• Mansfield’s public square in 1840 is captured in an artist’s rendering. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Hog Day descends on downtown Mansfield in 1862, at the height of the Civil War. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This was the scene on the south side of the square in the 1870s. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Courthouse in Downtown Mansfield in 1894. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Richland County Sheriff’s Office and Jail maintained a prominent place in downtown Mansfield in 1894. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The east square of downtown Mansfield before 1900. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Mansfield Courthouse in 1905. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Angle Grocery on South Park St. in 1909. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The bandstand in downtown Mansfield from 1913. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Former president Teddy Roosevelt speaks to a downtown Mansfield crowd from the Southern Hotel, the hub of presidential election attention in 1912. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • President William Howard Taft speaks from the Mansfield bandstand during a speech in 1912. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • An aerial photo of downtown Mansfield from 1939. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • A line forms at the Park Theatre in downtown Mansfield just after World War II ends in 1946. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Bus service in downtown Mansfield in the 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Ford Apartments in downtown Mansfield in 1957. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The cut through what was formerly Central Park was new to downtown Mansfield drivers in 1959. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Doughboy facing south in 1960. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Doughboy facing Park Ave. East. (Photo courtesy of Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Vasbinder Fountain was once a jewel in the public square of downtown Mansfield. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)