Fitchville, Ohio

The Mansion Hotel was a prominent Fitchville landmark for one hundred and thirty years from 1839 to 1968.

It was reputed to have hosted Abraham Lincoln, and served as an overnight resting place for many escaping slaves travelling on the "underground railroad".

The Fitch family once owned land in this area of the Firelands section of the historic Connecticut Western Reserve.

[2] Early on November 23, 1963, a fire killed 63 people in the Golden Age Nursing Home, one mile north of Fitchville due to overloaded electrical wiring.

National media attention was diverted from the incident by the assassination of President Kennedy, which had taken place 15 hours earlier.