Where The Old Time General Store Tradition Lives On!

Nestled in the lap of Hardin County, where teams of snorting horses still drag plows through rich bottomland and time sometimes seems to have stopped ticking a century ago, is Pfeiffer Station, a dream of a town that never came to be. 

     In 1836 Portius Wheeler built the Old Wheeler Tavern to accommodate travelers on the Old Sandusky Trail that ran from Cincinnati to Sandusky and his log cabin was turned into a trading post. In 1881 John Pfeiffer purchased the land from then owners John and Sarah Hadley and wanted to have a C&E Railroad depot and post office in his store. In 1882 Pfeiffer set up the plat of a town, complete with street names and lot numbers, that was to be named Wheeler Station and then decided to change it's name to Pfeiffer Station in 1883. That same year the post office was put in his store but the railroad decided build the new town of Hepburn a mile and half  east of Pfeiffer Station and put it's depot there. In 1884 the post office was discontinued and Pfeiffer Station became the town that was never built. All that remained was the Pfeiffer Station General Store.  

     The colonial mansion which was once the Wheeler Inn where travelers that included Henry Clay, General Harrison and Stephen A. Douglas escaped the untold dangers of the night and was once part of The Underground Railroad still stands and is now a private residence.

     Pfeiffer Station General Store has had to make some changes in order to keep up with the times but when you come and visit us in the heart of the Hardin County Amish community you will still experience the warm and friendly tradition of the country general store. Please continue down and see all the we have to offer.