John Bateman House Site

Historical marker location:

440-450 S. Main Street, Springboro, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 741) and South Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)

Bateman Tannery Site.

architecture houses residential buildings

Ohio was the site of a major oil boom in the late 19th century, with oil wells producing millions of barrels of oil per year. The town of Lima, Ohio, became known as the "little giant of the oil industry" because of the large number of oil companies headquartered there.