MANSFIELD — The Douglass House, on Park Avenue West across from Rowland Avenue, has been on the National Register of Historic Places for about 30 years. Though the old home […]
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Sites Lake & the legend of Uncle Jonas’ Plow
MANSFIELD — Sites Lake is only a small body of water, but it has an interesting story behind it … or underneath it — a story that 120 years ago […]
Then & Now: Ohio State Reformatory at night 1907
It is almost as if this 20th century photographer had anticipated the 21st century popularity of Ohio State Reformatory as a midnight ghost hunting destination. It is likely however, that […]
Portrait of OSR: Jon Edgar Webb & Four Steps to the Wall
The mighty walls of the Ohio State Reformatory were originally designed with the expressed intention of inspiring the minds of young men to higher ideals, so it is not surprising […]
Then & Now: Army Air Force Depot in Shelby 1943
In the wartime 1940s when the US military was looking for safe places in America to serve as storage stations, Shelby was chosen as the site for an Army Air […]
Native Son: The many legends of Pipe’s Cliff
Pipe’s Cliff is the name given long ago to a series of sandstone bluffs that can be seen from Pleasant Valley Road less than a mile north of Malabar Farm […]
Then & Now: Lincoln Plaza 1954
In the bustling years following WWII when suddenly there were no restrictions on how much gas you could put in your car, enthusiastic drivers took off around the whole country […]
How Richland County was shaped by the Greenville Treaty: 1795
If you look at the shape of Richland County on a map and pay close attention to detail, you will notice a small angular discrepancy in the line of its […]
Then & Now: East Fourth @ Diamond Street 1911
At first glance it would appear that everything on the south side of Fourth Street (left side of the photo) has vanished since this postcard view was made in 1911. […]
Then & Now: Woolworth’s on North Main Street 1920s
Long before there were “dollar stores” in America there were “five cent” stores, and then “five-and-dime stores.” King of them all was Woolworth’s. In the 1920s there was a Woolworth’s […]

