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Campus Martius plaque at Marietta, Ohio Campus Martius [1] Campus Martius was a defensive fortification at the Marietta, Ohio settlement. It was home to Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Arthur St. Clair, and other pioneers from the Ohio Company of Associates during the Northwest Indian War. Major Anselm Tupper was commander of the Campus Martius ...
The Rufus Putnam House, also known as Campus Martius or Campus Martius Museum State Memorial, is a historic building in Marietta, Ohio.It was built as part of the Campus Martius fortification by General Rufus Putnam, during the early settlement of Ohio by the Ohio Company of Associates.
The Campus Martius Museum interprets Ohio history. This land office used by Rufus Putnam is the oldest building in Ohio (and all of the Northwest Territory). It is now part of the Campus Martius Museum. Campus Martius was the second fortification in Marietta, Ohio and the first primarily for civilian defense.
The Rink at Campus Martius is set to be open seven days a week, including holidays, until Sunday, March 3, 2024. Hours. Operation times vary depending on the date and month.
As the oldest extant building anywhere in Ohio, the land office had become the focus of significant attention by the opening years of the twentieth century, with organizations such as Marietta's historical society devoting extensive effort to ensure its preservation. [4] The building is now part of the Campus Martius Museum complex.
The Campus Martius fortification of the Marietta settlement was built on the east side of the Muskingum and upriver from Fort Harmar during 1788, and fully completed in 1791 at the start of the Northwest Indian War. It was the first settlement of Marietta.
Amelia Sharpe, 67, of Detroit, known as the "Christmas Tree Lady," talks with others after Detroit's Christmas tree was installed above the fountain at Campus Martius on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
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