514 Birchard Avenue near Park Avenue. The 1884 mansion has a War of 1812 room with battle artifacts, a scale model of Fort Stephenson, a model of Perry’s ship the Niagara, and a George Croghan collection. The museum is open to the public from mid-May through October on Wednesdays from 3-7 and the first Saturday of each month from 10-2, or by special appointment.
About “Tracking the Troops, Tippecanoe & Perry, Too!”This driving tour is a five-county collaborative project with Wyandot, Seneca, Sandusky, Wood and Ottawa counties that takes you on a self-guided driving tour following the military trail of General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. Harrison would later become the ninth president of the United States and has the shortest presidency, dying from pneumonia one month after having taken the oath of office.
