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A few of the pieces in this historic home are landscape murals by Robert S. Duncanson, who became the first African-American artist to gain international recognition. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects. The Historic South Initiative is a comprehensive approach to neighborhood revitalization.
Four of their galleries house permanent displays of American Indian (pre-historic Tools and Points and one of the finest collections of Indian basketry in the US), Historic Ohio, Euro-American Decorative Arts and Asian . A fifth gallery offers temporary exhibits from fine art and craft to local history and world culture. Welcome to the Historic Old West End of Toledo, Ohio. This neighborhood is one of the best kept secrets in the country with Twenty-five city blocks making up one of the largest collections of late Victorian houses left standing in the United States. Frank Lloyd Wright studied this area in his planning of his Oak Park Project in Illinois. Pristine examples of Colonial, Georgian, Italian Renaissance, Queen Ann, Dutch Colonial, French Second Empire and Arts and Crafts homes fill our streets.
#52 Toledo, Ohio, Walbridge Park, 1902
Finally, in 1850, the state of Ohio began an organized effort to manage the Great Black Swamp with ditches deep enough to drain the swamp water into Lake Erie via the Maumee and Portage Rivers. Today, the Old West End boasts one of the largest remaining collections of late Victorian and Edwardian homes in the nation. Here below are some historical photos that give a glimpse of old Toledo at the beginning of the 20th century.
There is nothing in my present house that can possible make that noise, yet I clearly hear it even when I’m awake enough to know I’m not dreaming. But I’ve learned to welcome the sound because when it ceases I get up; I’m warm, I’m comforted, and all seems to be right with the world. The Black Diamonds’ organization feels that the story of coal and its influence should not be forgotten because it so accurately defines an era and the character of this part of the country. The nonprofit organization labeled “Little Cities of Black Diamonds” refers to the old “played out” coal mining communities in Hocking, Perry, and Athens counties of southeast Ohio.
#33 Union Station, Toledo, Ohio, 1909
During Holidays at Filoli, visitors can stroll the illuminated grounds by night or see the decorated home by day. Once rehabilitated, the buildings will drive further investment and interest in adjacent property. In the past month, 291 homes have been sold in Toledo. Most homes for sale in Toledo stay on the market for 47 days.
Of course, later, Davis was President of the Confederacy against which commissioned officers were sworn to fight. The house I grew up in was eventually converted to electric, but regardless of the cleanliness, convenience and thermometer reading, we all agreed that it was somehow never as comfortable as coal-fired heat. Rendville stands out because it was a social experiment. Founder William P. Rend recruited blacks to work his mines, but with his blessings they also held the leadership positions of the town such as mayor, postmaster, physician, ministers, and labor union bosses.
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A $105 million, 8,000-seat multipurpose arena, home of Toledo’s minor league hockey team, the Walleye, soon opened in downtown Toledo. After the Civil War, as railroads continued to develop as the key form of transportation, Toledo commerce began to expand and diversify beyond Great Lakes grain to include industrial development. The pamphlet, “A Presentation of Causes Tending to Fix the Position of the Future Great City of the World in the Central Plain of North America” was written by Jesup W. Scott, a local leader, and substantial landowner.
From the Erie and Kalamazoo's simple beginning, Toledo's exceptional rail system developed. Multiple railroad companies operated from Toledo's terminal and port facilities, making it a major rail center in the United States. Numerous passenger trains, and thousands of rail cars carrying agricultural products, raw materials, and manufactured goods from all over the country, arrived and departed daily. With the development of Toledo as a railroad center, prosperity continued during the Civil War. Although a Cincinnati syndicate purchased a tract at the mouth of Swan Creek and named it Port Lawrence in 1817, their investment collapsed, and the village had to be re-platted in 1832.
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Events are planned well in advance; please call to get the year’s schedule. Roscoe Village was a vibrant center of commerce along the legendary Ohio & Erie Canal. Today, visitors can ride the canal just like their traveling counterparts back in the 1830s on their way to the streets of a vibrant canal town and all its dressings. Lake Metroparks Farmpark in Kirtland houses a wide range of farm animals and offers visitors a chance to gain hands-on experience with those animals.
Features include three window dormers, window trimmed with double Ionic columns, Gothic tracery in the upper casements and dentillated dormers and cornices. The expansive full porch of this house has Doric column supports and the double central door is flanked by fluted Ionic columns. The original carriage house can be seen at the rear of the property. Designed by George S. Mills, this house is an original interpretation of Renaissance Revival design and decoration.
Word of the young man’s brave resistance traveled fast—told and retold hundreds, possibly thousands of times, plus the various accounts in print, but the premise never deviated. Charles McCook became the cause celebre—his death the resulting harmony among those irrational impulses driving the war. One of my warmest memories of childhood is of those winter mornings hearing my father rattle the grate in the furnace and bank the fire. The expanding cast-iron jacket would soon begin to crackle and pop, echoing up through the ducts, and heat from the coal flames boiling through the registers would transform a cold house to comfort within minutes.
Recollection of American history frequently summons heroic names from both sides such as Sherman, Grant, Jackson and Lee. Robinson’s Cave in New Straitsville is the unofficial birthplace of United Mine Workers Union, and the nearby museum relates the history of the town and mining in general. There are group tours for organized parties of people. For $50 per person per day, one or two-day excursions are available that include transportation by van, lunch and a professional guide. But most people will probably prefer to tour at their own pace and curiosity since there is enough interest at single sites to hold you for an entire day.
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