Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) depicts Union Bethel Chapel, with W.H. Kings's Saloon sharing the building with the address 30 Third Street. To the left at 29 Third Street is Harry, Davidson & Co; Ship, Chandlery & Boat Stores and at 28 Third Street is Slimer & Raipe Meat Store. To the right at 38 Third Street is J. Giddings Ice, Vegetables, Can Fruits & Preserves. Cincinnati Union Bethel was founded in 1830 as a religious and social outreach organization for riverboat operators. Itself initially run from a riverboat, CUB moored itself in 1871 to a block bounded by Front, Sycamore and Broadway, currently part of the site of Great American Ballpark. With the growth of manufacturing operations along Third Street, CUB shifted its mission to minister to single women and children working in the factories. A new five-story building at Third and Lytle, the Anna Louise Inn, was opened Memorial Day 1909 and remains in operation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_032_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture; Central Business Districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Charitable organizations--Ohio--Cincinnati; Chapels--Ohio--Cincinnati--1920-1930; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the South Newbury Union Chapel, a noted site in suffrage history where a small group of women illegally cast ballots in a local election in 1871, becoming the first female voters in Ohio's history. The chapel was originally constructed in 1858 after future president James A. Garfield, then a teacher at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was denied permission to speak at a nearby Congregational Church due to potentially controversial subject matter. The Women’s Suffrage and Political Club would be organized at the chapel in 1874--the second such organization in Ohio and one of the earliest in the country--and it was also used as a speaking venue for suffrage activists including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ellen Munn and Harriet Taylor Upton. This item comes from the Frances Jennings Casement Papers, a manuscript collection comprised of letters and association records related to the founding and leadership of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. Casement (1840-1928) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and graduated from Painesville Academy and Willoughby Female Seminary. Her father, Charles Casement, supported abolition and women's suffrage and encouraged Frances to be active in social causes. Frances Casement established the Painesville Equal Rights Association in 1883, and shortly after became involved in the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, serving as its president from 1885 to 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS510_B01F77_UnionChapel
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Social movements; Chapels -- Ohio;
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the chapel at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Built in 1836 in the Yale College architectural style, the chapel visually dominates the campus. Western Reserve Academy was originally called "The Yale of the West," as all of its professors and initial presidents were graduates of Yale. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_052_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Chapels; Education; Schools; Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio)
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Marker commemorating Union Chapel, also known as the "Free Speech" Chapel. Civil rights and suffrage speeches were given there and the speakers included Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Louisa May Alcott. The chapel is located in South Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00348
Subjects: Chapels--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Swasey Chapel was built in 1924, it was the first building in the 1917 plan for Greater Denison. It was named after Dr. Ambrose Swasey who funded it and the chimes in the chapel tower are a memorial for his wife. Today the chapel is used for religious service. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_040_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; Chapels; Denison University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Little Catholic Chapel, 6.5 miles south of Coshocton, Ohio on SR-76." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_014_001
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Chapels; Cemeteries; Catholic Church
Places: Coshocton (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Saint Dymphna Chapel in Massillon, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_033_1
Subjects: Chapels; Religion in Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Massillon (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Campus, Denison University; Swasey Chapel and Swasey Observatory in background." This is a photograph depicting a scene of the Denison University campus in Granville, Ohio. The Swasey Chapel and Observatory are seen in the background. The Swasey Chapel and Observatory were named after Cleveland trustee and amateur astronomer Ambrose Swasey, the founder of the Warner and Swasey Company which built the observatory. Swasey Chapel was built in 1924 and was the first building designed for the 1917 plan for Greater Denison. Swasey funded the project and the chimes in the chapel tower are a memorial for his wife. Today the chapel is used for religious service. The Swasey observatory was built in 1909. Within the observatory are 3 telescopes used for astrophotography. It also houses an astronomy library and dark rooms. It was built using Vermont marble. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_013_001
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; Chapels; Science and technology; Astronomical observatories; Telescopes; Denison University; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates in the school's chapel, ca 1890-1899. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00213
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Delaware (Ohio); Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Chapels
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)