Allen County Museum

Allen County Museum
Established	1908
Location	620 West Market Street Lima, Ohio 45801 United States
Type	Children's Museum, History Museum ^[1]
Website	Allen County Museum

The Allen County Museum is located in the city of Lima, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. Occupying a half city block, the museum campus includes the main museum building, a log house, the MacDonell House (a Victorian mansion), a Shay Locomotive display, Military/Transportation building, the Children's Museum, and the Children's Garden. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. According to recent reports of the American Alliance of Museums Accreditation Department, less than 800 museums, out of more than 11,000 in the United States, are accredited. Standards for accreditation apply across the board to both small and large institutions.

The Allen County Museum is operated by the Allen County Historical Society which was formed in 1908. Originally located in Lima's Memorial Hall, the Historical Society outgrew the available space by 1935, and began privately raising funds to build a museum. Spearheaded by Elizabeth M. MacDonell, and supported by the notable John Wesley Van Dyke, Chairman of the Atlantic Refining Company, the organization successfully raised the needed funds to build a separate facility.

World War II interrupted construction plans, but by 1954 the cornerstone was laid—a stone from the original White House, Washington, D.C. Since that time, the Historical Society has amassed a large collection of items—both local and international. Archival and documentary railroad collections include builder's prints and diagrams from the Lima Locomotive Works, which was the third largest steam locomotive builder in the United States. Central to the production of the Lima Locomotive Works was the Shay engine, invented by Ephraim Shay.

MacDonell House


MacDonell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
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Location	632 W. Market St., Lima, Ohio
Coordinates	40°44′25″N 84°6′58″W / 40.74028°N 84.11611°W / 40.74028; -84.11611Coordinates: 40°44′25″N 84°6′58″W / 40.74028°N 84.11611°W / 40.74028; -84.11611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893
Architectural style	Shingle Style
NRHP Reference #	78001999^[2]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1978

The MacDonnell House, also known as Banta-Van Dyke House, is a Shingle style house that was built in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included two contributing buildings.^[2]

Outreach

Among its outreach programs, the museum has presented a post-millennium series of panel discussions and unique tours of area historical attractions. These were offered during the years of 2001-2003 and were organized by Jean Engstrom, a popular columnist for the Lima News, famous for her "Makes My Heart Smile" tagline. The indoor programs were preserved on videotape and are available from the museum on VHS cassette. They covered topics such as:

Lima octogenarians
Septuagenarians
WW II as experienced by Lima soldiers
Korean War as experienced by Lima soldiers
Life at Superior Coach
Life at Westinghouse

One of the programs, "Growing Up In Lima During the 1930s", was based on the 2003 book of Lima stories, Come Reminisce With Me, by Dr. Emmett Murray Jr., and was the best-attended lecture-style event in the museum's history.

References

↑ "Allen County Museum Museum: About". ARTINFO. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

External links

National Register of Historic Places in Allen County, Ohio

National Historic Landmark	Miami and Erie Canal Deep Cut

Historic district	West Market Street Boulevard Historic District

Other properties	Adgate Block Allen County Courthouse Armory-Latisona Building Barr Hotel Griffith Breese Farm Beck and R.C. Cahill Buildings Dorsey Building Elks Lodge First National Bank and Trust Building Hotel Argonne Klaus Block Lima Cleaning and Pressing Company Lima Memorial Hall Lima Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Depot Lima Stadium Linneman Building MacDonell House Marks-Family House Martin Block and Kibby Block Metropolitan Block Neal Clothing Neely-Sieber House Ohio Theatre Renz Block Round Barn St. John Catholic Church U.S. Post Office Union Block

Formerly listed	Round Barn Wheeler Building

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Allen County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio

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