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WelcomeWelcome to Delphos!

Our city is located in Northwest Ohio along the US30 corridor. US30,previously known as Lincoln Highway, was the frst trans-continental high-way in the United States and helped Delphos prosper. The Miami-Erie Canalwas also instrumental in the development o Delphos and runs through theheart o our city.

The same work ethic and perseverance that it took to build the canal andthe Lincoln Highway is still evident in Delphos today.

Our oreathers worked in the ace o much adversity and many hardshipsto establish this wonderul place that we now call home. That is why we are

all very proud o Delphos and o our heritage. Our churches, schools, busi-nesses and organizations are second to none and stand as a testamentto our ounders. Whenever our citizens are called on to lend a hand, there isalways an abundance o volunteerism and good will toward many worthwhilecauses.

Delphos has also positioned itsel or uture progress with our new reser-voir and water treatment plant and our state-o-the-art membrane wastewater treatment plant. We invite you to learn more about our city, so please

call, e-mail, or visit our web site, and see why Delphos is known as AmericasFriendliest City.We look orward to meeting you!

Thank You!Mayor Michael Gallmeier419-695-4010cityodelphos.com

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WelcomeFor more han 80 years, he Delphos Area Chamber o Commerce

has been serving people in our area. While many advances have aken

place over he years, he goals o promoing he indusrial, commer-cial, proessional, civic and general ineress o he communiy remainhe same.

The Chamber is a member based organizaion, independen o all oh-er organizaions and groups. We are eecive in our program o work,which involves small business assisance, legislaive aairs, saeycouncil, economic developmen, leadership and more. In addiion, weserve as a resource cener providing ravel or demographic inorma-

ion o visiors, hose who are relocaing and business prospecs.The srong work ehic, qualiy o lie and commited people we have inhis area are he reason why Delphos is a grea place o work, live anddo business.

I invie you o ake a deeper look ino our programs and benefs osee i we can assis your business. Wheher you would like o join hisChamber or a sronger communiy image, a presence on he web sieor paricipaing in our neworking evens, I know we can be o value o

your business.Please visi us anyime a www.delphoschamber.com. We look or-

ward o helping you and your business.

Thank You!Jennier Moener,Execuive Direcor,Delphos Area Chamber o Commerce419-695-1771

[email protected]

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Tableof

ContentsCity welcome 2

Chamber welcome 3History 5Location/transportation 8Education 10Recreation 12

Library 14Worship 15Dining and lodging 16Shopping 16Healthcare 18

Preserving history 19Business and industry 20Leslie C. Peltier 22Historic Lang home 23Index of advertisers 24

Population in July 2008:7,101

Males: 3,312 (49.0%)Females: 3,453 (51.0%)

Median resident age:35.9 years

Estimated median householdincome: $41,167

Estimated per capita income:

$19,995

Estimated median house orcondo value in 2008: $85,800

The latitude is 40.843N;longitude is -84.341W.

Elevation is 774 feet.


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Strong Community Strong Values Strong Commitment

Visit us online at

www.cityofdelphos.com or

by phone 419-695-4010

Visit us online at

www.delphoschamber.com

or call 419-695-1771

310 N. Main St.Delphos, Ohio 45833

Working together to advance business in the Delphos Area

History ...Delphos has the distinc-on of being situated in

wo counties. The Miamind Erie Canal divides itnto two nearly equal por-ons. The part east of thisanal lies in Allen County,

nd the part west is withinVan Wert County.In 1840, when the

first vote was taken inWashington Township,nly 10 votes were cast,

and Thomas W. Bowdlewas elected justice of thepeace.

The first plat of the townwas made by FerdinandBredeick, on the west sideof the canal, and the Rev.

John Otto Bredeick, com-ing a couple of years later,laid out the addition on theeast side of the canal. Johnwas a Roman Catholicpriest, and reserved a large

plat of ground for churchpurposes. He gave this asa free gift.

For a number of yearsearly Delphos was knownas East Bredeick and WestBredeick. There were a

couple of other little settle-ments, which were knownrespectively as: SectionTen and Howard TownThe two former being set-tled by Germans and other


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Community Profilewo by Englishpeaking people.It was finallyecided to adoptne name for thefour settlements

nd, after a meet-ng called for thaturpose, the name

Delphos was sug-gested by Fatherredeick, and it

was adopted. Fromhat time all jeal-

usy ceased, andll citizens began towork for the com-mon good. To this

armonious actionmay be credited the

growth of the set-tlement.

