Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building and Madison Theater
N 40° 45.528 W 082° 31.020
17T E 371951 N 4513088
The Memorial Building houses the oldest museum in Richland County. The building was built in 1888 and is the oldest continuously used memorial building in the state of Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM2J5M
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2007
Views: 13
The museum houses artifacts of military history of Richland County as well as civil and natural history artifacts.
The displays on the first floor show the museum's main exhibit, which is the "Westinghouse Robots", a comprehensive history of all of the Westinghouse Mechanical Men or Robots from 1924-1959. Several other cases relate to the military history of Richland county and some of the early collections of the original director, Edward Wilkinson.
Street address:
34 Park Avenue West
Mansfield, OH Richland
44902
County / Borough / Parish: Richland
Year listed: 1980
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Historic function: Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current function: Recreation And Culture, Social
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 02/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:10 AM To: 3:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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