Ohio Open Doors Archives - Ohio History Connection

September 12, 2022

Candoren Historic House Tours

Enjoy a lovely day at the 1895 Candoren Guest House! Free historic house tours in small groups from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sign up when you arrive on site. Free tea, lemonade and biscuits (cookies) for all visitors. Route 20 Flea / Handmade and Vintage Market from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. features dozens […]

September 2, 2022

Open Doors at Hanby House

Hanby House will be open for Ohio Open Doors with tours of the house.

August 30, 2022

Weymouth Day

The Weymouth Preservation Society will be open during Weymouth Day, a community-wide lawn sale now in its 50th year. Check out our museum, learn from historic displays and demonstrations, play vintage children’s outdoor games, and enjoy a root beer float! Live music from 10-12. Lawn sales at the school, as well as at local residences.

August 30, 2022

Union Terminal Rotunda Tours

Explore historic Union Terminal on a guided tour. Learn about its Art Deco art and architecture, its construction, history and reinvention as an award-winning multi-museum complex. Walk the catwalk above the building’s entrance, gaze at the towering tile mosaics in its grand Rotunda and search the marble walls for fossils.

August 30, 2022

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center free admission

Immerse yourself and be inspired by the stories of the Underground Railroad. Discover the history of slavery in America and the struggle for freedom. Learn about the abolition movement and the clandestine Underground Railroad network, its freedom seekers and conductors as courage, cooperation and perseverance carried enslaved people to freedom. Walk inside an authentic slave […]

August 29, 2022

Shiloh Area Historical Society “Honoring Our Local Military Men & Women”

Open house to highlight Shiloh Area Historical Society’s military displays of uniforms, WWII memorabilia, some WWI, and the Civil War display. Walking tour to highlight exterior view of house believed to be part of the under – ground railroad system, Freedom Monument, and interior of museum’s military displays. Efforts to coordinate with town’s American Legion […]

August 22, 2022

See a destination hotel in Ohio’s first capital – Open House and Tour of Sulphur Lick Hotel

What did a popular hotel look like back in the original capital of Ohio? Come see for yourself. This hotel was operating in the 1890’s and has been renovated but still has much of its original charm. Tours will be available throughout the day and historical items will be on display.

August 22, 2022

Open Doors: The Depot & Elihu Mason Park

Guided tours of several restored historical sites throughout the quaint, peaceful Village of Pemberville, Ohio. The crown jewel being the 1892 Pemberville Opera House restored to period in 1999, it is one of the oldest operating Opera Houses in the state boasting an annual concert series and children’s theatre. Down the old brick street from […]

August 22, 2022

Open Doors: Pemberville Opera House & Historical Society

August 19, 2022

Open Doors: Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum

Bellevue, Ohio has been a major rail town since its humble beginnings and the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum has been preserving and celebrating eastern Ohio’s culture and heritage since 1976. Visitors to our museum will enjoy exploring our vintage, life-size trains, a walking tour of our historic exhibits, and more!