Delphos wasincorporated in1851, and the firstelection was heldon March 3 of that

year, at which Col.Lester Bliss waselected mayor, andSmith Talbott,recorder. N. White,

J. P. Cowan, J. P. Murphy,

and TheodoreWrocklage werechosen the firstcouncilmen. Much of the

growth may also

be attributed to theliberal views heldby Father Bredeick.Although broughtup under the nar-row, old coun-try standards, headopted in thebroadest and mostliberal mannerAmerican views,and encouragedthose of all nation-alities and all faiths

to settle there. Hewas ready to assistone as another, and

gave a plat to thePresbyterians onwhich to build a

church. He saidhe did not want aCatholic town, asthat would makethe people selfishand narrow. Hewanted all classesand all creeds tocommingle.

The post officeoccupied a smalroom built on aplatform of the lockbetween the gates

of the canal, on theVan Wert Countyside. Amos Clutterwas the postmasterin 1847. The firsthotel was opened

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n the spring of 1845. It was builty Morgan Savage, and was named

Travelers Rest. The second was built byJames Graver,

n the sameyear, and wasalled the Ohio

House.When the

Ohio & IndianaRailroad, a

art of theennsylvania

C o m p a n y s

main line,was built in

854, much o fhe iron for its construction was broughtown by the canal from Toledo.The Delphos & Indianapolis Railroad

was opened in 1875, and was com-leted to Toledo three years later. It is

ow known as the Toledo, St. Louis &Western Railroad. This was at first aarrow gauge railroad, but the track

was afterward standardized.To Father Bredeick was due the build-

ng up of the first Roman Catholic con-regation. He gave to it the splendid siteow occupied by the church edifice. A loghapel first served the small town, but a

more pretentious church was begun in846.In that same year, the Methodistseld their first services, in the cabin of

R. M. Petticord, at which five personswere present. Rev John Graham offici-ted as minister. When E. N. Marlen,n ordained minister, came to Section

Ten in 1848, he facilitated the buildingf the church. A couple of years later the

foundation stone was laid.The Presbyterian Church was orga-

nized about the same time by RevRichard Graham. The congregation wasvery small, and a church edifice was notbegun for almost a score of years, as thecongregation had been decimated, firstby a scourge of cholera and afterward bythe Civil War.

Rev. Johannes OttoBredeick

Phone: 419-692-8055

Fax: 419-692-8065

209 W. Third St., Delphos, OH 45833

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A community Public Charity benefiting the

citizens of Van Wert and surrounding areas.

Contact us to find out how you

can be part of The Foundation!

Larry L. Wendel, Executive Secretary

138 East Main StreetVan Wert, Ohio 45891

Phone: 419-238-1743

Fax: 419-238-3374

email: [email protected]

www.vanwert.com/foundation

The Van Wert CountyFoundation

Est. 1925

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Location and transportationDelphos is geographically located withinasy access to both interstate and intrastate

ighway systems. US 30, which is a fourane expressway mirroring the historic Oldincoln Highway, bounds the north of theommunity connecting Delphos with I-69o the west, and I-75, I-71 and I-77 to theast. State highway systems that connect

Delphos to the region include Old Route

0 (Lincoln Highway), State Routes 309,6, 190 and 697, making Delphos truly theCrossroads to America. Also serving thety are two railroads.A small airport is located just east of thety.

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Eric M. MacwhinneyPresident

207 N. Main St.P.O. Box 77

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Education ...Delphos supports two school systems.

Delphos City Schools enrollment to-als an average of 1,1o0 students, in-luding kindergarten and special edu-ation classes.The city schools were rated Excel-nt on the 2008-09 State Report

Card.The high school ofers post-secondary

ptions and advanced placement cours-

s.The parochial school system, Delphost. Johns, enrolls nearly 960 and in-ludes grades preschool-12.St. Johns Schools aim to allow each

tudent and faculty member to live thefe of Christ today through spiritual,

academic, athletic and social goals. The

school focuses on faith development andacademic excellence and believes itsimportant to nurture the whole person,so that they might grow into a well-balanced, mature adult who sees howthey might use their gifts and talentsfor their own betterment, as well asfor their community and world. Theystrive to make the school a tradition

worth keeping by the interrelation ofschool, family and community.Both schools enjoy successful sports

programs.Nine college and business and techni-

cal school campuses are within a shortdriving distance.

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Jefferson High High School

Franklin Elementary SchoolLandeck Elementary School

Jefferson Middle School

St. Johns Schools


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Recreation ...

Delphos has a very fne recreationprogram. Facilities include four pub-lic parks with a total of 52 acres. Alarge municipal swimming pool, 10tennis courts, basketball courts, foot-ball stadium, shelter houses, play-

grounds, many baseball diamondsvolleyball courts and horseshoe

courts can be found here. There isalso a bowling center, soccer felds18-hole golf course, an all weathertrack and excellent fshing and boat-ing facilities nearby.

