Historical Photographs of 

Steuben, Ohio 

[Steuben is a small village 

about 2-3 miles northeast of Willard]

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For a few years around the turn of the 20^th Century, the Church of the Master at Steuben was Presbyterian, as it was at this time in 1903.  The electric railway tracks can be seen in the right foreground.  They crossed the road to the left in the hollow to the station under the trees.

Steuben town square, 1917.

SN&M Electric Railway Station and Store at Steuben, CA 1906.

Steuben School, 1914, with horse drawn school bus.

The old Phoenix Mill, near Steuben, had one of the most unusual roofs in the area.  The roof materials were slabs of sandstone, about the size of sidewalk stones, carefully spaced like tile.  These slabs were then drilled and pinned to the log rafters with round hardwood pins.  The roof lasted until the pins rotted away, permitting water to leak into the rafters and also rotting the rafters.  The stone was originally quarried along the Huron River.

Steuben School Students, April 22, 1909.  Back row: Arthur Lawrence, Louise Armstrong, Maud Reed, Retta Hopkins, Lena Signs, Louis White and teacher, Otto Roe.  2^nd row: Will Lawrence, Eva Signs, Harold Bliss, Phoebe Reed, Frances Lawrence, Mary McMasters, Gertrude White, and Emma Signs.  Front row: Frances McMasters, Dorothy Lawrence, Joe Signs, and Edith White.

Bicycling enthusiasts at Steuben in front of what is now the Church of Master, but then in about 1912 was a Congregational Church.