Langstroth Cottage / Lorenzo Langstroth

Historical marker location:

303 S. Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio

( Marker is on Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2002

"The Bee-Man of Oxford".

Ohio has a rich tradition of aviation history, with several famous aviators hailing from the state. In addition to the Wright brothers, who invented the airplane, other notable Ohio aviators include Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world.