By 1908 , the blockhouse became a symbol of Mansfield 's heritage during its 100th birthday celebration , and in 1929 , the blockhouse was relocated to its present location at South Park . In 1913 , parts of Mansfield were flooded when the Great Flood of 1913 brought of rainfall across Ohio between March 23 and March 24 . The first road across America , the Lincoln Highway , came to the city in 1913 , smoothing the path for economic growth . In 1924 , Oak Hill Cottage , a Gothic Revival brick house , built in 1847 by John Robinson , superintendent of the Sandusky , Mansfield and Newark Railroad was the setting of '' The Green Bay Tree '' , Mansfield native Louis Bromfield 's first novel
Great Flood of 1913
Great Flood of 1913
Mansfield, Ohio