******** "IMPORTANT" ******** Street name information: 1884 to 1911
Todays Main St. was called "Main Cross"
and today's Perry St. was called Main St.
The change was made in 1911. At one time
there was a First St.
The first brick was laid in Ottawa streets on
May 23, 1898 in Walnut St.
East 3rd Street and South Walnut Street
south of Second Street are still original
brick paved sections.

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A 2023 satellite View, South Walnut Street
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Where Perry Street used to cross the
Blanchard River.

Click above photos to view larger The first BRICK BUILDING business block
was built in 1862 by John Neill. It was sold
to J. P. Simon in 1868. Addresses 217,221,225.
OTTAWA, OHIO HISTORY
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OTTAWA'S FIRST CHURCHES
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