Description: The present Shelby County Courthouse was completed in 1883 by architect George Maetzel. The courthouse is surrounded by impressive buildings in multiple architectural styles with its central location in the business district. It represents the Second Empire style and features four identical facades, as well as a centrally placed clock tower that rises from the mansard roof. This image shows the front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_439
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pavilions (building divisions); columns (architectural elements); porches; balustrades; clock towers; mansard roofs; Second Empire
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); 129 E. Court St.
 

Description: The present Shelby County Courthouse was completed in 1883 by architect George Maetzel. The courthouse is surrounded by impressive buildings in multiple architectural styles with its central location in the business district. It represents the Second Empire style and features four identical facades, as well as a centrally placed clock tower that rises from the mansard roof. This image shows the front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_438
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; pavilions (building divisions); columns (architectural elements); porches; balustrades; clock towers; mansard roofs; Second Empire
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); 129 E. Court St.
 

Description: These two images show Warren G. and Florence Harding on their front porch in Marion, Ohio. The first image shows Warren G. Harding reading. The second image shows the couple on the front porch. Warren Harding ran his 1920 presidential campaign from the front porch of his Victorian house in Marion, Ohio. People came from all over Ohio and the United States came to hear him speak. His speeches were often recorded on phonograph and printed in newspapers around the country. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was born in Corsica (now called Blooming Grove), a small town in Morrow County, Ohio. Harding graduated from Ohio Central College in Iberia at the age of sixteen. His family moved to Marion, where Harding taught school and briefly studied law. He worked occasionally as a reporter for a local paper before buying the Marion Star in 1884. Within five years, the Star was one of the most successful small-town newspapers in the state. Harding became popular as the leader of the Citizen's Coronet Band, which played at political rallies, and for his skill as an orator. Willing to follow the lead of political bosses, Harding advanced rapidly in Ohio politics, serving as state senator and lieutenant governor. In 1914 Harding was elected to the U. S. Senate. He won the presidency with sixty percent of the popular vote, promising a "return to normalcy" following the wave of reforms begun during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. As president, Harding appointed several friends to federal office who proved untrustworthy. His administration was tainted by corruption, and the infamous "Teapot Dome" scandal (in which Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased a U.S. petroleum reserve to a private oil company) nearly destroyed his presidency. After he died in office in August 1923, other scandals were uncovered, further tarnishing Harding's reputation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Presidential elections; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Harding, Florence Kling, 1860-1924; First ladies; Porches
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a woman standing on the porch of her home next to an American flag, taken by Carl Feather of Conneaut, Ohio. The image was one of ten to win Honorable Mention in the Amateur category of the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest. In August 1976, the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee (OARBAC) began the Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest as part of a larger effort in Ohio to celebrate the 1976 American Bicentennial. The contest was meant to document "the spirit and character of the people and places which represent Ohio during [the] bicentennial year," and to create a permanent photographic archive of the year's festivity for use by future researchers. Both professional and amateur photographers submitted over 500 photographs for consideration, all taken within the state between January 1 and December 31, 1976. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2734AV_B01_13
Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial (1976); Women--Ohio; Porches; Flags--United States;
Places: Conneaut (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Paulding County Courthouse. The courthouse, completed in 1888, is a more modest interpretation of the Lenawee County Courthouse in Michigan, also designed by Edward O. Fallis. The building sits in the center of the public square and has a four-front style, in which each of the building’s sides has a similar facade. It is an example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_380
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porches; arches; cornices; bays (building divisions); corbels; towers (building divisions); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Paulding (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio); 115 N. Williams St.
 

Description: This image shows the side and front facades of the Paulding County Courthouse. The courthouse, completed in 1888, is a more modest interpretation of the Lenawee County Courthouse in Michigan, also designed by Edward O. Fallis. The building sits in the center of the public square and has a four-front style, in which each of the building’s sides has a similar facade. It is an example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_379
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porches; arches; cornices; bays (building divisions); corbels; towers (building divisions); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Paulding (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio); 115 N. Williams St.
 

Description: This image shows the cornerstone of the Paulding County Courthouse. The courthouse, completed in 1888, is a more modest interpretation of the Lenawee County Courthouse in Michigan, also designed by Edward O. Fallis. The building sits in the center of the public square and has a four-front style, in which each of the building’s sides has a similar facade. It is an example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_381
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porches; arches; cornices; bays (building divisions); corbels; towers (building divisions); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Paulding (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio); 115 N. Williams St.
 

Description: This image shows the side facade of the Paulding County Courthouse. The courthouse, completed in 1888, is a more modest interpretation of the Lenawee County Courthouse in Michigan, also designed by Edward O. Fallis. The building sits in the center of the public square and has a four-front style, in which each of the building’s sides has a similar facade. It is an example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_378
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porches; arches; cornices; bays (building divisions); corbels; towers (building divisions); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Paulding (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio); 115 N. Williams St.
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Paulding County Courthouse. The courthouse, completed in 1888, is a more modest interpretation of the Lenawee County Courthouse in Michigan, also designed by Edward O. Fallis. The building sits in the center of the public square and has a four-front style, in which each of the building’s sides has a similar facade. It is an example of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_377
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; porches; arches; cornices; bays (building divisions); corbels; towers (building divisions); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Paulding (Ohio); Paulding County (Ohio); 115 N. Williams St.
 

Description: A photograph of the porch and doorway of a house at 68 S Paint Street in Chillicothe, Ohio. The house has an iron gate and the porch is raised by four steps. The porch is supported by fluted Ionic columns and supports a plain entablature. The Atwood House was built in the Greek Revival style in 1843 by Jacob Atwood, a financier from Baltimore, Maryland. Writing on the back of the photograph provides the title, "Doorway, Mc Landburg / Fullerton Home" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_002_1
Subjects: Architecture; Doorways; Porches; Historic homes
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)