status. Geographical namesakes Many locations, both in Rhode Island and near Lake Erie, are named in his honor, including: Perry Traditional Academy, Pittsburgh, PA Perrysville Avenue (Old Rt. 19 connection), Pittsburgh, PA Perry North (Observatory Hill) and Perry South (Perry Hilltop) neighborhoods on the Northside section in the city of Pittsburgh, PA Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School, Cleveland, OH Perry Elementary School, Erie, PA Commodore Perry School District, including Perry Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School, Providence, RI Training Ship Oliver Hazard Perry, Newport, RI All of the ten Perry counties in the U.S. Perryville and Perry County, Missouri The hamlet of Perrysburg and the surrounding township; and the Village of Perry, New York and the surrounding township, The city of Perry, Michigan in Perry Township The city of Perry, Georgia The town of Perry, Maine The village of Perry, Illinois The cities of Perrysburg, Perrysville, North Perry and Perry; Perrysburg Township; and Perry County, Ohio. The unincorporated hamlet of South Perry, in Perry Township, Hocking County, Ohio. Perry Township, between Canton and Massillon in Stark County, Ohio. The local high school is also named in his honor. The borough of Perryopolis and Oliver Township, within Perry County, and Oliver Township and Perry Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The village of Perryville in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The portion of U.S. Route 1 near Perryville is named the Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Highway. Perry Street in Newport is also named after him. The City of Hazard in Perry County, Kentucky. Perry County, Tennessee Perry Street, New York Fort Perry in Box Springs, Georgia Commodore Downs Thoroughbred race track in Fairview Township on the western edge of Erie, Pennsylvania (1973-1983). An eastbound service plaza along the Ohio Turnpike is named the Commodore Perry Service Plaza, located in Sandusky County, Ohio. Inn at Perry Cabin, St Michael’s, Maryland. 4 star Hotel. Also Stars restaurant 4 star. Purser’s pub. Exquisite resort as well as Links at Perry Cabin golf course. Monuments The national monument commemorating Perry is the Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-In-Bay, Ohio. Its tower, the world's most massive Doric column, was constructed by a multi-state commission between 1912 and 1915. Other monuments include: Memorial plaque, Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport, Rhode Island, dedicated by Perry's widow on August 23, 1855, the 36th anniversary of his death. Perry Monument, Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio, monument