This legendary person visited the area in 1842, and the story is worth retelling

The Dickens Room of the Golden Lamb in Lebanon.

The Dickens Room of the Golden Lamb in Lebanon.
By Staff Report
Updated March 25, 2018
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Author Charles Dickens’ first visit to America in 1842 included a stagecoach stop at what is now the Golden Lamb Inn in Lebanon. Michael Coyan, a Dickens scholar and professor of art history at Sinclair Community College, will speak on Dickens’ visit on April 18. Doors open at 10 a.m., lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., lecture begins at noon.

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This news organization has written stories about Dickens’ visit in the past. In 1999, we talked with village history expert Dennis Dalton about the visit.

“In a note in his journal he mentioned that all he got at the first stop after Lebanon (which would have been Waynesville) was a jug of cold water set into the middle of a bare table," Dalton said.

"Charles Dickens did not sleep here. He just stopped here for refreshment during his trip from Cincinnati to Columbus," Dalton said.

Cost for the April 18 event is $25 for non-members of the Warren County Historical Society, $20 for members, for lunch and museum admission. Talk only with no lunch is $10 for members, $15 non-members.

The event will be held at the Lebanon Conference & Banquet Center, 121 S. Broadway. For more information, call 513-932-1817, email vtappy@wchsmuseum.org or visit wchsmuseum.org.

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