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African American Sites on the
National Register

The following properties associated with African American History in Ohio are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Ashtabula County
Col. William Hubbard House

Cor. Lake Ave. and Walnut Blvd.
Ashtabula

Ashtabula County
Joshua Reed Giddings Law Office
112 N. Chestnut St.
Jefferson
(National Historic Landmark)

Athens County
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Congress and Carpenter Sts.
Athens

Brown County
John Parker House
300 Front St.
Ripley
(National Historic Landmark)

John Rankin House
E. of Ripley, Liberty Hill
Ripley vicinity
(National Historic Landmark)

Red Oak Presbyterian Church
Cemetery Rd.
Ripley vicinity

Champaign County
St. Paul AME Church
316 E. Market St.
Urbana

Columbiana County
Daniel Howell Hise House
1110 Franklin Ave.
Salem
(Underground Railroad site

Cuyahoga County
Eight Black History Resources

Cleveland, including:

Darke County
James and Sophia Clemens Farm
467 Stingley Rd.
Palestine (Greenville)

Erie County
St. Stephen’s AME Church
312 Neil St.
Sandusky

Second Baptist Church
315 Decatur St.
Sandusky

Franklin County
Elijah Pierce Properties
(Demolished)
534 E. Long St.
142-144 N. Everett Alley
Columbus

Kelton House
586 E. Town St.
East Town Street Historic District
Columbus
(Underground Railroad site)

Lincoln Theater
77 E. Long St.
Columbus

Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater
(Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Performing and
Cultural Arts)
861-867 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Columbus

Shiloh Baptist Church
720 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Columbus

Greene County
Col. Charles Young House
Columbus Pike
Wilberforce
(National Historic Landmark)

Combined Normal and Industrial
Department Power House

Central State University Campus
Wilberforce

South School
909 S. High St.
Yellow Springs

Hamilton County
Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc.
(Thematic Resources of Samuel Hannaford)

1010 Chapel St.
Cincinnati

Harriet Beecher Stowe House
2950 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati

Samuel & Sally Wilson House
1502 Aster Place
Cincinnati
(Underground Railroad site)

Taft Museum
316 Pike St.
Cincinnati
(National Historic Landmark)

Union Baptist Cemetery
4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike
Cincinnati

Jefferson County
Benjamin Lundy House
Union and Third Sts.
(National Historic Landmark)

Mt. Pleasant Historic District
Mt. Pleasant
(National Historic Landmark)
(Underground Railroad site)

Lawrence County
Burlington 37 Cemetery
Center St.
Burlington

William C. Johnston House and General Store
Washington and Davidson Sts.
Burlington 

Macedonia Church
Burlington vicinity

Rankin Historic District
Roughly bounded by Vernon, 7th, Monroe, and Fourth Sts.
Ironton

Lorain County
John Mercer Langston House
207 E. College St.
Oberlin

(National Historic Landmark)

Oberlin College Historic District
Tappan Square
Oberlin

Wilson Bruce Evans House
33 E. Vine St.
Oberlin

(National Historic Landmark)

Medina County
Halsey Hulburt Homestead
5484 Seville Rd.
Seville vicinity

Miami County
African Jackson Cemetery
Zimmerlin Rd.
Piqua

York Rial House
McFarland St.
Piqua

Montgomery County
Classic Theater
(Demolished)
815 W. Fifth St.
Dayton

Paul Laurence Dunbar House
219 N. Summit St.
Dayton
(National Historic Landmark)

Paul Laurence Dunbar Historic District
N. Summit St.
Dayton

Women’s Christian Association
800 W. Fifth St.
Dayton

Morrow County
Reuben Benedict House
1463 County Road 24
Marengo vicinity
(Underground Railroad site)

Pike County
Waverly Canal Historic District
Walnut, North, Emmitt, Second, Third, and Fourth Sts.
between Lock and East Waverly

Stark County
Haines House
186 W. Market St.
Alliance

Clearview Golf Club
8410 Lincoln St. S.E.
East Canton

Mount Union College District
Hartshorn St., Miller, and Aultman Aves.
Alliance

Summit County
Wesley Temple AME Zion Church
104 N. Prospect
Akron

Trumbull County
Charles Brown Gothic Cottage
Ohio 45 S.
North Bloomfield

Warren County
Elizabeth Harvey School
North St.

Harveysburg

Moses McKay House
New Burlington Rd.
Waynesville vicinity
(Underground Railroad site)

Springboro Historic District
Springboro
(Underground Railroad sites)

Wyandot County
Wyandot Mission Church
N. of Upper Sandusky, off Church St.
Upper Sandusky vicinity

Ohio Statewide
Historical and Architectural Resources
of the Underground Railroad in Ohio

 

For more information about African American Sites on the National Register of Historic Places contact the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.


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