Beavercreek Historical Society
Local Historical Landmarks
Historical Plaques
Plaques of historical structures and sites are given to current owners.
1810 Stage Coach Inn
Stage Coach Inn
The Old Stage Coach Inn was originally located on the Old Wells Fargo Trail. It also had a livery stable with stalls for 12 to 14 horses. One of the upper rooms of the Inn was used as the first high school, as well. Classes were held there until the brick high school building was completed at the southwest corner of Dayton-Xenia and Factory Roads.
     1824 Jacob Coy Homestead
     1824 Jacob Coy Homestead Jacob Coy acquired over 3,000 acres of land in 1801 and housed five generations.  The Coy's were instrumental in clearing the land and opened Beavercreek for farming. In 1989, it was moved from Shakertown Road to Phillips Park where it now houses the Beavercreek Wetlands Association.
  1805 Daytona Mills 1805 Daytona Mills Originally established by Solomon Shoup whose father was George Shoup, a miller from Frederick, MD. The original mill was built on the south side of Little Beaver Creek.  It used the water from the Little Beaver Creek for its power. It was purchased by Ben Belden in 1921 and relocated to the northside of the creek.
2001
Designations by the
City of Beavercreek
1835 John Aley House

1810 Shoup-Schantz House
1810 Solomon Shoup Springhouse
1803 Jacob Coy Cabin
1875 John Schantz Barn
1820 Shoup-Durnbaugh House
1824 Brown-Shellabarger House
1846 Beaver Church

1856 Cozad-Phillips House
1821 Gerlaugh-Tobias House
1855 Shank-Cosler House
1863 Harshman-Ferguson House
1810 Stage Coach Inn
1853 Ankeney-Westbel
d House
1805 Daytona Mills
1850 Hawker Cemetery
1828 Nesbitt Cemetery  

2002
Designations by the City of Beavercreek

1824 Jacob Coy Homestead
Circa 1803 Engle-Wagley House
1894 Hawker-Graham House
1837 Hawker-Wagner Homestead
Circa 1820 Hearthstone House
1854 Steel-Cosler-Bader House
1859 Tobias-Zimmer House
1803 Mt. Zion-Shoup Cemetery
5
0 BC-50 AD Purdom Mound
2003
Designations by the
City of Beavercreek
Circa 1794 Harshman-Walters Cabin
 (burned down in 2004)
Circa 1820 Filer Cabin
1830 Morningstar-Hanes House
1856 John Moler House
1866 John Ferguson House
1872 Albert Ankeney House
1929 Bert Bigler Bungalow
1950 Hawker Lustron House
1814 Coy Cemetery


2004

Designations by the City of Beavercreek
1929 Albert Boone House
1896 Daniel C. Coy House
1858 Daniel Shoup House
Circa 1820 William Tobias House
1810 Aley Cemetery
2005
Designations by the
City of Beavercreek
1841 Jacob Darst-Osborne House
Circa 1823 Pisgah Cemetery
Circa 1812 Reese-Petro Cemetery

2006
Designations by the
City of Beavercreek
1818 George Cimmerman House
1906 Erith Shoup House
1818 Cimmerman Cemetery

1803 Jacob Coy Cabin
1803 Jacob Coy Cabin
This house was originally  located on Shakertown Road and was the original home of Jacob Coy.  It has an original curved stairway. The cabin stands today as a solemn reminder of what living in the early 1800s was like.  It is a monument to those craftsmen who constructed timeless buildings with crude tools.
1859 Tobias-Zimmer House 1859 Tobias-Zimmer House
Originally located in the "Big Woods" of Beavercreek, Peter Tobias built this house on 42 acres.  He deeded 1/2 acre to Beavercreek Township schools and a one-room schoolhouse was built and used on this property until 1916. The school was built without fronting any road.
1810 Solomon Shoup Springhouse
1810 Solomon Shoup Springhouse
The Solomon Shoup Springhouse is the only springhouse to be still standing in Beavercreek. The upper room was used as a smoke house and the lower level is where the cool spring water is continuously flowing through the trough on its way to Little Beaver Creek. The water is a constant 50 degrees.