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Clintonville in the Ohio Historical Markers Program

At present Clintonville has 3 historical markers that are on the Ohio Historical Markers Program.

I am aware of one additional marker in Clintonville, located near the Clintonville Women’s Club and shown here. I believe this marker was moved to its present location from the northeast corner of North Broadway and North High Streets in 1971, and was moved to make way for a gas station at that corner.

There may be others and if so I would love to learn about them.

Wouldn’t it be nice to see more of Clintonville’s history told via these markers? For starters, here is a list of possibilities (in no particular order):

  • Site of Olentangy Park
  • Site of Olentangy Bowling Alley, reputed to be the first automatic pin-setting machine
  • Site of Virginia Gay Home
  • Site of old Columbus Zoo
  • Clinton Chapel at 3100 North High Street
  • Cemetery at Clinton Chapel
  • Site of first (original) Clintonville Post Office (see marker above)
  • Site of Bill Moose encampment and cabin
  • Site of Beers Mill
  • Site of Weisheimer Mill
  • Site of Wyandot Country Club aka Elks Country Club (now the property of the School for the Deaf)
  • Site of old Beechwold Theatre
  • Studio 35

Applications for markers flow through the Ohio Historical Markers Program, Ohio Historical Society. A 2008 Dispatch article stated that markers cost as much as $2150, and that the Ohio Historical Society’s Marker program provides grants of $750 to 20 proposals each year.

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