The city of Sidney was notified in 1980 that the Sidney Courthouse Square was entered into the National Register of Historic Places. It features an architectural excellence unmatched in Western Ohio for its quality. The building styles represent very different, yet important, eras in Sidney’s history — so let’s learn more about it!


WELCOME!

SIDNEY STRUCTURES
Downtown - ‘Place to Be’
Shelby County Courtsquare
Shelby County Courthouse
People’s Federal Savings & Loan
Cook’s Building
Shelby County Jail
Piper Building(s)
First United Methodist Church
Taylor/K. of C. Building
First National Exchange Bank

Thedieck’s/Fire of 1914
Carey’s Hall
The Purity
Wagner Hotel

Monumental Building
Spot Restaurant
Other: Bonnyconnellan Castle
Other: GreatStone Castle/Whitby Place

LOCAL HISTORY
Ohio Becomes a State
Early Years of Shelby County
Thatchers are first Settlers
Hardin is County Seat
Shelby County Established
Land Donated for Town
Charles Starrett
Sir Philip Sidney
John Blake
Dingmansburg
Sidney's Streets
Road Scraper/Interurban
Auto Replaces Trolley
Canal
Railroad
Prefabricated Structure Designs

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Background photo of courthouse on this page courtesy of Larry Roettger