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==History== [[Image:Kettering Plaque by Library.JPG|thumb|left|Historical marker at Loudonville Library]] Loudonville was first inhabited by [[Delaware Nation]] peoples. The first white settlement was in 1810 when Stephen Butler built a single log cabin on the [[Black Fork Mohican River|Black Fork of the Mohican River]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swartzwalder |first1=Louise |title=Loudonville has a rich 200 years of history |url=https://www.times-gazette.com/story/news/2014/07/29/loudonville-has-rich-200-years/19248024007/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=Times-Gazette |date=July 29, 2014}}</ref> In 1814, Thomas Jelloway and James Loudon Priest (the town's namesake) laid out the village of Loudonville, starting with twelve plots.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187 | title=History of Ashland County, Ohio, Volume 1 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Baughman, Abraham J. | year=1909 | pages=187}}</ref> A post office called Loudonville has been in operation since 1820.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Ashland | title=Ashland County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref> From 1913 to 1996, Loudonville was home to [[The Flxible Company]], a manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, commercial cars (hearses, ambulances, and flower cars), intercity coaches, and city-transit coaches. During [[World War II]], Flxible interrupted its normal production and instead built a variety of war goods. There was a devastating fire at the plant on January 2, 1947. The nearly all-glass 1927 expansion to Plant 1 made for frigid working conditions in the winter and required paint to be heated before it could be applied. An unknown employee accidentally knocked over a can of paint thinner, which spilled onto one of the heat plates for warming the paint. The fire was so massive that nearby houses were damaged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Libben |first=Kenny |last2=Museum |first2=Curator Cleo Redd Fisher |date=2021-08-08 |title=Flxble fire in 1947 was so strong it damaged neighboring Loudonville houses |url=https://www.ashlandsource.com/2021/08/08/flxble-fire-in-1947-was-so-strong-it-damaged-neighboring-loudonville-houses/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Ashland Source - Ashland County Ohio News & Info |language=en-US}}</ref> A part of the former Flxible plant was in use as a parts depot and service point for [[Motor Coach Industries]] until December 5, 2014, when all production was shut down. The town of Loudonville includes [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Ashland County, Ohio|three sites]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. One is the [[Ohio Theatre (Loudonville, Ohio)|Ohio Theatre]], which was erected in 1909 under the name of "City Hall and Opera House."<ref name="theatre1">{{Cite web|website=Heritage Ohio |url=https://www.heritageohio.org/loudonville/|title = Loudonville: Ohio Theatre |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref> The theatre had a troubled history and was almost closed in the 1990s, but three freshmen from [[Loudonville High School (Ohio)|Loudonville High School]] raised $4,000 in a local talent show to keep it afloat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Talent sought to save theater |url=https://www.the-daily-record.com/story/news/2002/02/17/talent-sought-to-save-theater/19483803007/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=Wooster Daily Record |date=February 16, 2002}}</ref> In 1914, the theater showed its first movie, the silent film [[Neptune's Daughter (1914 film)|Neptune's Daughter]].<ref name="theatre1"/> The home of Phillip J. Black located at 303 N. Water Street is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1856, it is now home to the Blackfork Inn Bed & Breakfast.<ref>{{NRISref |version=2013a |dateform=mdy |accessdate=January 28, 2025 |refnum=80002935 |name=Philip J. Black House}}</ref> The third, TJ and Sarah Bull House, is a Greek revival home built in 1852.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uncovering the myths of Bull House |url=https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2016/11/11/uncovering-myths-bull-house/93671044/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=Mansfield News Journal |date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> In July 1982, [[Murder of Krista Harrison|Krista Lea Harrison]] was found dead on Township Road 464 just outside of the town, just 6 days after she had been abducted from [[Marshallville, Ohio|Marshallville]], a town 35 miles away. [[Robert Anthony Buell]] was convicted of the crime and executed in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=State v. Buell, 22 Ohio St. 3d 124 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-buell-2 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240303182210/https://casetext.com/case/state-v-buell-2 |archive-date=2024-03-03 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=casetext.com |language=en}}</ref> In December 2015, celebrity chef [[Gordon Ramsay]] visited Landoll's Mohican Castle just outside of town to film an episode of ''[[Hotel Hell]].'' The episode aired on July 26, 2016, and was the last episode of the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjJDCpN3aY |title=Gordon’s First Impressions at Landoll’s Mohican Castle {{!}} Hotel Hell |date=2024-06-05 |last=Hotel Hell |access-date=2025-01-21 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The show "[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]" filmed an episode at the castle in the summer of 2019, airing on September 11, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gatollari |first=Mustafa |date=2019-09-12 |title='Ghost Hunters' Found Some Legitimately Spooky Stuff at Landoll's Mohican Castle (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/landolls-mohican-castle |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Distractify |language=en-US}}</ref>
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