The northeast corner of Louisiana and Indiana avenues was once the site of Perrysburg’s Presbyterian Church, seen in the top photo. The building was destroyed by fire the night of October 14, 1875. Fourteen years later, in 1889, church officials sold the property for $1,000 to construct Wood County’s first public library building. Prominent community leader Willard V. Wa...

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