Description: This stereograph shows the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio. Pedestrians are strolling on walkways leading to the courthouse. Opened in 1897, the courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06165
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Downtown Waterville in Lucas County. John Pray founded Waterville in 1831. Waterville was founded after he had built a water-powered grist mill on the Maumee River in 1821. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06840
Subjects: Waterville (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
Places: Waterville (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Naval Armory in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00375
Subjects: Lucas County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Langley's Inn, built as an Indian trading post in 1828. Still stands in an excellent state of preservation on River Road at E. Wayne St. in Maumee, Ohio." The oldest business building in Lucas County, Ohio, the Commercial Building at 301 River Road has been known by different names over the years, including the Neeley House, the Eagle, the Schieley House, the Bismark, the Seurin Hotel, the Langley Inn, the Governor’s Inn, J. Brown’s River Inn, and the Old Plantation Inn. In 1836, Levi Beebe built the Commercial Building. Initially, several different businesses occupied the structure, including various law firms, several stores, and even the local post office. The building also housed an inn at this time. Several prominent people purportedly stayed at the inn, including future presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Businesses in the Commercial Building flourished during the 1830s and 1840s. The structure was located on the stagecoach route between Detroit, Michigan and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also, Maumee is located on the Maumee River, and river traffic brought business and guests to the area. Maumee also was the original county seat of Lucas County, bringing people to the community who were engaged in legal matters or in politics. In 1837, the Lucas County Whig Party actually formed in the Commercial Building. In 1852, the Lucas County seat moved to Toledo. The Maumee economy weakened at this time, but the Commercial Building continued to house various businesses. Purportedly, the structure served as a stop on the Underground Railroad in the years before the American Civil War. During the twentieth century, the building principally functioned as an inn and restaurant. As of this writing, the Commercial Building houses Giannos Restaurant. The Commercial Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_012_1
Subjects: National Historic Landmark Program (U.S.); Historic sites--Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--Pictorial works; Lucas County (Ohio)--History.
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Willys Overland, in Lucas County, was home to the first Jeep. In 1909 the Willys-Overland Motor Company started building the Overland 38 in Toledo. 1926 was the last year that the Overland s were built. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06545
Subjects: Jeep automobiles; Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The exterior of the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Lucas County dates back to the first half of the 19th century when it would be at the center of the border conflict known as the Toledo War. The "war" was a stand off in which both Ohio and the territory comprising what is today Michigan were in a heated debate about which would claim a strip of land in northwest Ohio. After some time the stand off would be resolved with Ohio keeping the contested land which includes Lucas County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06791
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio; Historic sites Ohio; Law & legal affairs
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The exterior of the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Lucas County dates back to the first half of the 19th century when it would be at the center of the border conflict known as the Toledo War. The "war" was a stand off in which both Ohio and the territory comprising what is today Michigan were in a heated debate about which would claim a strip of land in northwest Ohio. After some time the stand off would be resolved with Ohio keeping the contested land which includes Lucas County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06792
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio; Historic sites Ohio; Law & legal affairs
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of Thomas Williams, a 37-year-old man of Lucas County, Ohio. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Williams confessed to murdering Samual Arnovitz and Herman Kandler during an attempted carjacking in Toledo Ohio. He was the 231st individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: "No. 231, Thomas Williams of Lucas County, Legally Electrocuted December 19th, 1941, for the Murder of Samuel Arnovitz." In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08285
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: These photographs of the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio were taken in the 1960s. The courthouse was built between 1894 and 1897. Architect David L. Stine included carved frogs in the exterior of the building and a frog tile mosaic in the entranceway as a reminder of the city's marshy past. Settlers nicknamed the city of Toledo "Frogtown" in the early nineteenth century due the marsh that made the area the perfect environment for frogs. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The slides measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3031_3645095_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Freighters docked on the Maumee River, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00374
Subjects: Lucas County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: The campus of Toledo University. Toledo University was founded on October 12, 1872 by Jessup Wakeman Scott. It was originally a private arts and trades school called Toledo University of Arts and Trades. Scott was the editor of the Toledo Blade. It is now know as the University of Toledo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06546
Subjects: University of Toledo; Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elevated view of a patriotic parade on Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio, July 5, 1886. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01003
Subjects: Lucas County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Parades; Celebrations
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)