Posted April 27, 200916 yr I recently hit three southeastern Ohio county seats, bringing my total to 79. Here is Jackson, the third of three I went to last week. The Cambrian -- corner of Main and Broadway -- a six-story building of surprising scale for a city as small and remote as Jackson. Built about 1900, I assume as a hotel, and now used, I assume, for senior housing or somesuch. Jackson County courthouse, across Broadway from the Cambrian. I couldn't readily find information on when it was built, but it's obviously newer -- except for two grand stone columns, which I assume were taken from a prior courthouse. Courthouse and Cambrian Mini-museums on Main. The little octagon was originally some kind of weigh station. The other one is a tribute to John Wesley Powell, who lived in Jackson as a child for a few years in the 1830s or 40s before leading the first white expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Mini-museum, courthouse, Cambrian More on Main More on Main Courthouse annex -- the sign says this nondescript garage-like place is where county commissioners meet. Top of 1891 Masonic Temple Temple Looking up Broadway toward the Cambrian Down Broadway toward the Memorial Building Courthouse tower rising above Broadway buildings The diner on Broadway was closed Back on Main Cambrian from the front I was taken by this building, in case you haven't noticed Theater on Main More on Main Post Office, south on Main I liked this building, too. Note the apple water tower rising above next door. (Jackson County, apparently, is known for apples.) See? I liked this little place tacked on to the back on a Main Street commercial building Back on Main: An 1887 building now used as a Jeep/Chrysler showroom. How many anachronisms can you spot? Old building, still standing. Downtown auto showroom, with cars inside. And, of course, Chrysler itself. Yet another Cambrian view Old train depot Jackson is interesting in that it has two newspapers -- neither a daily. The Telegram publishes on Wednesday and Saturday; the Times-Journal publishes on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
April 27, 200916 yr Well done! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 27, 200916 yr I was down there about 3 weeks ago hanging out.. Theres a roadside bar south of Oak Hill that has live music.. called the Swamp, looks like the Boars Nest on the Dukes of Hazzard :) So if you're ever down there and get bored or just want to see the mullet mafia.... pop in. My friends sis is a bartender there so I pop down there sometimes.
April 27, 200916 yr Absolutely charming. It looks like the folks there have a sense of history, even when they can't afford multi-milliion-dollar historically-perfect restorations and reconstructions. Great-looking main street.
April 29, 200916 yr Beautiful shots of a nice looking town. Fair degree of activity too. The Cambrian building is a real beauty. As are many of the others. Love the Chrysler/Jeep dealership in the old building! I spotted one more anachronism in your photo of it. It still has "Plymouth" on the dealer sign. Chrysler discountinued Plymouth back in 2001.
April 29, 200916 yr That is a beautiful renovation! I remember when that looked, for the lack of a better word, derelict. Jackson is known for its apples. They hold festivals to this yearly, and it's always a treat to go to it. The depot pictured is the old Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad depot; nearby is the Baltimore & Ohio. Jackson still has U.S. Rail through a city contract (the city owns the rails), although I suspect the Indiana & Ohio will be taking over operations eventually.
April 30, 200916 yr Epic. If I remember correctly, the courthouse was built in the 1950's with bricks from the previous courthouse. I'm not sure if the bricks are just on the front columns or the whole building. The tower is too plain for my liking, though. The scale of the Cambrian always impressed me as well, but it is only six-stories at the corner turret on the original part of the building, so it may be smaller than I think.
April 30, 200916 yr ^Actually, it's also six stories at the rear, downhill side (note the last picture).
April 30, 200916 yr ^I'm referring to the original part of the building, assuming that back wing is a later addition (which I'm assuming since it throws off the symmetry and doesn't have the same corner detail).
April 30, 200916 yr Great photos! Jackson is a cute town. I use to spend my summers there with family and really enjoyed. Although as an adult, I don't think I would live there. lol
May 1, 200916 yr now this is the way a town is supposed to look. best of all, it looked like all the main st fronts were active. i love the octagon weigh station. saving something a little unusual like that is very cool. ditto renovating and reusing the beuatiful old cambrian hotel too of course. bravo jackson!
May 1, 200916 yr I spent the first year of my life in Jackson. I was baptized at the Catholic Church there. That might be the church in the photo of the giant apple water tower. :angel:
May 1, 200916 yr A bit of historic trivia: Jackson was part of the Hanging Rock iron district, which was a cluster of small scale blast furnaces that developed before the Civil War. Amazingly enough two furnances continued in operation into modern times: Globe Iron (exploded in 1960 and closed, now the site of a shopping center) JISCO (closed in 1969) Jackson: Furnances of the 20th Century
May 1, 200916 yr I was at the convenience store and this woman in front of me was talking and I was like "Where are you from, West Virginia?" She was like "Jackson, Ohio - why?" I said "You have an accent". She was like "I ain't go no aceeeeiiint". lol
May 2, 200916 yr The JISCO site got a couple million in Clean Ohio bond money for cleanup in recent years.
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