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Milan, Ohio Timeline |
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Milan, Ohio Timeline |
| 1817 | Ebenezer Merry Bought 453 Acre Plot of Land
(that would become Milan, Ohio) David Hinman Home Built (oldest known existing home in Milan) |
| 1823 | George Lockwood Home Built (59 S. Main Street) |
| 1824 | Milan Census - Population 220 and 32 Homes |
| 1825 | Ebenezer Andrews Home Built - 200 Main Street |
| 1826 | Wonder Bar Building Built (Ebenezer
Andrews, owner) Key Bank Building Built (Needlham & Daniel Hamilton, owners) Old Eagles Hotel and Tavern Built (Seth Jennings, Proprietor) |
| 1828 | Hamilton-Rodman Home Built - Front Street |
| 1829 | Guy Stevens Built Three Homes For His Children |
| 1832 | Huron Institute Opens Everton Judson Home Built - Edison Drive |
| 1836 | Covered Bridge Opens |
| 1837 | Jenkins-Perry Home Built - Front Street |
| 1838 | A. P. Mowry Home Built - Edison Drive |
| 1839 | Milan Canal Opened (Dedication July 4, 1839 ) |
| 1842 | Edison Home Built - Edison Drive |
| 1845 | Milan Stagecoach Inn Opened - Church Street |
| 1846 | Galpin Home Built - Edison Drive (MHM) |
| 1847 | Thomas Edison Born James C. Lockwood Home Built Mitchell-Turner-Henry Home Built - Center Street |
| 1848 | Captain Kelly Home Built
- Williams Street Lockwood Land Available For New Homes |
| 1849 | Wagon Trains Leave Milan for California Gold Rush (March 18, 1849) |
| 1851 | Milan Census - Population 1,300 |
| 1854 | Edison Family Moved to Port Huron, Michigan |
| 1856 | First Balloon Flight (From public square by Samuel Winchester) |
| 1860 | Hoag Home Built - Front
Street House of 40 Doors Built - Front Street Building of Shops Built - 12 Main Street Park Lounge Building Built - Front Steet |
| 1863 | Idaho Ship Built (by A. J. Mowry) |
| 1864 | Milan Canal Closed (Lock near Huron River damaged) |
| 1866 | St. Anthony's Catholic Church Built |
| 1867 | Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument
Dedicated (330 Names on monument) Town Square Dedicated as Park |
| 1868 | Flood Took Out Huron River Dam (supplied water to the Milan Canal) |
| 1873 | Idaho Returned (wedged in damaged Huron
River entrance lock) Eagles Hotel and Tavern Burned |
| 1876 | Town Hall Dedicated (July 4th. on site of old Eagles Hotel) |
| 1880 | Kelly Block Built (owned by Captain Kelly) Covered Bridge Torn Down |
| 1881 | Milan Canal Company Leased Towpaths to Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad |
| 1882 | King Iron Bridge Opened Nickel Plate Railroad Opens Station in Avery |
| 1888 | Downtown Fire Destroys Town Hall, Park Hotel & Presbyterian Church |
| 1889 | Town Hall Rebuilt w/ New Clock Tower Western Reserve Normal School Closes |
| 1890 | Milan Stagecoach Inn Fire |
| 1891 | W. H. Smyers House Built - Front Street |
| 1896 | Marion Page (Thomas Edison's sister) Purchased Edison Home |
| 1910 | Normal School Reunion |
| 1917 | Public Library Dedicated |
| 1923 | Edison, Ford & Firestone Visit Milan |
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