A Salute to Logan County Veterans Exhibit
Most exhibits will be available
through 2025
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​Join us as we salute our Logan County Veterans for their bravery, dedication, and sacrifice in protecting our country.
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There are exhibits throughout the History Center illustrating U.S. military history and the role Logan Countians have played in this history. We also have interesting stories about some of Logan County’s veterans through the years.
The Orr Mansion’s 3rd Floor Ballroom. has a Gallery of 76 Uniforms. This exhibit will be available until November 2025.
Our new Cold War exhibit is in the Rotating Exhibit Room. It features photos and memorabilia from the 664th A.C. & W Radar Station that was located at Campbell Hill from 1951 to 1969. The Business & Industry Room has an exhibit about how Logan County businesses, organizations and individuals have helped with war efforts throughout history.
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Most importantly, this exhibit is to remember and to thank all of Logan County’s veterans, and those currently serving.
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664th Air Force/NADRM Museum Tour
Ohio Hi-Point Career Center
2280 St Rt 540 Bellefontaine, OH 43311
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
6:30 - 8:00 pm
We are pleased to announce our June Historical Society meeting will be held at the 664th Air Force/NADRM Museum (National Air Defense Radar Museum). Robert Walker, Chairman of the 664th Reunion Committee and caretaker of the museum, will give a tour of the museum that is housed in one of the former FPS 26 radar towers.
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Logan County played an important role for the United States during the Cold War. In 1951, the United States Air Force opened the 664th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron on Campbell Hill, the highest point in Ohio, just east of Bellefontaine. The 52.7-acre airbase was part of the U.S. Air Defense Command that monitored the skies for enemy planes and air attacks. The 664th A.C.& W. Air Force base operated in Bellefontaine from 1951 to 1969.
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After the air base closed, a group of local airmen who served there began having reunions. It was at these reunions that the idea for a museum was established. They wanted a way to preserve the legacy and history of what the strategic base was and to honor the men who served and sacrificed to protect our country. Donations of memorabilia and artifacts were sought from former servicemen.
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In January 2020, the 664th Welcome Center was established in one of the former base housing units. Each year many former airmen and their families, reunion attendees, students and others have visited the museum. Former airmen who were stationed at the airbase or other A.C.& W. sites have helped with the student tours. The students enjoy hearing firsthand stories of what the airbase was like during the Cold War years.
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In March of this year, the museum was moved to one of the former FPS 26 radar towers. The 664th/NADRM Museum is keeping the history of the 664th airbase and its members alive with a wide variety of priceless memorabilia from the 664th. The museum is packed full of photos, radar equipment, uniforms, publications, and much more.
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The museum also has memorabilia from other A.C. & W. sites. A rotating radar sail and brick memorial paver area honoring former servicemen are located beside the museum.
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Join us for this unique opportunity to see an important part of Logan County’s history. Admission is free, and donations are welcome.
Cold War Exhibit
Our newest exhibit features
artifacts, photos and memorabilia from the Cold War Era
The History Center is pleased to announce our newest exhibit. We have several pieces of Ohio wildlife woodcarvings made by master woodcarver Bob Holderman on exhibit in our lobby. Mr. Holderman, a retired Bellefontaine Police Department Sergeant, extensively researched wildlife that have lived in Logan County. He selected some of these animals from our state’s past and present, and reproduced them with his meticulous woodcarving skills and artistry. Many are carved from a single block of wood, including the base of the carving.
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The History Center has several other pieces of Mr. Holderman’s woodcarvings in our collection. He and his wife, Sharon, have generously loaned their Ohio Wildlife collection to the Logan County History Center.
Bob Holderman
Exhibit
Wood Carvings on Loan
