Located about 20 minuets west/southwest of Hamilton, Shandon is the first Welsh settlement in Ohio. It is my favorite rural Butler County village, although it isn't technically incorporated lying in Morgan Township.

 

Once called Paddy's Run

 

Congregational Church

 

 

Sanctuary

 

B&B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post Office

 

 

IOOF Hall

 

 

Former Catholic Church

 

 

 

Shandon's claim to fame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Ink! This one of the most unpretentious yet charming Ohio villages I've seen in photos and compares favorably with the unique character of Shawnee. I especially liked the book store which is housed in an early 1800's Federal Style house that appears to have been "Queen-Anne'd" with Neo-classical embelishments and interior remodeling around 1900. Nice to know it is but a short distance from Hamilton. It's now on my "must see" list.

Charming little town.  Thanks for the tour.

Cozy-looking small town, some nice historic properties.

 

Excellent pics.

NEVER heard of this place.  Wow, thanks!

Ink, if you look in that cemetery, in the first row by the street there are some union soldiers from Shandon who were prisoners of war and died in the steamboat explosion while coming back north.  The Welsh settlement history is interesting.  Also the townsfolk here have been organizing to oppose a new racetrack proposed on a nearby farm, but the man building the track recently died in a race accident.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS01/309150072

It's killing me with quaintness. Very cute.