CLERMONT COUNTY
MUSEUM DAY
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
Noon to 5 PM
Eleven museums will be open
Free Admission
 
Sponsored by the Clermont
County Collaborative of
Historical Societies Committee
 
1. LOVELAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM Bonaventure

201 Riverside Dr. Loveland ( I 275 exit 52, Right on Kemper, becomes Riverside Dr.) 1862 Bonaventure House with exhibits, gift shop and library. 1797 Rich Log Cabin. 1879 Bishop-Coleman
Gazebo.

2. GOSHEN TWP. HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Anchorage
 
1843 State Route 28 in Goshen. Memorabilia from the Goshen Area.

3. GREATER MILFORD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Promont

906 Main St. Milford ( I 275 SR 28 EXIT, Toward Milford. SR 28 is Main St.) Italianate Villa mansion of Ohio Gov. John Pattison.

4. OWENSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Museum and Log Cabin

410 S. Broadway. (Turn south off US 50 on to SR 132 –Broadway)
Museum-Owensville and Stonelick Twp. History. Renovated log cabin in Gauche Park.

5. HARMONY HILL ASSOCIATION Harmony Hill Museum

299 S. 3rd St. Williamsburg. (From Main St. in Williamsburg, turn south on 3rd St. until it dead ends, turn left) Museum on Williamsburg and Gen William Lytle, Father of Clermont County. Dairy house, oldest building in Clermont County. Spinning & rug weaving demonstration. Patriotic post card collection from 1900’s.

6. CLERMONT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Museum & Archives

In same building as #5, Harmony Hill. Displays on Pt. Pleasant pipes,
Clermont County Infirmary artifacts, buggy, and much more.

7. HISTORIC NEW RICHMOND Museum Ross-Growdy House

125 George St. New Richmond (next to Bandstand)
Memorabilia of old New Richmond and life on the Ohio River.

8. GRANTS BIRTHPLACE
US 52 & SR 232 Pt. Pleasant

The birthplace of General and President Ulysses Grant. Exhibit on U.S. Grant

9. BETHEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM

Grant Memorial Building
Corner of Main and Plane streets (SR 125 & SR 133), Bethel.(In Grant Memorial Building) Memorabilia of the Bethel Area.

10. MONROE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Historic Grant Memorial United Methodist Church located on SR 232 one block north of US 52. Adjacent to Grant Birthplace. Exhibit on General U.S. Grant. Exhibits on Parker Academy, Gen Henry Clark Corbin and Monroe Township

11. CHILO “LIVING AND WORKING WITH THE OHIO RIVER”
         
Vistors Center Chilo Lock 34 Park, 521 County Park Rd., Chilo (South of US 52 east of Chilo). Hands–on wicket dam and lock, steam whistle and floods on the Ohio River.

Check Out The Clermont County
Historical Markers on the
Photo Album Page