Points of
Interest
- Deersville General Store, located
off of CR2, has been in business for 99 years and is famous for
its homemade ice cream.
- Also in Deersville, is the
Community Hall and Theatre. Built in 1913 as a theatre for
stage productions and a gathering place for the
community.
- Faith Ranch, located in Jewett,
sporting over 4200 acres,
offers horseback riding, hay rides and authentic barn dances.
- The Kammeyer Opera House, also of
Jewett, was built in 1910 and restored in 1992.
- Tappan and Clendening Lakes
- The Scio Historical Museum,
a vintage, yellow brick home on Main and Carrollton Streets in
the center of the village is maintained and sponsored by the
Scio Development Committee, Inc., a non-profit community
improvement organization. The museum houses collections and
memorabilia from the 1889 oil boom, Scio College, Scio Pottery,
Scio High School, and Scio American Legion. A collection of
first edition books on General George Custer is displayed along
with other Custer pictures and various Civil War items. Upstairs
rooms featuring vintage clothing, village flags, banners, and
quilts recently have been opened. The
museum is open to the public at no charge on the fourth Sunday
of each month from May to September. It also is open during the
four day Fall Festival each August. The museum can been seen at
other times by appointment by calling 740-945-2172 or
740-945-5561. Visit www.harrisoncountyohio.org/sciomuseum/
for more information.
- Built in 1873, Ourant
School is a one room school house which was renovated a few
years ago, as a joint effort led by local residents and
coordinated by Crossroads Resource Conservation and Development
District. Several events are held at the school annually,
including a cake walk and a reunion. But the highlight of the
year takes place in the spring, when each of the second grade
classes from the various Harrison Hills elementary schools
spends a day as students in a one room school house.
Ourant School is located on Route 328 in Nottingham Township,
east of Deersville.
- "Old Moravian
Trail Pizza and Baked Goods' shop which just opened at 220 W.
Main St., Deersville in a restored 1830s home. They feature
pizza, sub sandwiches, pasta dinners and baked goodies.
Additional
Points of Interest
* Photos compliments of Dick
Zeimer
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