Allen County Museum, Lima

Name: Allen County Museum
Address: 620 W Market St, Lima, 45801-4665, United States
Telephone: +1 419-222-9426

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The Allen County Museum is located in the city of Lima, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. Occupying a half city block, the museum campus includes the main museum building, a log house, the MacDonell House, a Shay Locomotive display, the Children's Discovery Center, genealogy and local history library, railroad archives, and the Children's Garden. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. According to recent reports of the American Alliance of Museums Accreditation Department, less than 800 museums, out of more than 11,000 in the United States, are accredited. Standards for accreditation apply across the board to both small and large institutions. ()

Established: 1908 (116 years ago)Coordinates: 40°44'26"N, 84°6'50"W

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620 W Market StLima 45801-4665 United States

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+1 419-222-9426

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Allen County Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lima Stadium, Allen County Courthouse, Ohio Theatre, Elks Lodge.

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Football, Sport venue, Sport
Lima Stadium, Lima
29 min walk • Lima Stadium, built in the 1930s, is a historic stadium in Lima, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Its significance is listed as its architecture. Its historic and current use is a sports facility. It is the only high school stadium in Ohio to be recognized as a historic landmark.
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Tower
Allen County Courthouse, Lima
13 min walk • The Allen County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located at the corner of North Main Street & East North Street in Lima, Ohio, United States. In 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
0.4 miE
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Theater
Ohio Theatre, Lima
11 min walk • The Ohio Theatre is a historic movie theater in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built in 1927, the theater is a brick and concrete structure featuring multiple architectural styles.
0.4 miNE
Church
Elks Lodge, Lima
11 min walk • The former Elks Lodge is a historic building in Lima, Ohio, United States. The lodge was the fifty-fourth of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to be chartered; it is the largest lodge in Ohio.
0.4 miE
40°44'26"N • 84°6'21"W
ArtSpace/Lima, Lima
11 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
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City hall
Lima Memorial Hall, Lima
12 min walk • The Lima Memorial Hall is a historic performing arts center and city hall on the edge of downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Designed by the architectural company of Dawson & McLaughlin and named for local military veterans, the Beaux-Arts building was built in 1908.
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Gothic Revival architecture
Klaus Block, Lima
13 min walk • The Klaus Block is a historic building in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built along Main Street in 1870, it is a rectangular three-story structure built in a Victorian variant of the Gothic Revival style of architecture. The exterior features a simple rectangular shape of three bays on each side, topped with a hip roof of asphalt.
0.5 miE
Romanesque architecture
Metropolitan Block, Lima
14 min walk • The Metropolitan Block is a historic commercial building along North Main Street in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built in 1890 at the middle of Lima's petroleum boom, it is historically significant as a well-preserved example of Romanesque Revival architecture.
0.5 miE
Gothic Revival architecture
Martin and Kibby Blocks, Lima
12 min walk • The Martin and Kibby Blocks are a pair of historic buildings in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Erected in 1884, they are brick structures built in the Victorian Gothic style of architecture.
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Georgian architecture
Neely–Sieber House, Lima
4 min walk • The Neely–Sieber House is a historic house on the west side of Lima, Ohio, United States. Designed by George S. Mills and built in 1904, the house combines elements of the Colonial Revival and Georgian architectural styles.
0.5 miE
Romanesque architecture
Neal Clothing Building, Lima
13 min walk • The Neal Clothing Building is the oldest existing building on the central square of Lima, Ohio, United States. Built before the end of the Civil War, it has been recognized as historically significant as a representative of the city's earliest period.

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Which popular attractions are close to Allen County Museum?

Nearby attractions include Neely–Sieber House, Lima (4 min walk), Elks Lodge, Lima (11 min walk), ArtSpace/Lima, Lima (11 min walk), Ohio Theatre, Lima (11 min walk).