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  Covered Bridge - Charleton Mill Road

  This covered bridge is on Charleton Mill Road. In building a bridge of this type, workmen laid it out and built it on the ground. The beams and planks were then numbered and the bridge torn down. It was then reconstructed over the river, just like a barn raising.

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  Covered Bridge - Jacoby Road

  Jacoby Road bridge pictured here is one of the longest in the county. It is of the Burr truss or King Post arch type. This type was designed in 1804 and patented 1817. The bridge received extra strength from the long arch.

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  Covered Bridge - New Hope Road

  Another type bridge is this one located on New Hope Road, which was torn down after the picture was taken. This is a modification of the Howe Truss design. Notice the triangle which the studding forms. In 1840 the railroads needed a strong bridge. This type was used, being reinforced with iron rods perpendicular to the base and passing throught the point of the triangles.

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  Atlas Picture of Cedarville, 1874

  This old atlas pictures Cedarville as it was in 1874. Though a neighborhood center, it was first called Newport's Mill, then again it was known as Hanna's Store, then as the Burgh, next as Milford, and finally as Cedarville.

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  George Harper Home on South Main Street, Cedarville

  This house on South Main Street, Cedarville, was built in 1880 by George Harper, a weathly farmer. It was built of pressed brick, with cornices of pressed steel.

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  George Harper Home Interior

  Inside the home the doors of white walnut are facing into the room and black walnut facing out into the hall. This house, when built, was one of the most elegant in the whole county.

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  Greene County Mausoleum

  This is one of the few mausoleums in Greene County. On the left George Harper is buried, and on the right Vinna, his wife. Notice the columns with their Corinthian leaves and the figures in front suggesting the Sphynx of Egypt.

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  Cedarville College - Old Main & the Old Science Building

  Cedarville College was originally conceived and founded by the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Chartered in 1887, the college opened September 1894, with 36 students enrolled. Classes were held in the former house of Rev. Hugh McMillan who had operated an academy there in the middle of the 19th century. On the left is "Old Main," erected in 1895. On the right is the Science Hall built in 1922. In 1928 the General Synod turned the school over to Trustees of the College. Due to financial difficulties, the school was turned over to the Baptist Bible Institute of Cleveland in 1953. Cedarville's first present was Rev. David McKinney, who served 21 years.

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  Turnbull Road Cemetery - Johnnie McClellan Marker

  12-year-old Johnnie was killed by a chain in the lime works of D.S. Ervin. Whether Johnnie was playing where he shouldn't have been, or was employed as a child laborer, is not now known. However, this marker was erected by Mr. Ervin.

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  Ervin Quarry

  This quarry is 40 feet deep. When the workmen got to about this level they hit a natural spring. However, they continued to work and piped the water right across the road into Massie's Creek. Today this is the home of the Ohio Skin Divers' Headquarters.

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  Limestone Kiln

  Limestone was dumped into this kiln as well as cord wood. The burned lime was then shipped to Cincinnati to be used in making plaster. This was one of the most prosperous enterprises in the area. There were a number of other kilns near Cedarville.

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  Cedarville Herald

  The Cedarville Herald was a small "hometown" weekly. This issue, Saturday, February 6, 1892, is located in the Historical Museum at Columbus. The paper was started about 1880.