Porter Township

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Porter Township

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The Porter Township Collection contains the Unique Covered Bridge in Delaware County, an article written by David Simmons about the Chambers Road Bridge, a video of the Porter Township School, photographs of historic homes including the birthplace of famous aviator Foster Lane.

Collection Items

This article describes the construction method used by Berkshire resident Everett Sherman, builder of the Chambers Road bridge in Porter Township.

This is a photograph of the only Childs Truss covered bridge in Delaware County. The bridge is located in Olive Green in Porter Township. It is also…

This is a photograph of a building built prior to 1901. It is an example of the Gothic Revival period (c.1840-c.1880) in western architecture, and is…

This is a video of reunions taking place in various schools in Porter Township.

GOOD NEWS FOR ALL
NEW CASH STORE AT OLIVE GREEN
Fresh Goods at Prices suited to the War Times

A group of people standing to the left of the…

This house is described as the old Clawson House in the
"Big Walnut area: historical survey of buildings, structures, and natural items of interest…

This house was most likely built before 1901, and was the home of one of Olive Green's founders, Christopher Lindenberger. In 1836, Lindenberger…

Photograph of Lane Aviation founder Foster Lane (1903-1992) standing in front of his Waco 9 C116 airplane.

This picture shows the Seymour Chambers (1831-1912) house built in 1881. According to census records, Mr. Chambers worked as a farmer in Porter…

Photograph of the Blainey hotel and stagecoach stop in East Liberty on St. Rt. 656.

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