North Central Ohio Industrial Museum

North Central Ohio Industrial Museum Our mission is to honor and preserve our area’s rich industrial history and showcase today's manufacturers.

Hope you made it to The WestingHOUSE Party... We met lots of WH Retirees... And the Daughters of a Gal that worked at th...
06/15/2026

Hope you made it to The WestingHOUSE Party...

We met lots of WH Retirees...
And the Daughters of a Gal that worked at the 1939 NYC Worlds Fair where ELEKTRO debuted; and of the Guy who bought the ElekroMobile, that contained the Body of ELEKTRO, for 20Yrs!

Bonus, Former WH Employee & my 97Yr old Dad, made it to the WH Party

Miscellaneous Photos of Mansfield, taken by the Mansfield News Journal and courtesy of The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial B...
06/12/2026

Miscellaneous Photos of Mansfield, taken by the Mansfield News Journal and courtesy of The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building

It's late, so I'll let you utilize your Knowledge of Local History and take a guess, and I'll add Captions in a couple of days...

Thanks to the Dumas Family for this Donation...
06/08/2026

Thanks to the Dumas Family for this Donation...

Good morning!NCOIM just Signed a Letter of Intent Agreement with the Current Owner of The Westinghouse Home of Tomorrow!...
06/05/2026

Good morning!

NCOIM just Signed a Letter of Intent Agreement with the Current Owner of The Westinghouse Home of Tomorrow!

We wanted you to know about the History and our Plans for The Home, Attached below
History by Tim McKee of America’s Future in 1934: Westinghouse Home of Tomorrow – https://richlandcountyhistory.com/2024/03/14/americas-future-in-1934-westinghouse-home-of-tomorrow/

NCOIM will begin immediately with a Fundraising Campaign seeking Private Donations to Purchase, Rehab to 1934 conditions and provide Operating Income for the first year.
We are excited to expand our Local Manufacturing History, to include this beautiful and historic Mansfield Home.
And to insure, this 90 year old, wonderful piece of Manufacturing History will be preserved; and will be available for Private Tours, for the first time since 1936…

If any questions, please call anytime
My Best in MFG History
Jerry Miller
President
419.528.8107 Office
ARCHIVES AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT
100 REFORMATORY ROAD MANSFIELD, OHIO 44905
www.ncoim.org
NCOIM has 501c3 TAX EXEMPT STATUS with the INTERNAL REVENUE
EIN # 47-2390037 OH #2338579

Have you ever heard of BROSCO the Robot from New Zealand?
06/03/2026

Have you ever heard of BROSCO the Robot from New Zealand?

While helping to clean up the The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, they Donated these photos... Thank You!
06/03/2026

While helping to clean up the The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, they Donated these photos... Thank You!

Baxter was the first stove company in Mansfield in 1871. And then one of the brothers decided to make the Monarch Brand,...
06/01/2026

Baxter was the first stove company in Mansfield in 1871. And then one of the brothers decided to make the Monarch Brand, and here's the first Monarch Stove at the NCOIM; Thanks to The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building
Along with the other Mansfield-made Stove Brands: New Method, Eclipse & Tappan, Taylor-Dise and Westinghouse

Yesterday a good friend of mine was laid-to-rest... Robert A Carter, May He RIPNot only a friend, but my Mentor in this ...
06/01/2026

Yesterday a good friend of mine was laid-to-rest...
Robert A Carter, May He RIP
Not only a friend, but my Mentor in this History BIZ! Bob showed me that, just because he was an Electrician by trade and I was in Manufacturing, for most of my career; we could still be Experts in our Local History!

Bob wrote Five Books on our Local History, and I'm not sure in which order he wrote them...
They were: "The Mansfield Riots in 1900", History of Lexington in "Tales of the Old Timers", "Water-Powered Mills of Richland County", History of the "Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark (then Lake Erie Division of B&O) Railroads" and the only book I haven't read, about a Local Shawnee Indian.

Bob and Jackie Donated three prized artifacts of theirs, and the only Artifacts in NCOIM, Not Made in Richland County. But they are so unique and tie into our First Exhibit, "Every Town had a Mill". And according to Bob's Book, Richland County had over 180 Mills! The three artifacts came from a Grist Mill in Cadiz, OH, and are the Mill & Two Stones, a Bench and the Millwrights Toolbox.
Thank you, Bob & Jackie!

Like the Scotty McCreery song goes... "Wish I had just, Five More Minutes"...

Just when I think we can't get any more Amazing Artifacts... we get some one-of-a-kind Donations.Starting with Tappan Gl...
05/28/2026

Just when I think we can't get any more Amazing Artifacts... we get some one-of-a-kind Donations.
Starting with Tappan Glassware from the Hetler Family, then a Westing house porcelain waffle maker & Blue Roaster with Pyrex Dishes from the Bader Family, the Hunt Family sent an old Dominion Toaster from VA, the Grech Family from NJ, sent a 1927 Richland Tire made by Mansfield Tire & Rubber(I just saw a Hoffman Family Member Yesterday!) and yesterday, NCOIM received an awesome Collection from the Vinson Family, the Founders of Ideal Electric Company
Thank You!

05/19/2026

Very nice✌️
Just one Big Mistake...
Since 1891, when the Tuby began in Shelby & in 1912, the Mansfield Sheet and Tin Plate Company, our 2 steel mill factories are still here🇺🇸

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100 Reformatory Road
Mansfield, OH
44905

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Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+14195288107

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