The John C. Thomas House, also known as the Ohio County Museum, is a two-story structure built in 1880. It is listed on the National Historic Register and is now owned by the Ohio County Historical Society. It houses the Veteran’s Museum and other exhibits.

The Ohio County Times News is located at 312 Main Street and was founded in 1926 after a merger between the Hartford Herald, founded in 1875, and the Hartford Republican, founded in 1888.

The Ohio County Courthouse was erected from 1940 to 1943. It is made entirely out of concrete – 3,100 poured tons – and was built with a modem design in mind. It is Hartford’s fourth courthouse.

The Ohio County Jail was erected in May 1940 and is located at 108 East Washington Street. This was also the site of the former county jail, built in 1826 and utilized as a jail until 1875.

This multipurpose complex was constructed in the late 1930s as the first phase of a federal Works Progress Administration-sponsored program to revitalize Hartford. It is one of the most stylish of Hartford’s 1930s buildings, exhibiting Art Deco motifs in the rectilinear stone capitals capping the shallow piers across the main facade and the fluted stone…

The Hartford Baptist Church was erected in 1887 at 415 Liberty Street. The building underwent remodeling in 1953.

The Bean Home was built between 1903 and 1907 at 212 East Washington Street (private residence).

The Eliza J. Lawton Home located at 223 East Washington Street was once used as boarding rooms by the old Hartford Seminary students. The land was purchased by C.J Lawton and his wife, Eliza, in 1868. The house was constructed shortly thereafter (private residence).

The Hartford Seminary, Hartford’s oldest building, is located at 224 East Center Street. It was built in 1839 and was utilized as a school until 1880 when the Hartford College was built (private residence).

Hartford Methodist Church was erected in 1914 at 141 East Center Street; an addition took place in 1953.

The Perry Lewis Home was the home of Court Judge Perry Lewis. Located at the southwest corner of Clay and Union Streets, it dates around the mid-eighties (private residence).

The Hartford College was built in 1880. The building was destroyed by fire in 1912 and a new building was erected in 1913, from then on it was officially Hartford High School. The Ohio County Board of Education now stands where the college and high school formerly stood at 315 East Union Street.

The Historic Hillside aka the Pendleton House was built by Dr. John E. Pendleton between the years of 1861 and 1866. It is located at 403 East Union Street (private residence).

The Simmerman-Ford-Martin-Holladay Place is located on the northeast corner of Liberty and Union Streets. It was built in 1872 by Captain James Ford (private residence).

North corner of Main St. and E. Union St. Constructed by Standard Oil Company in 1930, the original brick portion of this building epitomizes the first wave of “filling stations” constructed to meet the needs of the burgeoning automobile age in its small size and low-pitched roof which extends as a canopy over the gasoline…

The Price Home was built shortly after 1895 at 226 East Washington Street (private residence).