The newly-constructed Delphos-Gillmor Reservoir offers a place forwalkers, sledding in the winter and

fshing (no gasoline motors) in th

spring, summer and fall.The Miami-Erie Canal is home to

two annual fshing derbies and year-round fshing.


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Main Line 419-238-2390

Admitting/Registration 419-238-8602

Business Ofce 419-238-8640

Cardiac Rehabilitation 419-238-8604

Cardiology Clinic 419.238-8605

Cardiopulmonary Services 419-238-8685

Central Scheduling 419-238-8643

Emergency Room 419-238-8611

Intensive Care Unit 419-238-8612

Laboratory 419-238-8613Medicial/Surgery 419-238-8619

Obstetrics 419-238-8618

Patient/Community Relations 419.238-8623

Pediatrics 419-238-8624

Pharmacy 419-238-8625

Physical Therapy 419-238-8626

Radiology 419-238-8630

Sleep Center 419-232-5281

Social Services 419-238-8654

Telemetry 419-238-8612

Wellness Center 419-238-8691

Grand Lake Regional

Cancer Center 419-584-1900

Home Health Solutions 419-238-3133

Quality. Convenience.

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1250 S. Washington St.

Van Wert Ohio 45891

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Library ...

The Delphos Public Library

The Delphos Publicibrary, located at 309

W. Second Street, is aalued and importantart of the Delphosommunity. Besidesroviding a widerray of books, thebrary also provideslarge number of ser-ices that appeal to

very age group.Open since 1912,

he library now offersideo, DVD, pup-et, CD and audio-ook rentals, as wells large print books,ravel maps and fold-

rs and periodicals.

Tax forms, pamphlets,wireless Internet con-

nection, microfilmreader, fax machinesand phone books anddirectories are alsoavailable. Anotheruseful service you can find at the library isthe interlibrary loan.This allows patrons

access to books inother libraries ifthe Delphos librarydoesnt have them.

The GenealogyRoom offers Ancestry.com. The GenealogyRoom also contains

various historical

records, periodicalsconverted to micro-

film and a microfilmreader in addition toAncestry.com to helpanyone wishing tomap their origins.

The library offersvarious after-schoolevents such as artsand crafts, educa-

tional programs andmovie days to keepchildren involved andgive them an opportu-nity to make friends.Also offered is home-work help in a rangeof subjects.

The library is open

from 9 a.m. until p.m. on Tuesdays

and Thursdaysnoon to 8 p.m. onWednesdays, 9 a.mto 5 p.m. on Fridayand 9 a.m. until noonon Saturdays.

Magazines, Videoand DVDs (must be13 or older) can be

checked out for sevendays; puppets, CDscassettes (13 or older)new fiction, talkingbooks and auto manu-als for 14 days; bookslarge print books andchildrens cassettes

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Worship ...First United Presbyterian310 W. Second St.419-692-5737

Pastor Harry TolhurstSunday - 9:30 a.m. Sunday

hool;11:00 a.m. Morning Worship

St. Peter Lutheran Church422 North Pierce St.,

elphosPhone 419-695-2616Rev. Angela Khabeb, PastorSunday - 8:00 Prayer

eakfast; 10:00 a.m. WorshipHoly CommunionFirst Assembly Of God

808 Metbliss Ave., Delphos419-692-6741Senior Pastor - Dan EatonSunday - 10:30 a.m.

Celebration of Worshipth Childrens Church &

ursery providedMonday- 7:00 p.m. Prayer

Delphos Christian Union

Pastor: Rev. Gary Fish470 S. Franklin St., (419)

692-99409:30 Sunday School10:30 Sunday morning ser-

vice.Youth ministry every

Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.Childrens ministry every

third Saturday from 11 to 1:30.

St. Pauls United Methodist335 S. Main St. DelphosPastor - Rev. David HowellSunday - 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service.

Delphos Wesleyan Church11720 Delphos SouthworthRd.

Delphos - Phone 419-695-1723

Pastor Wayne PraterSunday - 10:30 a.m. Worship;

9:15 a.m. Sunday School for allages.

Wednesday - 7 p.m. Service

and prayer meeting.

Carpenters HouseMinistries

7999 SR 66 DelphosSunday Services - 10:30 a.m.

Trinity United MethodistChurch

211 E. Third St., DelphosRev. David Howell, Pastor

Sunday - 8:00 a.m. WorshipService; 9:30 a.m. ChurchSchool; 10:30 a.m. WorshipService; 11:30 a.m.

