Ohio and Its Heritage
Honda Heritage Center
Honda Motor Company was founded by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa in 1949 as a motorbike company.
It wasn’t until the 1960’s that the company started producing small cars. With the development of the Civic in 1973 Honda solidly enter the auto market.
The Honda Heritage Center located in Marysville, OH showcases the company’s history, as well as the challenges it has overcome to make a positive impact on the automotive industry. Over the years Honda has strived to make their vehicles more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly. They have worked by the motto “We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.” https://ohio.honda.com/our-planet
A tour of the Honda Heritage Center takes you through the timeline of some of the vehicles that have made Honda a leader in the industry. Through it all the underlying focus has been to build a better engine to meet the needs of their customer and the environment. Honda had its start in motorbikes and racing but continues to set its sights on the future of not only the automobile but every aspect of transportation including flight.
Even if you are not a car buff, a visit to the Honda Heritage Center is must if you are in the Marysville, OH area.
Union County Ohio Courthouse
The Italianate and Second Empire architectural style building was designed by David W. Gibbs and was dedicated as the courthouse in Marysville, OH on January 27, 1883. The outside of the building is impressive with its brick and stone facade sitting up on a hill. There are also areas around the building that honor the men and women that served their country and community. The interior of the building is quite plain compared to the exterior but has be restored to preserve the history of the building. This is a nice stop if you like history and architecture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_Ohio
Nash House in Delaware, OH
The Italianate brick home was first owned by Thomas and Mina Slattery in 1878. After Mina Slattery death, the home was sold to William Henry and Emiline Nash in 1885. The home remained in the Nash family for 70 years until Paulina Nash donated the building to The Delaware County Historical Society. Today the home and adjoining building house a collections of home furnishings, period pieces and accessories that belonged to the Nash family during the time they lived in the home.
There is also a research area for people to use to learn more about the history of Delaware County and its residents. One of the volunteers gave us a guided tour of the home and pointed out many of the locally made furnishings throughout the home. If you love antiques a visit to the Nash house is a real treat. http://www.delawareohiohistory.org/?page_id=49
Myers Inn Museum in Sunbury, OH
The Myers Inn was the one room home of Lawrence Myers from around 1816. By 1820 he had added a two-story stage coach inn to the building. The buildings were enclosed into one building in 1825. A balcony was added by Jeduthan Skeels in 1870. Around the turn of the century Hosea Hopkins purchased the property and it became known as the Hopkins House. In 1974 the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today the building is owned by the Big Walnut Area Historical Society.
Inside the Myers Inn Museum is a wide collection of items depicting the history of Sunbury, OH. There is a display of civil war items as well as the information about General William S. Rosecrans a native of Delaware County Ohio. Rosecrans graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1842 and later returned there as a professor of engineering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rosecrans
The original section of the home is now restored to how it must have looked when Lawrence Myers first moved in. On the second floor, there are additional displays about how people came to lived and worked in the area. Sunbury, OH was founded by people leaving the taxation practices of the State of Pennsylvania. The town was a stage coach stop and the center of life in and around Delaware County Ohio. The area was also the first place to have R.D.F postal delivery in the United State. We were fortunate to have a guided tour of the building and the collection by one of the volunteers that works at the museum. The Big Walnut Area Historical Society have done a great job restoring the Myers Inn and preserving the history of Sunbury, OH. http://www.bigwalnuthistory.org/
