Historic Map - Ravenna, OH - 1882

Panoramic view of the city of Ravenna, county seat of Portage Co., Ohio 1882.

Reproduction panorama map of Ravenna, Ohio, looking southeast, drawn by Albert Ruger and published by Ruger & Stoner in 1882. Named after the Italian city of Ravenna, the Ohio town was founded in 1808 on land the government had reserved for New Englanders whose homes and towns were destroyed during the American Revolution. The town quickly became the county seat for Ohio's newly formed Portage County. A court house and log jail were built in 1810. A new brick courthouse was erected in 1830 and expanded in 1881. W. D. Clark formed his wagon and buggy works here in 1831. A glassmaking facility was brought in in 1848. Later the Clark Wagon & Buggy Co. would be known as the Riddle Coach and Hearse Co.. H. Warner Riddle arrived in town in 1860 and became one of Ravenna's most famous businessmen and philanthropists. Several buildings downtown were either built by him or named for him. Ravenna watched the Quaker Oats Co. begin in 1877. Telephones were first introduced to Ravenna citizens in the year of this map.

The map features clearly labeled street names showing scenes of carriage, pedestrian and railroad traffic.

Features numbered & lettered references to the following locations:

1. Church of the Disciples
2. Episcopal Church
3. Methodist Church
4. Congregational Church
5. Universalist Church
6. Roman Catholic Church
7. United Brethern Church
8. Cemetery

X. Sash & Blind Factory, Henry Grohe, Proprietor
XX. Cigar Manufactory, Wholesale, J. Hamm, Proprietor

1. Court House
2. County Jail
3. Town Hall
4. Union High School
5. District Schools
6. N. Y. P. & O. R. R. Depot
7. C. & P. R. R. Depot
8. P. Y. & C. Railroad
9. Fire Engine House
10. Ravenna Steam Flour Mill, Quincy Cook, Proprietor
11. Atlantic Steam Flour Mill
12. Wholesale Oyster Depot, Max Schneck, Proprietor
13. Planing Mill, J. Kingsbury & Son, Proprietors
14. Planing Mill, D. L. Baldwin & Son, Proprietors
15. Tannery, C. F. Goepinger, Proprietor
16. Post Office, W. S. Krake, Postmaster
17. Steam Saw Mill, O. D. Kingsbury, Proprietor
18. Woolen Mill
19. Opera Hall
20. Gas House
21. Pump Manufactory, E. & R. Knapp, Proprietors
22. Furniture Manufactory, Otto Krakow & Son, Proprietors
23. Enterprise Lamp Chimney, Glass Works
24. Diamond Window Glass Works
25. H. & A. Stowe, Hub Manufactory
26. Quaker Mill
27. Etna Hotel
28. Commercial Hotel
29. 1st National Bank
30. 2nd National Bank
31. Carriage Factory, Merts & Riddle, Proprietors
32. Foundry & Plow Works, Robert Doig, Proprietor
33. Machine & Repair Shop, John F. Byers, Proprietor
34. Carriage Factory
35. "Republican-Democrat", H. R. W. Hall, Editor
36. Lumber Yard, Smith & Marvin, Proprietors
37. Marble Works, A. W. Stocker, Proprietor
38. Marble Works, H. L. Osborn, Proprietor
39. "Portage County Republican", J. H. Fluhart, Editor
40. "Democrat Press", S. D. Harris & Son, Editors