Schiller Park

Historical marker location:

Columbus, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Reinhard Avenue and South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Reinhard Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.