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Monument of George Bartholomew on Court Avenue. In recent years, Court Avenue has been the center of various historic preservation efforts. The street was the focus of a centenary celebration in 1991: a monument of Bartholomew was placed at the western end of the street, both to honor the pioneer and to close the street to motor vehicles, and the street was turned into a pedestrian mall. [3]
The Knowlton Library in Bellefontaine logo The Logan County District Library is a public library system that serves communities throughout Logan County , Ohio , United States . The system's central library , which is also its oldest and largest branch, is the Knowlton Library, located along Main Street ( U.S. Route 68 ) in downtown Bellefontaine .
The Logan County Courthouse is a historic Second Empire building located on the southeastern corner of Main Street and Columbus Avenue in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. [3] Built in 1870 at a cost of $105,398.08, the courthouse was constructed primarily of locally mined sandstone, [4] and it is covered with a mansard roof. [5]
Bellefontaine is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. This micropolis consists solely of Logan County, Ohio . The 2000 census [ 4 ] found 46,005 people in the micropolis, making it the 260th most populous such area in the United States.
Lowell consisted of a 40-block area between the Mississippi River and Bellefontaine Road, from Grand Avenue to Adelaide, formerly O’Fallon Avenue. The university’s holdings (College Hill Farm) adjoined Lowell at the west, extending south from O’Fallon Park between the Bellefontaine Road and Penrose, formerly Belle Street, and E. Prairie ...
Bellefontaine Bridge from the west. The Bellefontaine Bridge is a four-span truss railroad bridge over the Missouri River between St. Charles County, Missouri, and St. Louis County, Missouri. It has four 440-foot (130 m) spans. Construction started on July 4, 1892, and the bridge opened on December 27, 1893. [1]
Eaton was founded and platted in 1806 by William Bruce. [8] The village derives its name from Gen. William Eaton [9] (1764–1811), the U.S. Consul at Tunis, who led a diverse army in a harrowing march from Egypt to Tripoli to meet the U.S. Naval forces.
The Downtown Tunnel, [1] sometimes referred to as the St. Louis Freight Tunnel, [2] is a historic railroad tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Eighth Street in downtown St. Louis. Completed in 1874, it carried freight and passenger trains between the Eads Bridge and the rail yards in the Mill Creek Valley , bypassing busy downtown streets.