Tag Archives: Merion Village
Jones Shoe Manufacturing Co., 893 S Front St in 1887
Jones Shoe Manufacturing Co., David M. Jones, president. Operated 1887-1910. Thomas Aquinas Burke engraving.
William Merion Jr. founded the Columbus Horticulture Society in 1849.
William Merion Jr. founded the Columbus Horticulture Society in 1849. The Society purchased the Samuel Barr farm in 1852 where the first Franklin County Fair was held 10/12/1852. It was renamed Franklin Park on 7/7/1886. He also founded the Columbus Groveport Turnpike which opened in 1850 and served as a Montgomery Township Trustee. Columbus address: […]
St Leo’s Roman Catholic Church, 221 Hanford St in 1912
St Leo’s Roman Catholic Church in Merion Village had cornerstone laying 7/19/1903 and was dedicated 12/13/1903. Columbus:S.F. Harriman postcard