Heritage, Arts & Culture Inventory List

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Below is a list of Heritage sites as compiled by Ohio's Hill Country. Please e-mail me if you have additional sites to add to the list.

You will note that so far, the focus is on heritage. What arts sites can we add. Maybe: Performance spaces, Galleries...?

What else?
 

  Inventory
 

Heritage Festivals And Fairs 
Smoke Rise Bluegrass Festival, Nelsonville
Ohio Chile Pepper Festival, Glouster
Kilvert Pioneer Days, Stewart
Albany Independent Fair, Albany
Chauncey-Dover Spring Fest, Chauncey
Appalachian Days, Burr Oak State Park
Amesville Fireman's Festival, Amesville
Jacksonville Cruise-In, Jacksonville
Sustainability Festival, Athens
Parade of the Hills, Nelsonville
Paw Paw Festival, Albany
Barn Raisin' Community Arts Festival, Athens
Southeast Ohio Dulcimer Festival, Stewart
Nelsonville Lion's Club Cruise-In, Nelsonville
Coolville Founder's Day, Coolville
Jacksonville Old Settlers' Reunion, Jacksonville
International Street Fair, Athens
Hock-Hocking Folk Festival, Nelsonville
Ohio Trails Expo, Nelsonville
Thunder in the Valley, Nelsonville
Poston Lake Bluegrass Festival, Guysville
Athens County Fair, Athens
Ohio Smoked Meat and BBQ Festival, Nelsonville
Little Cities of Black Diamonds Appalachian Spring Festival, Eclipse Company Town
Timber and Outdoor Show, Hocking College, Nelsonville

Natural Heritage
Burr Oak State Park, Near Glouster, Stroud’s Run State Park
Deionizer State Nature Preserve, Guysville
Sunday Creek Wildlife Area
Trimble Wildlife Area
Devils Tea Table
Hawk Woods
Ewing Rock-Linscott Run, Near Amesville

Trails
Buckeye Trail
North Country Trail
Wayne Forest
Burr Oak Loop Trail
Hock-Hocking Adena Bikeway
Ohio River Trail

Historic Sites
Brick Kiln Park, Nelsonville
Dairy Barn, Athens
Fort Gower, Hockingport
Heritage Murals, Albany and Nelsonville
Hopewell-Adena Indian Mounds, The Plains
Nelsonville National Register Historic District, Nelsonville
Ohio University College Green, Athens

Museums
Athens County Historical Society & Museum
Ohio Genealogy Society, Athens Chapter, Athens
Athens County Military Museum, Nelsonville
Ohio University Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens
Memorial Auditorium, Athens
Pencil Sharpener Museum, Near Carbon Hill

 Architecture
White's Mill, Athens
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens
Quilt Barns of Athens County
Hock-Hocking Brewery Building, Nelsonville
 Nelsonville Historic District & Public Square, Nelsonville
State Hospital Grounds, The Ridges, Athens
Athens County Courthouse

Historic Markers
Underground Railroad, Albany
Athens County Infirmary, Near Chauncey
Hysylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22, Glouster
Hocking Valley Railroad, Nelsonville
Ohio University, Athens
Coonskin Library, Amesville
The Hocking Valley Coal Strike, Nelsonville

Statuary
Civil War Monument, College Green
Athens Fountain, Public Square, Nelsonville
Passion Flower Fountain, Athens Community Center 

Early Industry
Coal
Little Cities of Black Diamonds Region
Millfield Mine Disaster Site, Millfield
Hysylvania Coal Company Tipple Marker, Glouster Park
Eclipse Company Town & Company Store
Canaanville Mine Chimney, Canaanville
Sugar Creek Company Town & Company Store
Clay
Brick Kiln Park, Nelsonville
Athens Brick Streets
Star Brick Sidewalks, Nelsonville
Iron
Utley Coke Ovens, Between Amesville & Stewart

Miscellaneous
Beebe Grindstone Quarry, Near Stewart
Big Run Quarry, Near Stewart

Transportation
(Canals, River Boats, Railroad Depots, Bridges)
Hocking Canal
Palos Bridge, Near Glouster
Blackwood Bridge, Near Shade
Kidwell Bridge, Near Millfield
Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad, Nelsonville
Glouster Depot, Glouster
Athens and Nelsonville Depots
Pilcher Tunnel, Near Canaanville
Coolville Bridge, Sloping Arch Concrete Bridge
Glen Ebon Pony Truss Bridge, Near Doanville
Beebe Pony Truss Bridge, Off S.R. 144
Marietta-Chillicothe State Coach Road, Wayne National Forest
Ohio River Scenic Byway

Underground Railroad
Albany, Marker & Mural, Enterprise Academy

 

 

 

 

 

 

phm 10/13/06