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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.<ref name=Brief-History /><ref name="blockhouse" /> In 1913, parts of Mansfield were flooded when the [[Great Flood of 1913]] brought {{convert|3|to|8|in}} of rainfall across [[Ohio]] between March 23 and 24.<ref name=Storms>{{cite web |title=The Storms of March 23–27, 1913 |work=The Great Flood of 1913, 100 Years Later |publisher=Silver Jackets |year=2013 |url=https://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/1913Flood/storms_wx/storms.shtml |access-date=February 24, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mansfield, Ohio: The Flood of 1913 |publisher=Prezi |date=June 21, 2012 |url=https://prezi.com/zhpzcjhcn9uk/mansfield-ohio-the-flood-of-1913/ |access-date=February 24, 2014 }}</ref> The first road across [[United States of America|America]], the [[Lincoln Highway]], came to the city in 1913, smoothing the path for economic growth.<ref name=FHWA-LH>{{cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard F. |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lincoln.cfm |title=The Lincoln Highway |work=Highway History |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=February 24, 2014 }}</ref> In 1924, [[Oak Hill Cottage]], a [[Gothic revival architecture|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]].<ref name=Oak-Hill-Cottage>{{cite web |url=https://oakhillcottage.org/History/ |title=History |publisher=Oak Hill Cottage |access-date=December 23, 2021 }}</ref>
In 1927, the 9-story Leland Hotel was constructed downtown on the southwest corner of Park Avenue West and South Walnut Street at a cost of $556.000.<ref name="Leland">{{cite web |url=https://www.richlandsource.com/area_history/native-son-shadow-of-the-leland-hotel/article_d275b928-b6ff-11e6-b872-4f0f910db8b7.html |title=Native Son: Shadow of the Leland Hotel |publisher=Richland Source |access-date=December 30, 2021 |date=December 3, 2016 }}</ref> The Leland Hotel was the tallest building in Mansfield when completed, and was designed by architect [[Vernon Redding]], that also designed the Mansfield Public Library, Farmers Bank Building, Mansfield Savings Bank Building and Mansfield General Hospital.<ref name="Leland" /> The hotel was razed in 1976 to make way for a parking lot.<ref name="Leland" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richlandsource.com/area_history/the-mansfield-leland-hotel/image_22fa16c4-a702-11e4-9904-7f03c8281122.html |title=The Mansfield-Leland Hotel |publisher=Richland Source |access-date=December 30, 2021 |date=February 14, 2015 }}</ref> What remains of the Leland
Like many cities in the [[Rust Belt]], the 1970s and 1980s brought [[Urban decay|urban blight]], and losses of significant household name [[Blue-collar worker|blue-collar]] manufacturing jobs.<ref name=Mansfield-Project>{{cite web |title=Mansfield, Ohio "PR Project-Path to Revitalization" Brownfield Initiative – A National Model |publisher=financialservices.house.gov |url=http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/030602lr.pdf |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511225549/http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/030602lr.pdf |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In recent years, Mansfield's downtown, which once underscored the community's economic difficulties, has seen innovative revitalization through the establishment of Main Street Mansfield (known today as Downtown Mansfield, Inc.), and is a site of new business growth.<ref name=Mansfield-Project /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.downtownmansfield.com/about |title=About Us |publisher=Downtown Mansfield, Inc. |access-date=December 24, 2021 }}</ref> In 1993, [[Lydia Reid]] was sworn in as the city's first female mayor and became the longest-serving mayor of Mansfield encompassing three four-year terms.<ref name="Lydia Reid">{{cite web | url=http://www.wmfd.com/newsboard/single.asp?Story=29894 | title=Tribute Dinner Held For Mayor Lydia Reid | work=[[WMFD TV]] | date=November 29, 2007| access-date=January 13, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208114154/http://www.wmfd.com/newsboard/singlesearchsingle.asp?story=29894 | archive-date= February 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reid was succeeded in 2007 by [[Donald Culliver]], the city's first black mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ci.mansfield.oh.us/pdf/mayorc.pdf |title=Donald R. Culliver Mayor, City of Mansfield, Ohio |publisher=City of Mansfield |access-date=March 19, 2014 }}</ref>
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