Birthplace of Easter Seal Society

Lorain County · 125 East Broad Street, Elyria, OH, 44035 -- Gates Memorial Hospital, 630 East River Street

Side A: The nation-wide Easter Seal movement, first major voluntary effort to provide treatment for the crippled, was founded on this site with the organization of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children by Edgar F. (Daddy) Allen, April 22, 1919. Side B: Same

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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