Timeline

Chronology of Harrisville Township & Lodi Villiage

1810

Harrisville Township surveyed; Joseph Harris built first house in Medina County

1811

Feb.: Joseph Harris, his wife, Rachel, and son Albert, and James S. Redfield, a boy of eleven settled in Harris's cabin

1814

First settlers since 1811 came to Harrisville. Harrisville became Township 1, Range 16.

1815

April: First child born in Harrisville

1816

November: First wedding in Harrisville - Levi Holcomb and Laura Marsh

1817

First school built; first township election

1818

Medina Co. formed

1819

Thirty nine votes cast in first state and county election

1820

First dry goods store opened by James S. Redfield

1824

Harris House built

1827

Township divided into school districts

1829

Congregational Church founded

1834

Harrisville Post Office established

First woolen mill built by James Rickey.

1835

Warren House Hotel built

1846

First Methodist Church founded.

1846

Harrisville Lodge 137, F and A.M. instituted

1859

First Masonic Temple built. (it burned in 1870)

1863

First National Bank established

1866

Ainsworth Building built

1868

Academy started

1870

Academy completed

1871

Boarding Hall erected and Academy opened

1878

Academy purchased, and Lodi three-year high school started 1880

Wheeling and Lake Erie R.R. built. A.B. Taylor built wood turning mill.

1881

First passenger train on W. And L. E.

1883

First graduating class, Lodi High School, five members.

1884

Opera House built. (now City Hardware building)

1886

Lodi Review founded by H.E. Basset

Central Park deeded to village by the Harris family

1887

Garden Isle Farms started

1888

Rice Lumber Mill established by Joseph and Clement Rice

1889

First gas well on present hospital grounds

1890

Fire Dept. organized

1891

B. and O. railroad built

1892

Lodi incorporated

Rowland Drug Store started by Albert and Charles Rowland

1895

White Rose Creamery started.

1897

Woodlawn Cemetery Association organized

1898

Taylor Inn built

Lodi Business Men's Association formed

Home for Aged Women founded by Mrs. Elvira Ainsworth and Mrs. Clarissa Rounds

First telephones (Star Telephone company)

1900

Mound Lodge 845 organized

First oil company organized

1902

Harrisville Chapter 137, Order Eastern Star instituted

1904

First elecric plant

Rebekah Lodge 596 instituded

K.O.T.M. Tent organized

1905

L.T.O.M. Hive organized

1906

B. and O. Railroad built 1908

Masonic Temple built

Idol Theater built

1909

South-Western Interurban completed

First automobile in Lodi

1911

Centennial Celebration

1912

Present waterworks built

Present Rice Lumber Mill built

1913

Lodi Commercial Club organized

1914

School addition

1915

Disposal plant built

1918

Medina and Wooster Streets built

1920

Bank Street and the Square paved

1921

American Legion organized

1922

American Legion Auxiliary organized

Present Methodist Church dedicated

1923

Park deeded to Village by Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Knapp

1926

Rotary Club organized

Boy Scouts organized

1931

South-Western Interurban discontinued

1932

Lodi State Bank robbed

Harrisville Grange organized

1944

Boots and Saddle Club organized

1949

Lodi Commercial Club became Lodi Chamber of Commerce

1950

Business and Professional Women's Club organized

1951

Mastodon skeleton discovered on Dr. Mabry farm

1956

Mail delivery established

1957

Garden club organized

1960

Cloverleaf Senior High School completed

Lodi Library organized