This and That

By Helen Kaverman, The Delphos Herald
Published:  Tuesday, January 2, 2007 (1 year, 10 months ago)
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John Wahmhoff gave a very detailed listing of the old street names and the new (or present) street names. The following is just as he wrote it:

The original directory of Delphos was as follows - (until changed by additions and ordinances). The canal divides the town East and West.

East and West Streets divide at the Canal.

Ark Street ran east from Canal to city limits as is the Fifth Street north from North Main. Bredeick Street runs from West North Main Street south to city limits.

Bridge Street runs from east to west city limits.

Second Street north of North Main.

Clay Street runs from North Main - south to city limits.

Third Street west of Canal.

Canal Street runs from north to southern city limits.

This is the principal street in the city.

Central Avenue from West North Main Street to South Main Street.

???Bredeick and Sixth Street.

East Fourth Street from north to south city limits.

Fourth Street - east of the Canal.

First Street - from North Main Street - north to city limits.

Also a First Street west of Canal.

Also Fourth Street from north to southern city limits.

Another Fourth Street west of Canal.

Fifth Street from North Main - north to city limit.

Fifth Street west of the Canal to the city limits.

Franklin Street from north to south city limits.

Third Street east of Canal - Gay Street from canal east to city limits.

Fourth Street north of North Main Street.

Jackson Street from canal east to city limit - south of North Main.

Jefferson Street from North Main south to city limits.

Second Street west of Canal.

Greenbamm Street from Canal West to Sixth Street.

Second Street south of North Main Street.

Mill Street from Canal West to city limits.

Sixth Street north of North Main.

North Main Street from east to west city limits - center of city and the dividing line - north from south.

Sixth Street from Pt. Fr. & C RR north to Bridge Street.

South Street from Bridge Street north to North Street.

Shenk Street from Canal Street west to city limits.

First Street south of North Main.

Third Street from North Main north to city limits.

Third Street west of Canal.

Walnut Street from Canal east to city limits.

Third Street north of North Main.

Washington Street from north to south city limits.

Second Street east of Canal.

West Canal Street from North Main Street south to city limits.

Second Street east of Canal.

West Canal Street from North Main Street south to city limits.

Marble Avenue from E to W city limits Third Street south of Pt Fr W & C RR P.S. There was a public highway known as Elm Street where now the Pittsburgh Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railway track lies commencing at Franklin continuing West to Jennings Road (now Bredeick). Vacated for right of way under a franchise by the city. ???? Bredeick Street was originally known as Jennings Road.

Wahmhoff continues with what appears to be the new street names and locations:

Adams Street from First to Second.

Center of First St. divides north from south in Delphos.

Center of Main St. divides east from west in Delphos.

North Bredeick from First to Second to Third to Fourth to Fifth to Sixth to Seventh and Eighth.

S. Bredeick First to Cleveland to Jennings St. to Clime to S?Rumer?

N. Canal from First to Second, etc. to Eighth St. to city limits.

S. Canal from First to Cleveland to Cherry to Central Ave.

N. Cass from First to Second to Third.

S. Cass from First to Cleveland to Cherry to Central.

N. Clay from First to Second, etc. to Eighth St.

S. Clay St. from First to Cleveland to Cherry to Central Ave. to Clime to city limits.

E. Cleveland from Main to Canal to Jefferson to Clay and to Bredeick.

Clime from Main to Clay to Hudson to Erie to Superior to Bredeick.

Dayton from Second to Third.

W. Eighth to Canal to Jefferson to Clay to Bredeick to Elm.

Douglas St. from Second to Third.

E. Eighth St. from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to Scott to Moening.

North Elm from Seventh to Eighth to city limits.

Erie St. from Jennings to Wayne to Clime to Skinner to city limits.

E. Eleventh St. from Main to Washington to Franklin.

Euclid Ave. from Lincoln to city limits.

East Fifth from Washington to Franklin to Pierce to Scott to Moening to city limits.

W. Fifth St. from Main to Canal to Jefferson to Clay to Bredeick to Maple to State St.

East First from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to St. John’s cemetery.

W. First from Main to Canal to Jefferson to Clay to Cass to Bredeick to State.

East Fourth from Main to Scott to city limits.

W. Fourth from Canal to Jefferson to Maple and State Street.

N. Franklin from First to Second, etc. to Ninth to city limits.

S. Franklin from First to Jackson to Cleveland to Euclid to Suthoff (or Sudhoff).

Harmon St. from Pierce to city limits.

Hudson St. from Skinner to city limits.

Jackson St. from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to city limits.

N. Jefferson from First to Second, etc. to Eighth to city limits.

S. Jefferson from First to Cleveland to Cherry to Central to city limits.

Jennings St. from Erie to Bredeick.

Lima Ave. from Lincoln to city limits.

N. Main from First to Second, etc. to Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth to city limits.

S. Main from First to Cleveland to Sudhoff to Hunt & to Clime.

N. Maple from Second to Fifth.

Moening St. from Fifth to Eighth and to city limits.

