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Historic Homes & Buildings

Historic Sites & Monuments

  • Altar of Peace
    Greenville City Park
    This monument commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Green Ville in 1795, which opened this Northwest Territory to settlement. The Garst Museum houses information about the Treaty, the native Americans, and General Anthony Wayne.  map

  • Bear's Mill (circa 1849)
    6450 Arcanum-Bear's Mill Road • Greenville, OH 45331
    One Half-mile South of US Route 36
    937-548-5112
    This historic operating grist mill built is an authentic example of a stonegrinding flour mill. It is used today to grind cornmeal, whole wheat flour, rye flour, and pancake mixes. The mill's store offers a line of gift boxes and custom baskets, as well as mill flours and other gourmet sundries and giftware. A special feature of the store is handmade pottery by the Bear's Mill potters.  more...  map

Libraries & Research Centers

  • Greenville Public Library (circa 1901)
    520 Sycamore Street • Greenville, OH 45331
    937-548-3915
    Built with the assistance of Andrew Carnegie and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this public library features a genealogy room with microfilm dating 100 years back from Darke County's newspapers and many other historical references.  more...  map

Museums & Galleries

  • Bicycle Museum of America
    7 West Monroe Street • New Bremen, OH 45869
    Forty Minutes North of Greenville
    419-629-9249
    Dedicated to the history of cycling, this museum features over 250 vintage cycles, including 150 Schwinn bicycles formerly featured in the Chicago Museum. more...  map

  • Darke County Historical Society Museum
    205 North Broadway • Greenville, OH 45331
    937-548-5250
    Museum features memorabilia about Annie Oakley and world famous radio broadcaster Lowell Thomas, along with other historical artifacts. Also includes a village of shops, displays of pioneer life, military uniforms, a wing of early American furnishings, an early Indianapolis 500 race car built in Greenville, a small gift shop, and an extensive genealogy room for research.   map

  • Garst Museum
    205 North Broadway • Greenville, OH 45331
    937- 548-5250
    Supported by the Darke County Historical Society, this museum features the largest known collection of memorabilia on Annie Oakley, Lowell Thomas, historic artifacts relating to Anthony Wayne and the Treaty of Greene Ville, and Native American artifacts. The museum also includes exhibits of early American furniture, pioneer life, and military uniforms and offers a small gift shop and an extensive genealogy room for research.  more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

  • Alice Bish Walkway
    Ohio Street • Greenville, OH 45331
    An enjoyable walking trail following along scenic Greenville Creek, visitors here enjoy seeing wildflowers, waterfowl and songbirds.  map

  • Annie Oakley Memorial Park
    Intersection of Martin, Broadway and Washington • Greenville, OH 45331
    Historic Downtown
    Featuring a life-size bronze statue of Annie Oakley, an Ohio Historical Marker, this park is dedicated to her life. Visit the Garst Museum to see the largest know collection of Annie Oakley memorabilia. more...  map

  • Brumbaugh Fruit Farm
    6420 Hollansburg-Arcanum Road • Greenville, OH 45304
    Arcanum
    937-962-8084
    The names alone make you want to visit the Kinda Kooky Corn Maze, The Enchanted Goat Fort, Storybook Forest and Monster Mountain...among others, but Brumbaugh Fruit Farm offers much more relaxing and fun family entertainment. more...  map

  • Coppess Nature Sanctuary
    South of Route 47 • Greenville, OH 45331
    Between Ansonia and Union City on Young Road
    Typical of Darke County woodlands, this sanctuary is filled with hickory, oak, beech and maple trees and is known for spring wildflowers and fall foliage.  map

  • Greenville City Park
    610 East Harmon Drive • Greenville, OH 45331
    937-548-1314
    Encompassing more than 100 acres, this park offers seven fishing lakes, a city pool that features a 150-foot water slide, nine tennis courts, an athletic field, three ball fields, 18 horseshoe courts, shuffleboard courts, 10 covered shelters, a playground, and many more activities for the entire family.   map

  • Prairie Ridge Meadow & Tecumseh Point Walkway
    Entrance on North Broadway
    Historically significant as the area Chief Tecumseh burned fires from 1805-1809 in protest of the signing of the Treaty of Green Ville, it is now a recreated prairie containing over 100 varieties of grasses and flowering plants.  map

  • Worth Family Nature Preserve
    Bordering Greenville Creek, this 32-acre park is a mixture of hardwood forests, floodplain, meadows, and thickets.  map

Science & Technology

  • KitchenAid Experience
    423 S. Broadway • Greenville, OH 45331
    937-316-4777
    This hands-on attraction, which opened in June, offers a unique factory tour led by KitchenAid's own employees. The tour will walk you through the entire manufacturing process. Visit the heritage exhibits and shop at the outlet store   map

  • Shawnee Prairie Preserve Nature Education Center
    State Route 502 West • Greenville, OH 45331
    Dark County Park District
    937-548-0165
    Located on the 118-acre Shawnee Prairie Preserve off of State Route 502, this nature center includes a natural history library, wildlife observation area, a classroom, and a small gift shop. The park offers 2 1/2 miles of trails through woodlands, prairie, swamps, meadows and marshes.  map

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