Description: This is a photograph of the Fairfield County Courthouse, located on located at 224 East Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio. This is the second courthouse built for the county. George and Guy Blair were the stone masons who built the Fairfield County Courthouse in Lancaster, Ohio. Blackhand sandstone, used for the construction, was quarried in Fairfield County. The building is of Renaissance-Romanesque style with a flat roof, wide bracketed cornice and curved windows with ornamental window hoods. The iron fence surrounding the building was made by the Eagle Machine Company. The keystone over the entrance to the courthouse is the carved stone face of Henry Ebner, the architect from St Louis. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_050_001
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Lancaster (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Fairfield County Courthouse, located on located at 224 East Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio. This is the second courthouse built for the county. The original courthouse was constructed in 1806, until space became an issue in 1858. Originally, the contract allowed for an expansion, but it was later considered too small for the population. Building on the new courthouse began in 1868 and it was completed in 1872. The cost was $138, 921. The architect was Jacob Orman. The building was constructed of locally quarried stone for the three storied building. The long arched windows line the facade, three on the front and nine on the sides and are separated by a pair of Doric pilasters. The main entrance is flanked by an inner Corinthian column and an outer Corinthian pilaster. The door is located inside a recessed portico and is topped by a fanlight. The flat roof is supported by an entablature with urns on the corners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_047_001
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Fairfield County Courthouse, located on located at 224 East Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio. This is the second courthouse built for the county. The original courthouse was constructed in 1806, until space became an issue in 1858. Originally, the contract allowed for an expansion, but it was later considered too small for the population. Building on the new courthouse began in 1868 and it was completed in 1872. The cost was $138, 921. The architect was Jacob Orman. The building was constructed of locally quarried stone for the three storied building. The long arched windows line the facade, three on the front and nine on the sides and are separated by a pair of Doric pilasters. The main entrance is flanked by an inner Corinthian column and an outer Corinthian pilaster. The door is located inside a recessed portico and is topped by a fanlight. The flat roof is supported by an entablature with urns on the corners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_048_001
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: George and Guy Blair were the stone masons who built the Fairfield County Courthouse in Lancaster, Ohio. Blackhand sandstone, used for the construction, was quarried in Fairfield County. The building is of Renaissance-Romanesque style with a flat roof, wide bracketed cornice and curved windows with ornamental window hoods. The iron fence surrounding the building was made by the Eagle Machine Company. The keystone over the entrance to the courthouse is the carved stone face of Henry Ebner, the architect from St Louis. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_003_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1876, this photograph shows a view of the Hocking Canal in Lancaster, Ohio, in Fairfield County. The Lancaster Lateral Canal was constructed between 1831 and 1834 with the Ohio and Erie Canal in Carroll, Ohio. After the canal was purchased by the state of Ohio, the canal was extended to connect Lancaster to Athens. The entire 56-mile canal, which started in Carroll and ended in Athens, was finished in 1843 and was known as the Hocking Canal. The canal was closed in the early 1890s, due in part to damage from flooding and competition from the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F05_001_1
Subjects: Canals; Hocking Canal; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Georgian Inn, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio." Built in 1833 by Daniel Sifford for homeowner Samuel Maccracken, a financier and Ohio University trustee. Built in the style of English country homes, the house had the kitchen and servants' quarters in the basement. In the 1880s the house was purchased by a Maccracken grandson and remodeled in a Victorian style with the kitchen moved upstairs to an addition at the back of the house. Known as The Georgian because of its use as a tearoom in the twentieth century, it was purchased by the Fairfield Heritage Association in 1972 and restored to its original state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_033_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Fairfield County Children’s Home in Lancaster, Ohio. The home was established in 1883, and it operated until 1982. During the winter of 1971, four teenagers ran away from the home and perished in a barn fire Jan. 9, 1971. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_051_001
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio). Children's Home; Fairfield County (Ohio)--Pictorial works
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the courthouse in Fairfield County, Ohio. It is located in the county seat of Lancaster. Fairfield County was formed on December 9, 1800, by proclamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair. After leasing courtroom space in various buildings, including a log schoolhouse, a courthouse was begun in 1806. In 1858, land was purchased on the corner of Main and High Streets to build a new building. In 1866 the old courthouse was condemned Construction on the new courthouse began in 1868 and it was completed in 1872, at a cost of $138,921. The architect was Jacob Orman. The building was constructed of locally quarried stone for the three storied building. The long arched windows line the facade, three on the front and nine on the sides and are separated by a pair of Doric pilasters. The main entrance is flanked by an inner Corinthian column and an outer Corinthian pilaster. The door is located inside a recessed portico and is topped by a fanlight. The flat roof is supported by an entablature with urns on the corners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_056_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration; Lancaster (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the 48th Annual Reunion of the 17th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, at General William Tecumseh Sherman's Birthplace, Lancaster, Ohio, September 26, 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03362
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Veterans; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) wore this shoulder mark when he was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War. Sherman was promoted to this rank after the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862. It measures 1.57 by 4.33 inches (4 by 11 cm). William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U. S. Senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. He graduated sixth in his class from West Point and served in positions in the south where he gained great knowledge of the southern people and the geography of the region. Sherman served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. Sherman became well known for his tactics of property damage and psychological warfare against the southern people, best illustrated by his march through Georgia. His goal was to convince the southern people to stop the war, and prevent more battle field deaths. Sherman is credited with the saying "War is hell." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1435_1534166_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; Military uniforms; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: The monument on the left reads "This stone marks the grave of Charles R. Sherman who died at Lebanon in the State of Ohio June 24th 1829 in the 41st year of his age. His wife's monument on the right reads" Mary Hoyt wife of Charles R Sherman born at Norwalk Connecticut Dec 28th AD 1787 died at Mansfield, Ohio Sept 28th A. D. 1852 Charles Robert Sherman was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on Sept 26, 1788 to Taylor and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman. He attended Dartmouth College and then studied law with his father. In 1809, he was admitted to the bar and in 1810 he married Mary Hoyt. The couple then moved to Lancaster, Ohio where he set up private practice. In 1823, he became a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, where he served until his death in 1829. He died in Lebonon on June 24 and was buried there. but his remains were later removed to Lancaster in Elmwood Cemetery. Charles and Mary were the parents of eleven children. Among them were William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame, John Sherman a renown statesman and Elizabeth, who was the wife of William J Reese, a Grand Master of Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_009
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio; Sherman, Charles Robert, 1788-1829; Sherman, Mary Hoyt, 1787-1852; Lancaster (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elmwood Cemetery is located on the east side of Mount Pleasant Avenue, three blocks from Main Street. It is in Lancaster, Berne Township, Richland County, Ohio. Established in 1838, Elmwood Cemetery is one of the oldest and most historical cemeteries in Lancaster. It is the burial place of several famous people: Henry Giesy, a Civil War General, Joseph and Dorothy Hunter, the first white settlers in Lancaster, Charles Sherman, father of William T Sherman, Darius Tallmadge, the "Stagecoach King", Frances Stanberry, Scott James, a Civil War soldier and Lancaster's first black officer, and Zane, the first postman in the United States. This well maintained cemetery contains many interesting old gravestones, many with detailed carvings. It is thought by some to be haunted. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_011
Subjects: Cemeteries.
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)