Marion Baptist Church2998 Defiance Trail, Delphos

Pastor Jay Lobach 419-339-6319

Services: Sunday - 11:00a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday- 7:00 p.m.

St. Johns Catholic Church331 E. Second St., Delphos419-695-4050

Rev. Mel Verhoff, PastorRev. Jacob Gordon, Asst

PastorCelebration of th

SacramentsEucharist Lords Day

Observance; Saturday 4:30 p.mSunday 7:30, 9:15, 11:30 a.m.;

Baptism Celebrated firsSunday of month at 1:30 p.mCall rectory to schedule PreBaptismal instructions.

Reconciliation Tuesday andFriday 7:30-7:50 a.m.; Saturday3:30-4:00 p.m. Anytime byrequest.

St. John The Baptis

ChurchLandeck - Phone: 419-692

0636Rev. Mel Verhoff, PastorAdministrative aide: Rit

SueverMasses: 8:30 a.m. Sunday.Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday.


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Shopping, dining, lodging

Microtel Inn & Suites

Delphos offers a

ariety of shops.Downtown

Delphos is fullf family-ownedhops including a

womens boutique,mens wear store,ift shop, photogra-hy studio, jewelrytore, party shop,ardware stores,porting goods storend coin shop toame a few.Delphos offers a

wonderful variety ofining experiences.ocal residentshare their heritagen creating unique

Greek, German,Chinese and Ameri-an foods. Home-

made pastries, breadnd soups are alsovailable.

If you enjoy Ital-an foods, pizza orubs, Delphos cant the bill with a va-iety of choices andastes to ft everyalette.Delphos recently

ecame home to

Microtel Inn &uites providingodging for visitors

and family for weddings, family reunions and any social or busi-ness event. The facility also has two meeting rooms.

Delphos also offers several rental facilities and catering for anyevent with small-town hospitality with all the big-town appeal.

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Bebout and HougRoofing and Siding, Inc.

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1155 Westwood Dr.

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BLACK SWAMPANTIQUES

& ANTIQUE MALL

Old Cookie Jars

McCoy Pottery

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Glass Comic Books

Toys Vintage Books

Dish Sets HullPottery Indian Artifacts

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HealthcareDelphos is affordedith an ambulatory

are center, two nurs-ng homes, a rehabilita-on center, two physi-al therapy offices, sev-ral general practitio-ers and dentists andpediatrician.

St. Ritasmbulatory Careenter offers urgent

are, outpatient ser-ices and specialtyhysician clinics tohe people of Allen,utnam and Van

Wert counties.

The center acceptsppointments for thefollowing services orsts: gastroenterology OB/GYN orthopedics podiatry

urologyVancrest Healthare Center as wells being a total-careesidential facility,ffers rehabilitation,arkinsons Activity

& Rehabilition KlinicP.A.R.K.) program,

ssisted living, inde-endent living plus,

respite and hospiceservices.

The rehabilitationcenter offers a spe-cialized program tomeet each individualsrehab needs. The focusis aimed at restoringindependence after an

acute illness and/orprocedure. Therapiesare offered 6 days aweek enabling a fasterrecovery and return tohome.

Sarah Jane LivingCenter has beendesigned to provide

a supportive, thera-peutic and safe envi-ronment for at riskor wandering peoplewho have dementia ora related disease. Thephysical design of theunit and the special-

ly trained personnelwho work there cre-ate a unique programand quiet atmospherededicated to maintainthe highest functionallevel for as long aspossible. The centeralso offers rehabilita-

tion, respite and hos-pice services.

St. Ritas Ambulatory Care Center

Vancrest Healthcare Center

Sarah Jane Living Center


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Concertsin the ParkEach Year, the

Delphos RotaryClub sponsors theConcert in the ParkSeries at StadiumPark. Hundreds oflisteners gather nearThe Hanser Pavil-ion the second and

fourth Sundays June- August to hear avariety of offerings.

Downtown is home to the citys two museums: The Delphos Canal Commission Mu-eum and the Delphos Museum of Postal History. The Canal Museum houses the citysistorical memorabilia. The Postal Museum chronicles the postal services history.

Preserving history ...


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Business and industryThere are several

manufacturers androcessors locatedn Delphos, includ-ng grain elevators,rinting and pub-ishing house, elec-

troplaters, tool anddie shops, automaticscrew machineproducts, quarries,

fertilizer plants,food processors,forgings and a large

soybean mill. Prod-ucts include granitemonuments, trucktrailers, axles, sheetmetal products ofall kinds, air braketubing, servicestation equipment,metal detectors,

farm wagons and

insulation. Thereare also many beekeepers in the area.

