Editing Bellefontaine, Ohio (section)

===Sites of interest===
[[File:Saint Patrick Church (Bellefontaine, Ohio) - exterior in springtime.JPG|thumb|St. Patrick's Catholic Church.]]
[[File:McKinley St worlds shortest.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Sign declaring McKinley Street to be the "World's Shortest Street".]]
[[File:Bellefontaine-ohio-holland-theatre.jpg|thumb|Historic Holland Theatre.]]
* McKinley Street — Whether or not this is the shortest street in the world is a point of contention. The sign at the street's south end (at the intersection of Columbus Ave.) once made such a claim, although [[Ebenezer Place, Wick|Ebenezer Place]], in [[Wick, Highland|Wick]], [[Scotland]], has held the official record since November 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6101968.stm | work=BBC News | title=Street measures up to new record | date=2006-11-01 | access-date=2010-04-26}}</ref> The City of Bellefontaine's website places the length of McKinley Street at "about 20 feet", and while the city's website does not make the claim of the world's shortest street, it does cite McKinley Street as "the shortest street in America". The street sign's undersign reads "Shortest Street In America" as of May 2, 2020.
* [[Court Avenue]] - A small street in downtown, located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. It is known for being the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete.<ref name=dispatch>[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/01/CONCRETE.ART_ART_06-01-08_B1_KRACA56.html?print=yes Cracked street's hereafter splits Bellefontaine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523035426/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/01/CONCRETE.ART_ART_06-01-08_B1_KRACA56.html?print=yes |date=2011-05-23 }}, ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]],'' 2008-06-01.  Accessed 2008-10-10.</ref>
* [[Holland Theater]] - This theater is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It opened in the 1930s as a live theater, but was later converted to a 5-screen megaplex before closing in 1998. In recent years, it has been reopened for live events and performances serving Bellefontaine and the surrounding area. In 2019, after extensive renovations lasting about a year, The Holland Theater was reopened for performances. 
* [[Campbell Hill (Ohio)|Campbell Hill]], the highest elevated point in [[Ohio]].
* The first brokerage house of [[Edward D. Jones]] houses an office of the brokerage he started.
* First [[United Methodist Church]], where preacher [[Norman Vincent Peale]] got his start.