Description: Caption reads: "Masonic Lodge Building: adjacent to what was the city's oldest burial ground, now vacated, and previously was once used as a church building; good example of New England Style of architecture, of the town hall or meeting house type. Situated on High St. Lancaster, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_001_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Fraternal organizations
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: Caption reads: "Home of American Legion: situated on East Main Street hill, overlooking the business section. Particularly good example of Colonial architecture. Lancaster, Ohio" This home was built by Daniel Sifford for himself, but he ran out of money to furnish the home. It was then finished by A. I. Vorys, who added the large porch. It was later purchased by the American Legion, who sold the building to private individuals in 2005. It is no longer open to the public. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_007_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; American Legion
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Westward vies of W. Main St., Lancaster, O. toward the main business section. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_004_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Streets
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio 1870 showing the Mithoff House. Lancaster was settled by many people of German descent traveling through Pennsylvania. In the early 1800s there was even a newspaper printed in German. Lancaster was quite successful economically, being home to numerous places of business. This would be helped along by a railroad being built in 1854, and numerous canals. While the primary source of income was originally farming, production of commercial goods would soon expand the economy. Lancaster was also the birth place of William T. Sherman, who came to be a famous figure in U.S. history for his role as a general in the American Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06691
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Glass industry; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "Mumaugh woman's Club building & Lancaster Museum, located at 162 E. Main St., contains club rooms, and a room devoted to museum exhibits consisting chiefly of a case of curios and shells, and a couch and chair once the property of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman. First Lancaster Catholic Church services held here in 1817." Mr. Giani, an Italian immigrant, first built this home in 1806 on a lot purchased from Jacob and Peter Fetters. Originally a one-story brick structure, it is believed the oldest brick structure still standing in Ohio. When the first Catholic Mass was said in the house, it was owned by Michael Garaghty, a local banker. Garaghty hired a prominent local builder, Isaiah Vorys, Sr., to build an addition on the house between 1824 and 1826. In 1857, John Mumaugh purchased the house. It was occupied by his family until 1929, when his daughter, Mary Frances, died. She left the home to the city of Lancaster as a memorial to her father, to be used as a cultural center and meeting place for women. In 2002, the city of Lancaster gave the Mumaugh Memorial to the Lancaster County Foundation. The foundation maintains the building and occupies the back section as its office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F01_006_1
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Museums; Historic houses
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio, looking east in 1867. At this time, most of the buildings on the street were built in the Federalist architectural style. A bell tower can be seen in the distance, as well as signs for R. Reed's Shoe Store, M. Springer Clothing, and Daniel H. Bush, Foreign & Domestic Grocer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04750
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Lancaster; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Stores & shops
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Rising-Peters House, Lancaster, Ohio". This Greek Revival style home was built in 1835 for William Reese for his bride, Mary Elizabeth Sherman, the eldest sister of General William Tecumseh Sherman. It has 13.5 foot ceilings and a free standing spiral staircase. The Reese's left Lancaster in 1837, and during the next thirty years the house saw many different owners. In 1872 the house was bought by Philip and Caroline Rising, which was kept in the family, with their grandson Philip Rising Peters being the last to own it privately. In 1994 the house was donated to the Fairfield County Commissioners, and became the Decorative Arts Center. The house is usually called the Reese-Peters House. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_015_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Interiors; Greek revival (Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.)
Places: Lancaster (Ohio) Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: The main building for the Fairfield School for Boys near Lancaster, Ohio. Quoted from the historic marker outside the site, "As the nation's first and largest minimum security correctional facility, the Fairfield School for Boys (1857-1979) served over 100,000 Ohio juvenile offenders. The school was converted to an adult facility in 1980." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07037
Subjects: Prisons--Ohio; Schools--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio; Lancaster (Ohio)
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing boys eating at the Fairfield School for Boys near Lancaster, Ohio. Quoted from the historic marker outside the site, "As the nation's first and largest minimum security correctional facility, the Fairfield School for Boys (1857-1979) served over 100,000 Ohio juvenile offenders. The school was converted to an adult facility in 1980." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07038
Subjects: Prisons--Ohio; Schools--Ohio; Lancaster (Ohio)
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. 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 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)