Campus Martius Museum

Campus Martius Museum
View of the front brick exterior entrance of the museum with six flag poles set slightly up a hill from the 2nd street road surface.
Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, Ohio.
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Location601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio[1]
Coordinates39°25′17″N 81°27′41″W / 39.42139°N 81.46139°W / 39.42139; -81.46139
Typehistory museum
Key holdingsRufus Putnam House
Nearest parkingOn site (no charge)
Websitemariettamuseums.org/campus-martius
Marietta Museums

The Campus Martius Museum interprets Ohio history.

This land office used by Rufus Putnam is the oldest building in Ohio (and all of the Northwest Territory). It is now part of the Campus Martius Museum.

Campus Martius was the second fortification in Marietta, Ohio and the first primarily for civilian defense. The Rufus Putnam House, incorporated in the Museum, is the only remaining part of the fortification.[2] The museum also includes the Ohio Company Land Office. Both are National Register of Historic Places properties. The museum is located a block from the Ohio River Museum.

Rufus Putnam's house was part of the original stockade at Campus Martius, and is now part of the museum.
Boots, cane and Revolutionary War military chest of Rufus Putnam (the "Father of Ohio").

References

  1. ^ "Campus Martius Museum". Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Campus Martius Museum (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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