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  The Dunham House

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  Sports in Bedford

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  Underground Railroad

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  Elmer Flick

  Elmer Harrison Flick was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1910 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps.

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  Hezekiah Dunham

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  Clarissa Dunham

  Clarissa Dunham married Hezekiah when she needed a man to maintain her business.

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  Wilbur H Siebert

  As a professor of history at Ohio State University in the early 1890’s, he set out to engage his students by sending home a questionnaire for the students to give to family and friends seeking out information on the secret “Underground Railroad.” His was the first real study of this illegal operation. He amassed over 13 volumes of material and published his findings in The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom in 1898. His research can be searched online at https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/siebert?

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  Hezekiah Dunham House

  The Dunham House, built in 1832 by Hezekiah Dunham and his wife, sits across Broadway from the Square (or Commons). A succession of owners have made this their home, culminating with Richard and Anne Sedlon. In 1984 the Historical Society acquired the property and embarked on a renovation campaign. Its been a Victorian-style museum since and this year has been the subject of ideas for further use.

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  Township Hall

  The Township Hall was built in 1874. Originally, the township’s governing services occupied the first floor, an Opera House and meeting space the second floor, and a Masonic Lodge (and later the Knights of Pythias) the third floor; a small structure just behind the building served as jail cells; in the basement presumably were more cells, storage, and other police business. The foundation blocks and red bricks came from local quarries and manufacturers. Over the years several changes have happened. A major one is the addition, with an elevator, dedicated in 2004. A few years after the Township ended in 1951, the City of Bedford used the building as an adjunct City Hall with some remodeling done to the interior. The Historical Society acquired the building from the City in 1963 (for $10), made some expensive renovations, and turned the building into a new museum for the Society.

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  Bedford Baptist Church

  The Old Church hails from 1892, replacing a wooden structure which once took up the parking lot of the Historical Society’s Museum. A local doctor’s residence and office were razed to accommodate the new building. Its tower houses the original brass bell from the earlier church. A Baptist congregation held services here until 1968, when they moved to their present location on Turney Road.