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Odds and Ends
In addition to buildings, the historic built environment consists of
objects and structures that have meaning and significance of their own. Here
are a few interesting examples that can be found in Martinsville.
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New Highland Sanitarium (1929), North Main Street
Hygeia was the Greek goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation. She
was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good
health.
New Highland Sanitarium (1929), North Main Street. "Welcome to Our
Guests."
New Highland Sanitarium (1929), North Main Street.
"Peace Be Unto You."
Fountain on wall of Egbert livery behind 639 East
Washington Street.
Plaque from old North School, on the grounds of the
current North School building, East Cunningham Street.
Retaining wall constructed of Poston brick made in
Martinsville (c.1920), East Cunningham Street
Retaining wall and steps made of hand-quarried
sandstone block (c.1860), East Harrison Street
Retaining wall made of hand-quarried Geneva limestone,
and unusual stone for this area (c.1870), East Cunningham Street
Cast iron fence from old Morgan County Home (c.1870),
now at
Greenlawn/South Park Cemetery
and other locations around Martinsville.
Buckeye cast iron fence manufactured by Mast & Foos,
Springfield, Ohio, (c.1880), 310 East Washington Street
Street paved with Poston Company Knobstone brick, North
Jefferson Street
Cast metal street signs
Curbs of sandstone block, East Harrison Street
Fountain made of geodes, 370 East Washington Street
Front porch made of geodes, North Main Street
Civil War cannon placed by Grand Army of the Republic
(c.1929), Morgan County Courthouse lawn
Neon sign (c.1925), on the roof of the Norman T.
Cunningham/Buskirk Building, corner of Morgan and Main Street
Shelter houses (c.1955), Jimmy Nash City Park.
Established in 1949, the city park itself is considered a historic
landscape.
Rocket ship (c.1960), Jimmy Nash City Park
Margaret and Archibald Cramer
tree stump tombstone
(1883/1886),
Hilldale Cemetery
Homemade concrete gravemarker for Silas H. Williams
(1947),
Hilldale Cemetery
Monument for A. Hedrick,
Greenlawn/South Park Cemetery
Gano's Greenhouse (1943-44/1959), 865 East Harrison Street
A product of the Dayton Greenhouse Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio,
this glass structure was purchased and erected by Walter Gano and used for
raising flowers.
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