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     Also known as the James Henry Staley House and Dr. Charles Vidt House, the John Mylar House was built in 1929. Located at 901 South 6th Street (Ironton, Ohio), the Mylar house has Tudor influence architecture. Paul Schweickart was the home’s architect and builder. It is one and a half story tall with Spanish plaster walls and a stone foundation. A slate, gabled roof features seven gables. The house has fourteen rooms and four and a half baths. The windows and doors are shaped into a Roman arch.

     The Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1892 and is located at 401 Center Street in Ironton, Ohio. The three story brick building was built in the Queen Anne architectural style. Rusticated stone piers divided original store fronts. Some of the piers are not longer in existence. A middle bay on the 4th Street side projects slightly at the second and third story. The brick walls with stretched bond are topped with a tin, hip roof. The building has been remodeled.
 

     Dr. Wilson was the architect of the Wilson-Pricer-Spears House. The house is located at 422 South 6th Street at the corner of Adams and 6th Street (Ironton, Ohio). It is an example of Queen Anne architecture. Shingles, wood and brick were all used in the construction of the house. A wall dormer protrudes from the gabled rood. A semi-circular porch is set into the roof. Built in the 1880’s, the house is two and half stories with a basement. The irregular shaped building has a brick foundation. A wing was added to the left side of the house for offices.

    The former Phillips Funeral Home is also called the Symmes Valley Grange Hall #1770. The building is located in Symmes Township, Waterloo, Ohio. Built circa 1900, the two story house is ten feet from State Route 141. It has an ashler pier foundation. The house has horizontal “V” board walls and a gable roof. The rectangular shaped house has two symmetrical entrances on the front.
     During the 1930’s, the building was where Phillips Funeral Home embalmed people.

     The Small’s House was built in 1856. Located at 416 Lawrence Street, Ironton, Ohio, the Small’s House is an example of Greek Revival architecture. The house has pilaster treatment on the front exterior walls. Cast iron casing gives the home a New Orlean appearance. The house was constructed after the John Campbell House.

     The Mary A. Wickline house was built circa 1870. The house was located on land owned by Mary A. Wickline in 1884. According to the records, Wickline owned the house and 254 acres surrounding the house.
     The house is located on Johns Creek Road. Johns Creek Road intersects State Route 141 one mile south of Waterloo, Ohio.

    The City of Ironton was built by the Bay Brothers. The boat met an untimely end when it caught fire and burned.

    The Minnie was captained by Uriah B. Scott, who won international fame for building the Telephone, the fastest sternwheeler.

    The Minnie Bay was owned by the Bay Brothers. Her building was completed at Wheeling, West Virginia. She had three boilers and an eighteen foot diameter paddlewheel. Named for Captain George Bay's daughter, the Minnie Bay measure 182'x27'x4'8". She was built for the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade. And later she ran the Parkersburg-Gallipolis trade.

    On November 23, 1871, the launching of the new, faster steamboat the Fannie Dugan was announced. She launched from the Wise's Boat Yard. Her main job was to carry mail from Portsmouth to Pine Creek, Franklin Furnace, Greenup, Ironton, Ashland, Catlettsburg, and Huntington.One of her captains was A. J. "Jack"McAllister who raced the Fannie Dugan against the Chesapeake on St. Patrick's Day 1872. The Fannie Dugan won.