Roscoe Village (Coshocton, Ohio)

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Roscoe Village
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Location: Coshocton, Ohio
Built/Founded: 1816
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival, Greek Revival
Added to NRHP: April 03, 1973
NRHP Reference#: 73001403

[1]
Governing body: Private

Roscoe Village, located in Coshocton, Ohio, United States, is a restored Ohio and Erie Canal town operated by the non-profit Montgomery Foundation. The goal of the Foundation is to maintain the historic buildings of Roscoe Village and promote education with regard to life along the Ohio and Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. Living history is displayed and there are museums as well as annual events which attract tourists from all over the country.

Roscoe Village was also the location where the Walhonding Canal, a feeder canal that connected Cavallo in the northwestern part of the county with the Ohio and Erie Canal.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Hill Jr., N.N. (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its past and present, 1740-1881. Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers.

[edit] External links

Source: The G. W. Adams Educational Center

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