by Richard Fisher | Oct 11, 2021 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, History, In the Media, Restoration/Improvement, This Place Matters
Historical Society Now Owns Former Jail and Sheriff’s Residence 10 Oct, 2021 Special to 1808Delaware A significant landmark of Delaware county and city history has a more certain future. The sale of Delaware County’s historic Old Jail and Sheriff’s Residence has...
by Richard Fisher | Aug 26, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
Nominate A Favorite Local Landmark 26 Aug, 2021 by 1808Delaware We here at 1808Delaware are reaching out to our readers with a request. Over the last year, we have presented information on 14 buildings and other iconic pieces of local history in our “Landmarks...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo By Dillon Davison May 13, 2021 New life is set to be breathed back into Delaware’s historic CSX rail depot. Columbus-based investment and development firm RiverWest Partners, which purchased the building in 2019 from CSX Transportation, plans...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
The Delaware landmark on West William Street, the OWU Student Observatory was Hiram Perkins’s own observatory at the Ohio Wesleyan University. OWU Student Observatory on William Street Delaware Ohio May 9, 2021By: 1808Delaware In 1896, the campus of Ohio...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
The landmark Delaware Post Office Building in Delaware Ohio now serves as the Ross Art Museum of the Ohio Wesleyan University. OWU Ross Art Museum was The Delaware Post Office Building April 3, 2021By: 1808Delaware The early decades of the 20th century saw public...
by admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, History, In the Media, This Place Matters
Historic jail and sheriff’s home to be sold to Delaware County Historical Society by Dean Narciso on April 3, 2021 DELAWARE — Two years ago, the Delaware County Commissioners rejected an opportunity to sell the historic county-owned jail and former...
