Noble County Historical Society

Noble County Historical Society To collect, preserve, exhibit and promote the history of Noble County Ohio, and to educate all who have a desire to learn. Leave a message if no answer.

The Noble County Historical Society Office is located in the Jail/jailers residence on 419 West St, across from the County Courthouse. This building has been transformed into a museum of Noble County History. We have major displays on farming, medical equipment, Shenandoah, jail cells, children, military and school. We also have a quilt collection and many other items. We own the Ball-Caldwell Ho

mestead located on 16 East Street in Caldwell About 5 blocks from the jail. This property contains the historical home, hospitality house with space for meeting and celebrations. The Historic Barn available for use for meeting, weddings, receptions, reunions, music and other events. At the Noble County Fairgrounds we owned the Covered bridge, Walters' One room log cabin with furnishings of the 1800’s, Bethel Primitive Baptist Church that can be rented for events and the Crooked Tree one room school with desks. The Side blackboards have been preserved as they were on the last day of school in the 1929. All tours are coordinated by the Office in the Historic Jail with phone number 740-732-5288. Noble County Historical Society is a non-profit organization 501 c 3 founded in 1975

Thank you to Noble County Master Hardeners for making the Ball Caldwell Homestead beautiful. Stop and enjoy the flowers ...
05/31/2026

Thank you to Noble County Master Hardeners for making the Ball Caldwell Homestead beautiful. Stop and enjoy the flowers everyone. Pictures allowed.

The roses from the Courthouse last summer survived the transplant with blooms all summer. They have ALL survived the winter and started to bloom.

05/31/2026

There's a courthouse square in southeastern Ohio that most people have never heard of, and that's exactly what makes it worth knowing. 🏛️

Caldwell, the seat of Noble County, sits quietly in the Appalachian foothills — a small town with a Victorian courthouse, tree-lined streets, and the kind of unhurried pace that feels like a deep breath. Noble County was part of Ohio's 1880s oil boom, and Caldwell carries that history in its bones, from its brick storefronts to the courthouse that has anchored this community for generations.

Ohio has 88 counties, and every single one of them has a county seat worth knowing. Caldwell is one of the ones that rewards the curious traveler who takes the two-lane road less traveled. 🌿 Have you ever passed through Noble County? Drop a comment and tell us what you remember.

05/27/2026

If you saw the Spectrum News report yesterday, then you heard right — the America-250 Ohio Revolutionary War Veteran Graves Project app will remain live for continued data collection!

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2026/05/25/revolutionary-war-veterans--graves-ohio

After a year of incredible work, more than 500 volunteers documented 4,344 Revolutionary War veteran and patriot gravesites across 1,487 cemeteries in Ohio.

The final results from this year-long effort will go live by July 4, 2026 — but the work doesn’t stop there. One of the greatest strengths of this project is that it’s a living document, meaning information can continue to be added, corrected, and refined over time.

So keep getting out there and helping us work toward documenting all 7,000+ Revolutionary War veterans and patriots buried in Ohio! Any new information submitted will continue to be incorporated into the final dashboard after the initial July 4 release.

Want to help? Learn how to volunteer, access the collection portal, and explore the live dashboard here: https://www.ohiohistory.org/preserving-ohio/history-preservation-where-you-live/revwarvet-graves/

📸: Volunteer Matthew Lucas searches for Revolutionary War veterans’ graves at Obetz Cemetery. Photo by Spectrum News 1/Aliah Keller.

05/25/2026
What a delightful day of sharing the museum with our local third grade classes! They learned about many of our artifacts...
05/19/2026

What a delightful day of sharing the museum with our local third grade classes! They learned about many of our artifacts, explored the USS Shenandoah room, visited an old-time general store, investigated the confines of the historic jail, and postmarked mail that was delivered for them at our small old post office. It was a beautiful day for their field trip and we really enjoyed seeing them!

05/18/2026

If you lost an envelope in the vicinity of the Jail Museum, please stop in to identify it and pick it up. It was brought in by a passerby.

05/14/2026

Mike Clark is the Jail 200 Club winner for May. Congratulations! The check is on its way! =)

05/04/2026

Barn sale continues today. Three to six pm at 16 East St. come clean us out.

Holiday items, pot and pans, vases and candle holders. PS 3 games. Pictures and frames. Somethings for everyone.

Address

419 West Street
Caldwell, OH
43724

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 4:30pm
Thursday 11am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+17407325288

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