4038 Broadway

Historical marker location:

4038 Broadway, Grove City, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway (U.S. 62) and Grove City Road, on the right when traveling north on Broadway.)

Est. 1919.

The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.