Bellefontaine, OH: First Concrete Street in America

(Satellite)

A man I  met on the sidewalk indicated that the courthouse has been restored rather recently. The first concrete street is south of the courthouse.

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This plaque is in front of the base of the statue that you see in the middle of the road.

Another plaque is on the corner of the courthouse square:

Around the base of the statue is a series of plaques:

The street itself. (Yes, it is unfortunate that my shadow is in the photo. But I could not see how I could avoid it.)

I thought I took a close up of some of the squares. About half the surface has needed repair. Below is a closeup from this photo of the courthouse.

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