Monroe St. from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to city limits.

N. Pierce from First to Second, etc. to Eighth and Ninth to city limits.

S. Pierce from First to Jackson to Cleveland to Harmon to Euclid to Sudhoff.

Scott St. from Third to Fourth, etc. to Seventh and Eighth.

E. Second from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to Douglas to Monroe to Adams and to city limits.

E. Seventh St. from Main to Washington, etc. to Moening and to city limits.

W. Seventh from Canal to Jefferson to Clay to Bredeick to Elm.

E. Sixth St. from Main to Washington to Franklin, etc. to Moening and to city limits.

W. Sixth from Canal to Jefferson, to Clay to Bredeick to city limits.

Skinner St. from Clay to Hudson to Erie to Superior to Bredeick.

North State St. from First to Second.

Superior from Bredeick to Clime.

Sudhoff (Suthoff) St. from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to Lincoln and city limits.

E. Tenth from Main to Washington to Franklin.

E. Thirteenth from Main to Washington.

E. Third from Main to Washington to Franklin to Pierce to Scott to Douglas to Monroe and Monroe to E. Fifth St.

W. Third from Main to Canal to Jefferson to Clay to Cass to Bredeick to Maple to State.

N. Washington St. from First to Second, etc. to Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth to city limits.

S. Washington from First to Cleveland to Sudhoff to Hunt to city limits.

Wayne from Clime to Superior St.

Wahmhoff’s listing of new street names actually contained a detailed listing of the numbering system of the streets. If you would like to read this listing you will soon be able to find Wahmhoff’s History of Delphos text, as transcribed and typed by Imogene Elwer, in the Genealogy Room of the Delphos Public Library and the Reading Section (Krieft Gallery) of The Delphos Canal Commission Museum.

Did you ever wonder how some of the streets were named? Some were named in honor of U.S. Presidents or other prominent Americans, such as Jefferson and Franklin. Only two streets carry the names of trees. Some are named for local pioneers of Delphos, such as Clime, Moenning, Clime, Skinner, Krieft and Bredeick. Bredeick was named for Father Otto Bredeick and his brother, Ferdinand.

H.J. Moennig was born in Bohmte, Germany in 1830. He came to the area in 1843 with his parents, grandfather, two sisters and two brothers. He married Mary B. Bredeick. Moenning owned a hardware and agricultural business in Delphos and was a clerk of Washington Twp. Moenning can be found spelled two or three different ways.

James Clime was born in Mahoning Co. in 1840. His ancestors came from Germany in 1753. They lived in Philadelphia and Lancaster County, PA., then in Mahoning County. Their name was originally GLEIM. James was 11 years old (in 1851) when brought to Van Wert County. In 1880 he made his home in Delphos. He was married and had two children. Clime was a carpenter, city councilman and V.P. & director of one Building and Loan. Mrs. Clime was described as a devout Presbyterian.

Joseph Suthoff was born in Hanover, Germany in 1830 and came to America in 1837 with his parents. They lived in Cincinnati and then moved to Lawrence Co., where the father, Francis, worked in the Aetna furnaces. The family came to Delphos in 1846 and lived on a farm in Putnam County. Joseph secured his education in Cincinnati. He was 16 when he came to Delphos and worked with his father in farming. Joseph worked on the canal from 1849 to 1852. In 1852 he went to the Gold Fields, first to Oregon, then to California. He returned to Delphos in 1857, then returned two months later to California, where he remained for two years, meeting with success. In 1859 he returned again to Delphos and married Mary Haunhorst in 1864. They had seven children. In 1874 he and Theodore Wrocklage traveled to Germany to visit the Medical Springs. Suthoff was a dutiful member of St. John’s Catholic Church.

There were people by the name of Skinner in Delphos, because Samuel Forrer married one of the Skinner girls. The Kreift family came to Delphos in 1844. They were farmers and later C.H. Kreift owned and operated a grocery store on N. Main St. Kreift Street was the first street in the Heritage Meadow addition in the northeast section of Delphos. The land had been owned by the Krieft family for many years. They were ancestors of Jim Grothause, who developed Heritage Meadow. In Heritage Meadow you will find RoseAnna Street, which is named for our two grandmothers, Anna Kemper Krieft and Rosa Ardner Grothaus. Two streets, Joshua and Christina, are named for two of Jim’s grandchildren. There is a street named Menke in the Menke addition, which was developed by Len and Vera Menke. Dickman Ave. is in the addition of northwest Delphos, developed by Steve Dickman, who at one time owned and operated a favorite “watering hole” on the west side of Delphos on the Lincolnview Highway. According to a lady who lives on Metbliss Ave., that street was named in honor of Jane Bliss and her daughter, who married a Metcalfe. Jane Bliss had owned the land at one time.

There will be one more section of Wahmhoff’s history, where he gives a detailed history of the Delphos schools.

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