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Canal Days

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expansion or relocation needs.

OSU Extension

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Revolving Loan Fund Program

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Van Wert Area

Convention & Visitors Bureau(Tourism: Attractions, Events, Shop and Eat!)

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Leslie Peltier wasorn on a small farmast of Delphos on Jan.

, 1900. Growing upn a farm surroundedy forests and bor-ered by the Auglaize

River, Leslie quicklycquired an apprecia-ion and love of naturend the natural world.His introduc-

ion to the night skyccurred at age five

when his motherntroduced him to the

Pleiades on a crisp,lear, winter night.

A book from a kindlybrarian brought theest of the universento focus and Lesliesuest for knowledge ofhe night sky took off.

As a teen Lesliearned $18 for a mailrder telescope byicking 900 quartsf strawberries on his

athers farm, earningwo cents per quart.The 2i refractorrrived a few weeksater and 64 contin-ous years of nightime observing began.

Four years ofweeping the night

ky for comets finallyame to fruition on

Friday, November13, 1925. Leslie came

upon a fuzzy some-thing in a cluster ofstars. He focused inon this somethingand saw it had thetrademark tail of acomet. Exhilarated,Leslie carefully plot-ted the locationand telephoned theDelphos telegram sta-tion. Finding it closedand his only optionthe signal tower atthe PennsylvaniaRailroad station,Leslie raced toward

Delphos in the darkon his bicycle. Thetelegram of his find tothe Harvard CollegeObservatory wasanswered a week laterwith the news thathe had, indeed, dis-covered a new comet.

Merry Go RoundObservatory

In November1933 ,Leslie marriedDorothy Nihiser. The

Peltiers set up theirhousehold first inLeslies uncles houseand later in a smallhouse in Delphos.It was in 1937 thatLeslie used his skillas a designer at theDelphos Bending

Company to designand build his ground-

breaking Merry-Go-Round observatory.For the first timean entire observa-tory rotated to fol-

low the stars. Thisnew observatory fol-lowed the Peltiersto their new home,Brookhaven, in 1948.

In 1959, StanleyPeltier, Leslie andDotties youngestson, was a student at

Miami University inOxford. During ren-

ovation the universi-tys observatory wasscheduled to be razed.Stanley convincedthe university that

his father could usethe observatory andits 12i refractor tele-scope. Within a fewmonths, the obser-vatory was erectedabout 100 yards northof the Peltier home

at Brookhaven. Forthe next 20 years theobservatory wouldscour the night skyand host thousands ofinterested stargazersand school children.

Leslie Peltier diedof a heart attack in

1980. His death wasmourned by all acrossthe astronomy world.His hometown ofDelphos honored hislife with a memorialsun dial, above, on the grounds of the public library, where heserved on the board formore than 30 years.

Delphos home to stargazer Leslie Peltier

Leslie C. Peltier


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Delphos homen National

Registerf Historic

PlacesThe Bredeick-Lang

House, located athe corner of Secondnd Cass streets andsted on the Nationalegister of Historiclaces, is located on

creage originallyurchased to estab-sh Delphos. It wastill owned by descen-ants of the found-ng fathers untileptember 2009.Built in 1859-60, theredeick-Lang Houseccupies a smallortion of the 240cres that Ferdinandredeick purchased

n 1843 when landontracts surround-ng the Miami-Erieanal finally were

ut on the market.Ferdinand Bredeickved only until846. However, withMaria Wrocklage of

Glandorf, he had threehildren who sur-ived to adulthood:

Maria Bernadina,

Maria Victoria andAmelia (who was the

first child born in thenew settlement TenMile Woods in 1843). Maria Victoria builtthe Bredeick-LangHouse on property

she inherited fromher father and livedthere with her hus-band, Charles Shenk, from 1861 to 1881.When Maria Victoriadied in 1881, she leftthe house to her sis-ter Amelia (George)

Lang.During Amelias

ownership, theBredeick-Lang Housewas used in a varietyof ways, including as atea house and funeralparlor. The house was

passed on to Georgeand Amelias young-est son, Otto G. Lang,and his wife, Mayme,in the late 1920s, andto Otto and Maymesonly child, James, inthe 1950s.

In May of 1982, the

Bredeick-Lang Housewas placed on the

National Register ofHistoric Places by theNational Park Serviceof the US Departmenof the Interior. TheBredeick-Lang House

was found to bearchitecturally sig-nificant as an excel-lent example of earlyItalian Villa, a stylerare in midwesternOhio. It also was found to be historcally significant as

a family residence ofthe Bredeicks.

The Bredeick-Lang House


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