Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
Places to Visit
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Balyeat's Coffee Shop and Sign (OH)
Balyeat's Coffee Shop and its striking neon sign have served travelers since 1923.
Location: One half block east of the center of town next to the courthouse on the Lincoln Highway in Van Wert.
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Baywood and Cindell Streets (OH)
Baywood and Cindell Streets, several significant sections of original, red brick road of the Lincoln Highway, run parallel and reconnect with US Route 30.
Distance from byway: 2 mi / 3.2 km Travel time: 5 minutes Directions: Traveling west out of Minerva, bear westerly at the U.S. 30/Lincoln Street near the Paris Avenue intersection. Follow this for 2 miles.
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A significant Lincoln Highway monument created from stones from the world over, dedicated to local John Hopley, first Ohio Consul to the Lincoln Highway.
Location: Located facing the highway at the Bucyrus Golf Club grounds, 1 mile east of Bucyrus' Washington Square
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Canton Classic Car Museum (OH)
Canton Classic Car Museum features Lincoln Highway related signage and memorabilia as well as that era's autos.
Distance from byway: 0.20000000298023 mi / 0.3 km Travel time: 5 minutes Directions: Turn south onto Market Street. There is ample parking behind the McKinley Grand Marriott Hotel. Walk a block west to the facility.
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In downtown Van Wert there are several buildings that are significant to the Lincoln Highway era, creating a historic streetscape.
Location: Intersection of North Main and Lincoln Way.
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First Ladies National Historic Site (OH)
The National First Ladies Library and Research Center functions as a national archive of the contributions of America's first ladies and other notable American women.
Distance from byway: 0.10000000149012 mi / 0.2 km Travel time: 5 minutes Directions: There are two buildings; one at corner of Market Street and 2nd St SW, one block south of Tuscarawas Avenue (the Lincoln Highway) and the Ida Saxton McKinley House is located further down Market at 4th Street SW.
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Gomer Welsh Museum includes a collection of Admiral Byrd's lost Snow Cruiser memorabilia which was mired on the Lincoln Highway near here in 1939.
Location: The museum is on Gomer Road in the heart of Gomer, just south of the Lincoln Highway intersection.
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Hanoverton, Plymouth Street "Heights" -- originally the wealthy canal operators' homes -- is a small neighborhood of brick, Federalist-style homes similar to Georgetown and Williamsburg.
Distance from byway: 0.20000000298023 mi / 0.3 km Travel time: 5 minutes Directions: Turn right or north of the Lincoln Highway onto Plymouth Street (about .2 mile).
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Built in 1805, Lisbon (Historical Society) Old Stone House is one of the earliest Ohio dwellings.
Distance from byway: 0.20000000298023 mi / 0.3 km Directions: Pedestrians may take a one-block circuitous route from the Lincoln Highway south and clockwise to see this and other historic sites; a restored Erie train station and the Columbiana Courthouse.
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Point of Beginning Survey Marker (OH)
East Liverpool, Point of Beginning Survey Marker is a Revolutionary War period effort to map the Seven Ranges for white settlement west of the Ohio River.
Location: On State Route 39 at the Pennsylvania State line (the original 1914 alignment).
