In 1898, Edward Ford purchased 173 acres of farmland along the Maumee River, just south of Toledo in Wood County, to build a plate glass factory. Ford arrive...

East River Road Between Perrysburg and Rossford. From 1915 to 1930 nearly a dozen estates were built on the southern banks of the Maumee with names such as S...

322 East Broadway. Built in 1835, this home was transformed into a Greek Revival house most likely by itinerant "column workers" in 1844.  That's right, a gr...

If you were looking for a place to lodge in the Sylvania area in the 1800's, you would have been lucky to book a room at the Bidwell . The Bidwell Exchange H...

The fire wiped out 19 businesses along the west side of the block we now call Main Street between Maplewood and Monroe. As you browse through an inventory of...

A trip back to Sylvania's past. This entry is a compilation of a series of articles Kathryn Keller wrote in the summer of 1977 for her Sylvania Sentinel colu...

This wonderful piece of land on Sylvania Avenue has quite a story to tell. I've been a proud member of the Erie Shores Council's Executive Committee in the p...