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One of the fascinations of the Big House at Malabar Farm State Park is they way it seems to have remained untouched through the years. Most of the family’s furnishings remain as they were at the time Louis Bromfield left this world in 1956, so it is easy to feel like the place is preserved […]

The photographer for the 1896 Atlas of Richland County took special pains to document the inside and outside of Oak Hill Cottage in a full page spread of images. One of the pictures captured the library, which had also once served as Dr. Jones office when he saw patients in Mansfield. More than 120 years […]

Mansfield, Ohio is just a small city on the edge of the Midwest, and in many ways it is just like any number of other places on the map, but it has long been one of the unique crossroads of the US, and has a most interesting way of intersecting with American History. One of […]

Westinghouse was a huge factory complex in 1943, and not much of it is left standing today. There is one photo from back then however, that captures a background wall of the Mansfield Works that was standing then and now. The day was a special one for the Mansfield war effort: the Army and Navy […]

Mansfield had quite a few heroes of World War II who made sacrifices on the battlefields of Europe, Africa and the Pacific. It also had heroes of World War II who never left town. The city’s home front heroes were recognized by the United States Army and Navy: pinned with medals, and honored with dignitaries, […]

It is often true that one person’s disappointment is another’s success. In this case it was a photographer who failed to focus the camera on the intended folks in the foreground; but succeeded in capturing the buildings in the background as unintended documentation for historians. The occasion was a parade in 1941. Not just any […]

If you go to Mt. Calvary Baptist Church today you will be standing on the site where the last Mt. Calvary also stood…more or less. Before they built this present landmark structure—when they removed the former church building that occupied this site—they also removed a considerable hill on which that building stood. So it is […]

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Rome. Rome is a little crossroads village in northern Richland County that has its own unique character. Sadly, through the years it’s character has been undervalued by those who sought to make account of it. When at its peak of vitality in the 1870s the county […]

Richland County is just an arbitrary boundary on the edge of the Midwest, and in many ways it is just like any number of other signs along the highway; but it has long been one of the storied crossroads of the US, and has a most intriguing way of intersecting with American History. One of […]