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Welcome
to the
North Baltimore Area
Historical Center
Homepage

229 North Main Street
P.O. Box 174
North Baltimore  OH  45872
(419)  257-2266

Special Tours:
48 hour notice please

1812

1834

1874
1875

1876
1884

1886
1888

1888

1888

1890

1890-91

1902

General Hull's army marched along Rocky Ford Creek
at the southeastern edge of town on their way to Detroit
Beeson Gristmill established along Rocky Ford Creek,
north of East Broadway
First Post Office opened, Lincoln F. Hudson, postmaster
First newspaper, The North Baltimore Enterprise, founded by
B.L. and D.E. Peters
B.L. Peters elected first mayor
Henry's Opera house, 129 North Main Street, dedicated
by Dr. A.G. Henry
First oil well struck;  First gas well established
People's Bank organized, closed in 1894, purchased by
Hardy Banking Co., 1896
Central Pressed Brick Co. opened, producing 8,000,000
bricks annually
Zihlman Glass Company opened, making 1,000 drinking
glasses a day
City Hall built at 204 North Main Street, cost $5,925.
Razed May, 1985
North Baltimore Electric Company founded at
115 West State Street by Dr. Henry
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Electric Interurban
(streetcar) Line completed, later abandoned in 1930

Village of North Baltimore
AND
1997          The Ohio Historical Society          10-87


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