First Statehouse in Chillicothe illustration   Save
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Description: Caption reads: "STATE PICTURE BOOK Ident. - 26 Dummy page 22 upper left Location - Chillicothe, Ohio Credit - Penprint by Frank J. Roos, Jr. from 'The American Pioneer' Caption - First Capital 1803." This illustration is of the Ross County courthouse, which became Ohio's first statehouse in 1803. The building was torn down in 1852. Chillicothe was named the capital of the Northwest Territory in 1800 and became the first capital of the State of Ohio in 1803. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_014
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Statehouse--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)