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English: Front view of the National Register-listed Bernard Hollencamp House, built in 1871 in Xenia, Ohio. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
English: Front view of the Millen–Schmidt House, constructed in 1871 in Xenia, Ohio. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
Xenia Station is a replica building based on the original Xenia Station Downtown Xenia in 1930. Xenia was founded in 1803, the same year Ohio was admitted to the Union. In that year, Hollander-American pioneer John Paul bought 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Virginia, for "1050 pounds current moneys of Virginia."
Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge, and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home.
There were 335 people killed, with 179 of the fatalities in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The harshest of those twisters struck Xenia, Ohio, a small city of 25,000 about 15 miles east of Dayton. The ...
English: Oblique view of the National Register-listed Xenia Carnegie Library, completed in 1906 in Xenia, Ohio. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
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XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000.