Vermilion History Museum

The Vermilion News Print Shop Museum, in downtown Vermilion, served as a print shop and a weekly newspaper from 1905 to 1964. The print shop houses two linotypes (c.1915), and 4 letter presses: A Stonemetz 2 revolution newspaper press (c.1919); a Kelly press (c.1917); a Chandler & Price 8"x12" Gorden Jobber Press (c.1900); and a Heidelberg windmill Press (c.1954). There is a book bindary and storage room with a manual paper cutter, electric stapler, and a manual hole punch machine.

The building was built in 1904 by Caselton Roscoe of Milan, Ohio for his son and daughter-in-law, Pearl and Bessie Roscoe, to house the business. There is an apartment above the shop where the Roscoe's lived and raised their two daughters.

Today the apartment has become part of the museum featuring historical artifacts from the printer's family, as well as those from Vermilionites of the past.

The Vermilion History Museum is located at 727 Grand Street in downtown Vermilion, Ohio. Open Monday through Saturday 11 am to 2 pm, other times by appointment. Call (440) 967-4555 for more information.