Wooster, Ohio

Wooster sprang up on fertile land at Apple Creek and Killbuck Creek. Wooster was founded in 1808 by brothers Joseph, John and William Larwill, English surveyors.

The town thrived on agriculture and coal. A monument on S. Bever Street by the railroad bridge marks the intersection of the three major Indian Trails in Ohio.

• The Sloan House, home of John Sloan (former U.S. Treasurer), can be found on N. Market St.
• Historic neighborhood, Founders Row houses on Bever St.,
• The Wayne County Courthouse on Public Square.
• William Annat Building on N. Market St.,
•   McSweeney House 531 N. Market St.
• The Stone House
• The Wayne County Historical Society and Museum. 546 E. Bowman St., (330) 264-8856.  Also see The Reasin Beall Homestead (1817) on the Wayne County Historical Society Campus.  Beall was a War of 1812 General.
• On the Public Square is the Wooster Brush Company, started in 1850's and was an early donor to the Lincoln Highway Associtaion.
• At the intersection of US 30 and Carr Road was an old Lincoln Highway camping area, the first overnight accommodations between Massillon and Mansfield.
• August Imgard, who popularized the Christmas Tree in America, is buried in Wooster Cemetery on Madison Hill.
  
   
• Freedlander Department Store, has been in operation in downtown Wooster since 1884.
• Everything Rubbermaid Store, downtown.
• "Simply Smuckers" just north of US 30 at S.R. 57
• Lehman's Hardware close by in Kidron.  Lehman's is your source for old-fashioned, hard-to-find items.

• Olde Jail Restaurant located in the former downtown jailhouse.  215 North Walnut St. (330) 262-3333.  M-Sa 11am-11pm, Dining Hrs. M-Sa 4:30-9:30pm.
• Matsos Greek Restaurant downtown features photos from the early years of the Ohio Light Opera. 154 W. Liberty St. (330) 264-8800
• Coccia House is famous for its pizza.  764 Pittsburg Ave (330) 262-7136

• Accommodations include:
• Hampton Inn
• Wooster Inn
• Super 8 Motel
• Econo Lodge
• Best Western
• Amerihost Inns
• Hilton Garden Inn.

• Acres of Fun.  3889 Friendsville Rd. (330) 345-4386 Open year-round; laser tag, children's play area, snack bar and game room, 18-hole miniature golf course, go-karts, bumper boats, bankshot basketball and batting cages. Call for hours.
• Alice Noble Ice Arena  851 Oldman Rd. (330) 345-8686 Soccer, lacrosse, hockey and figure skating. Open 7 days a week.
• Wooster Skateland Rollerskating Rink
• The Big Picture.  116 E. South St. (330) 263-6227. Hrs. M-F 6pm-9pm; Sa-Su 2pm-9pm.
• Vulture's Knob Mountain Bike Course and Race 4300 Mechanicsburg Rd. (330) 264-7636 Open May 1st-Oct. 31st. Hrs. 7 days a week, sunrise to sunset.
• Secrest Arboretum Ohio State University.
  
  For more information, please visit our website at wooster-wayne.com/wccvb.

Perhaps the oldest exposed remnant of Lincoln Highway brick is in Wooster, where Sylvan Road dead-ends at the west bank of Apple Creek. To reach this location, turn south from Pittsburgh Avenue onto Bauer Road for 0.1 mile.

The ornate Wayne County Courthouse on Public Square.

The Ohio State University’s Secrest Arboretum is an outdoor research laboratory and educational display garden.

Reasin Beall Homestead.

Craft Emporium, 6096 E. Lincoln Way, 330-264-9966

A & W Root Beer, 1058 W. Old Lincoln Highway, Drive-In, (LD), 330-262-2793

The Lincoln Highway Association began marking the route by painting what would later become their logo on poles.  Here, a crew marks an Ohio pole in 1916.

The brushes used were provided by Wooster Brush.