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Developed during Springfield's industrial growth of the 1850s to the 1920s, the South Fountain Avenue Historic District encompasses about 15 square blocks south of downtown Springfield, across the street from South High School. Among its prominent early residents were Oliver S. Kelly, [1] William N. Whiteley, and Francis Bookwalter. [2]
2665 Old Springfield Rd., south of Springfield 39°51′03″N 83°45′53″W / 39.850833°N 83.764722°W / 39.850833; -83.764722 ( Brewer Log Green Township
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield Lyceum in 1841 in Springfield, Ohio. [1] Various short-lived library associations followed and the library found a more permanent home on the second floor of Black's Opera House. The library housed 3,300 volumes when it opened to the public at this location in 1872.
The lynching of Richard Dickerson took place in Springfield, Ohio, on 7 March 1904. Dickerson was an African American man arrested for the fatal shooting of a white police officer, Charles B. Collis. A mob broke into the jail and seized and lynched Dickerson. Riots and attacks on Black-owned businesses followed.
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March 21, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Clark State College is a public community college in Springfield, Ohio. It opened in 1962.
Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged, also known as I.O.O.F. Home for the Aged, in Springfield, Ohio, was built in 1898. Its architecture is Renaissance and Chateauesque. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was designed by Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard's firm of Yost & Packard. The building ...