the years and was purchased by the Ohio History Connection in 1968. Indian Mill is managed locally by the Wyandot County Archaeological & Historical Socie View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05389
Subjects: Mills and mill-work -- Ohio; Wyandot Indians -- History; African American Ohioans; American Indians in Ohio; Historical Museums -- Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1953-1970, this photograph shows Indian Mill in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A man and woman sit on the edge of the wall at the lower left corner of the mill. After the War of 1812, members of the Wyandotte Tribe and a group of African Americans, comprised of both free and freedom seekers, settled near modern day Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Because these two communities lived close to each other and worked together, many of the Wyandottes accepted Christianity and adopted the customs of their African American neighbors, which resulted in limited perks from the federal government, including money to build a mill. In 1820, a flour mill and sawmill were both constructed on the banks of the Sandusky River which allowed the Wyandottes and African Americans in the area to process their harvests and turn logs into timber to build their homes. However, under pressure from many white settlers who lived in the area surrounding the Wyandotte reservation, the federal government decided to permanently move the Wyandottes out of Ohio. Several years later, the last of the Wyandottes left the area. The mills fell into disrepair and were abandoned. In 1861, the flour mill was rebuilt on the present site by Lewis Rummel, who used three water-powered turbines made by The James Leffel & Co. of Springfield, Ohio, in his new mill. The mill has been owned by various people over the years and was purchased by the Ohio History Connection in 1968. Indian Mill is managed locally by the Wyandot County Archaeological & Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01009
Subjects: Mills and mill-work -- Ohio; Wyandot Indians -- History; African American Ohioans; American Indians in Ohio; Historical Museums -- Ohio
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Erwin Zepp (on the right), director of the Ohio Historical Society, pictured seated with two Society trustees. The trustees are identified as Foley (on the left) and Milligan (center). Hanging behind them is the painting "The Fighting McCook's" from the Society's fine art collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07536
Subjects: Other--Ohio Historical Society; Historical museums--Ohio; Employees--United States; Historical societies
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph documents visitors to the Ohio Historical Society's exhibit on communication. The exhibit was one of the first to open in the new Ohio History Center in 1970. The photograph measures 9.5" x 7.5" (24.13 x 19.05 cm). Founded in 1885, the Ohio Historical Society--now the Ohio History Connection--conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. Its services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3387_5837593_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Ohio Historical Society; Museum exhibits; Historical museums--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Old lighthouse at Fairport Harbor, built in 1825, Lake County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Presently, housing the Fairport Harbor Marine Museum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00363
Subjects: Historical museums--Ohio; Lighthouses
Places: Fairport Harbor (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing construction of Sullivant Hall, a building on the campus of the Ohio State University that at the time of this photograph was to be occupied by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio Historical Society). The building is located at the intersection of 15th Avenue and High Street in Columbus, Ohio. Originally the Ohio Historical Society housed its collections in the Ohio Statehouse. In 1894, the organization moved to Orton Hall at The Ohio State University, then to Sullivant Hall upon its completion in 1913. The Ohio Historical Society remained on The Ohio State University campus until 1970, when it moved to its present location near the Ohio State Fairgrounds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P365_16_05
Subjects: Ohio Historical Society; Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society; Museums; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Design and construction;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Two 8" x 10" photographs show construction of the Ohio History Center in May and July, 1969. At a press conference held in November 10, 1964, Governor James Rhodes included financing for the construction of a new archives, library, and museum building for the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). Groundbreaking ceremonies for the building that would become the Ohio History Center were held on August 22, 1966. The new building opened on Sunday, August 23, 1970, and was dedicated to "the people of Ohio whose illustrious deeds are herein enshrined and proclaimed for the inspiration of all." Upon its opening in 1970, the American Institute of Architects applauded the Center as a "bold, imaginative, almost startling structure." Architectural Record, in a July 1971 article, called it "no doubt the most architecturally significant public structure built in Ohio since the State Capitol Building." W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building. The building is an example of "Brutalism," a rational, structuralist, monumental style exported in the early 1950s by French and British architects. Distinguished by its structural honesty and undisguised, blunt use of materials, Brutalism departed from conventional bourgeois styles. Stone and marble were rejected in favor of form-textured concrete, or beton brut, a technique employed by the French architect LeCorbusier. Founded in 1885, the Ohio History Connection (previously the Ohio Historical Society) conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. The organization's services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3352_4881945_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Design and construction; Architecture; Ohio Historical Society; Museums; Archives; Libraries; Brutalism (Architecture)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Governor James Rhodes used an Ohio-shaped shovel to turn the first earth for the new Ohio History Center, shown here on on August 22, 1966. The Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) moved to the new building, located near the Ohio State Fairground on Velma Avenue, after 53 years in the Ohio State Museum building on High Street near the entrance to The Ohio State University. Pictured in the first photograph are (left to right): Trustees Don E. Weaver, Wayne J. Graf, and Harold J. Grimm, architect Byron Ireland, Governor James Rhodes, Senator Robert Shaw, Representatives Keith McNamara and Jerry O'Shaughnessy. The second photograph shows (left to right): OHS President Daniel R. Porter, trustee Fred J. Milligan, Governor James Rhodes and trustee Don E. Weaver. W. Byron Ireland & Associates, a Columbus architectural firm, designed the Ohio History Center building. The building is an example of "Brutalism," a rational, structuralist, monumental style exported in the early 1950s by French and British architects. Distinguished by its structural honesty and undisguised, blunt use of materials, Brutalism departed from conventional bourgeois styles. Stone and marble were rejected in favor of form-textured concrete, or beton brut, a technique employed by the French architect LeCorbusier. Founded in 1885, the Ohio History Connection conducts a range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the organization has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. The organization's services include managing the state archives, administering the state's historic preservation office, and operating a network of historic sites and museums. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3368_4835281_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Design and construction; Architecture; Ohio Historical Society; Museums; Archives; Libraries; Brutalism (Architecture)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)