Editing Mount Gilead, Ohio (section)

==Historic sites==
Four properties in Mount Gilead are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Floral Hall (Morrow County Fairgrounds)|floral hall]] at the county fairgrounds, [[Levering Hall]], the [[Morrow County Courthouse and Jail|Morrow County Courthouse]], and the [[James S. Trimble House]].<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>  Levering Hall in particular is distinguished by its ornate [[Italianate architecture]] and its place as the center of community life for several decades.<ref>Owen, Lorrie K., ed.  ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''.  Vol. 2.  [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan|St. Clair Shores]]: Somerset, 1999, 1075.</ref>

[[Image:Mount-gilead-ohio-traffic-circle.jpg|thumb|upright|Victory Memorial Shaft]]
The Victory Shaft was erected in Mount Gilead's [[town square]] in December 1919, following [[World War I]]. It was presented as a gift from the [[United States of America federal government|federal government]] to Morrow County citizens to thank them for purchasing more [[war bond]]s per capita than any other county. [[Warren G. Harding]], a [[United States Senate|Senator]] who would later be elected [[President of the United States|President]], was the [[keynote]] speaker at the dedication.