Steubenville Travel Guide

 atufft Says:  At the corner of 3rd and Market Streets, in front of the Jefferson County Court House, is a large bronze statue of Edwin M. Stanton. Stanton, a native of Steubenville born in 1814, served in a number of government offices, but was most famous for being Abraham Lincoln's... 

 atufft Says:  Certainly, for many generations, Steubenville town folk walked from church and downtown to the upper hill residences via a couple of stairways and trails through a forest thicket, which had been constructed and maintained by the city. One of these is officially closed, but I... 

 atufft Says:  The escarpment bends with the river, and so around the top edge homes have different views. Some homes peer out over Hwy 22 and the Old Fort Steuben Bridge. Many homes on this side though are cut off by a forest. Here also are some substantial home architecture away from the... 

 atufft Says:  The upper Ohio at Steubenville has a number of venerable old bridges and a relatively new cable-stayed bridge. See the link below for all the measurements of the new cable-stayed Veterans Memorial bridge that has some architectural merit spanning the 800 plus wide gap in the... 

 atufft Says:  The hilltop residential part of Steubenville is quite apart from the downtown, and well downriver from the steel mills. Many of the finest homes in town overlook the city and the sandstone escarpment that dominates the other side of the river. Inspite of being above the... 

 atufft Says:  This corner of Ohio, and the Northwest Territories in general, were particularly influenced by early French fur trappers who explored the area, so it's not surprising that a French Catholic diocese would also be an early part of the community in Steubenville. St. Peter's is... 

 atufft Says:  At the corner of 4th and Market is a small collection of tall business buildings, mostly dating back to the 1930's. Some of these have been renovated with poor architectural results, in my oppinion. 

 atufft Says:  The hilltop community of Steubenville should actually be part of the "off the beaten path" tips since getting there involves extra effort. I climbed a steep snow covered hillside, nearly freezing in the process, hoping to not only find interesting homes of the wealthier... 

 atufft Says:  Coal smoke from the steel factory and home heating have left black soot on monumental churches downtown, and many of these congregations have shrunken or disappeared altogether, but browsing the gothic architecture is still well worthwhile. First, there are two Presbyterian... 

 atufft Says:  There's a tiny park in the center of town with two murals, one of a bridge that appears quite old. And, then there's the bank and firehouse murals... 

 atufft Says:  Despite the design by committee appearance, there is a variety of interesting murals in Steubenville, many of which can be contrasted with the architecture. Here are a few more of the total of 25 around town. 

 atufft Says:  The city has had a problem of blackened building walls from the burning of coal at the steel factories and in home heaters, and so after sandblasting the brick and stone in recent times, it must have occured to civic leaders that downtown had plenty of mural space. There are... 

 atufft Says:  The restored version of the old fort was closed for the winter at the time of my arrival, but I walked the perimeter and studied the location of the corner markers that show the location of the original stockade above the Ohio river. The recreated stockade is expertly... 

 berardda Says:  Steubenville has an incredible selection of authentic italian cuisine and a few italian markets and festivities. To begin....there are three incredible restaurants that immediately come to mind. For anyone who has never been...it is a must. My personal favorite is located... 

 20 Opinions

 chauncenetta Says:  These nice boys gave me directions to the bridge to West Virginia. I told them I thought their town was nice. They scoffed. It was a day of much scoffing. 

 chauncenetta Says:  Actually I took a wrong turn and ended up in East Liverpool, Ohio. Across a charming bridge on the other side of the Ohio River was Newell, West Virginia, home of the Homer Laughlin Factory, manufacturers of Fiesta Ware. Sad though, even though it was a Saturday the town...