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- Discover The Lafayette Hotel, a landmark in the historic center of Marietta, Ohio. While the original hotel was built in 1892, the current structure of The Lafayette Hotel was completed in 1918. The brick Beaux-Arts hotel is a great example of a flatiron building in which the corner of the lot is angled toward the intersection, giving it the look of an iron.
- Discover the historic details of the steamboat era around The Lafayette Hotel and its neighboring buildings. The steamboat era lasted roughly from the 1820s to the 1880s and marked an era where steam-powered paddleboats replaced slow flatboats on the Ohio River. Marietta, Ohio, was a major center for building these steamboats. Photos and artifacts around The Lafayette Hotel tell this story, and the Ohio River Museum in Marietta exhibits the last intact steam-powered towboat.
- Discover centuries-old earthworks that shape the landscape around Marietta. Ohio is home to many ancient and modern earthworks built by indigenous peoples including the Adena and Hopewell. Earthworks were constructed for ceremonial and social functions, rather than residential functions. The Marietta Earthworks, for example, are over 1,500 years old. At Mound Cemetery, visitors can view one of the best‑preserved Hopewell monuments called the Conus Mound.
