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South Main Historic Association HOA By Laws
South Main Historic Neighborhood Association, Inc. Bylaws Article 1 – Name and Mission Statement The name of this Corporation shall be “South Main Historic Neighborhood Association, Inc.” The Corporation is also authorized to do business as PRISM: Preservation, Restoration and Improvement of South Main. The mission of the Corporation, within…
2019 Community Cleanup – Keep Middletown Ohio Beautiful
Everyone who attended on Saturday should be proud of how much trash we cleaned up. There were lots of new faces which is always a welcome site. This is my 4th year participating in the Earth Day festivities in Middletown. Each year I see more impact and increased involvement across the…
Sanborn Fire Maps 1885
(1885) Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. Sanborn Map Company, Jun. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06800_001/.
2018 Candle Light Tour Brochure
It’s here everyone! The 2018 Candle Light Tour Brochure. 2018 Candle Light Tour Booklet Downtown Middletown Businesses Candlelight Tour of Homes
614 S. Main the Mystery Prairie House
For a couple years now I’ve tried to figure out why there is a Prairie House in the Style of Frank Lloyd Wright on South Main among a neighborhood of Victorians. The house gives off clues to it’s origins but nothing has ever been concretely verified. Was it designed by…
Winchester Mansion – California
A video clip of a new movie coming out about the Winchester Mansion in California popped into my feed today. I wanted to do a little digging myself to learn more. Some really neat articles have been written on the subject. clipping_16372165 Winchester Mansion 16 May 1936, Page 11 –…
My Middletown Manuscript – David F. M. Todd
This rambling recall is a story of a good little boy, his friends and their hometown. It’s as much about a person named Louis Macallay as it is about the town and the author. He triggered it all. My Middletown Manuscript – David F. M. Todd 2008 Some good S.…
Ada Sorg Walser / Jacques Seligmann Letters
Ada Sorg was Paul J. Sorg’s only daughter. After Paul J died in 1902 both her and her brother Paul A. Sorg moved to New York to spend part of their 10 million inheritance ( 286 million roughly in today’s money each ). A neighbor submitted this find a while…
John B Tytus & Nannie Dickey Scandal
In the 1870’s John B Tytus was arrested for bastardly. This scandal reached papers all over the country. I’ve included some clippings from the Cincinnati enquirer and the New York Times. PDF links below. John B. Tytus Jr Mansion 300 South Main St. A Full history of the great breach…