Area History

The springhouse at Malabar Farm State Park is found on Pleasant Valley Road, up behind the produce stand at Malabar Inn. When Louis Bromfield launched his Malabar Farm project in 1939 and acquired the Neiman farm as part of his acreage, the springhouse at Neiman’s had already been standing for many years. Built originally as […]

Mansfield has been known for a lot of different things throughout American History, and the world has come to know our name by way of a countless variety of people, companies, products, works of literature, pop music, celebrities, and events of historic proportion. But our town’s chief contribution to aid in the evolution of civilization […]

When the Nickles empire of baked products was at its broadest influence, there were loaves and sweet rolls in familiar red, white, yellow wrappers on shelves in seven states. The company began not too far from here in Ohio and it has been a part of Mansfield on Park Avenue East since the early 1940s. […]

In 1878 Mansfield had everything going for it: a booming economy based on dynamic industries, a favorite son prominent in national politics, an infrastructure growing all the most modern conveniences available, and a state of the art city center reflecting culture and refinement. Mansfield was riding the crest of American civilization. Yet, in spite of […]

There was a time when you could take a picture of Mansfield’s hospital and it all fit in one frame. That was some years ago. Today there are dozens of interesting and distinctive views when circling the OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital complex, but all of them require a wide angle lens. The oldest part of the […]

Just lately heavy machinery has been chowing down on the Park Avenue West streetscape, and revising the way a city block looks near the 5-way light. As iron jaws do the work of chewing up the past, folks heave a wistful sigh at the end of an era as they watch the familiar landscape segue […]

Of all the views you might look for on the Square in order to compare the streetscapes of today with those of 100 years ago, the one on the eastern end of North Park Street is probably the most changed. A major fire in the 1940s took out the buildings on the left side of […]