Description: This image of the Avery-Downer House in Granville, Ohio, was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. The house was built in 1842 in the Greek Revival architectural style for Alfred Avery from designs by Minard Lafever. It subsequently served as a home for the Spelman (1845-1873), Downer, and Cole families (1873-1902); and the Phi Gamma Delta (1902-1930) and Kappa Sigma (1930-1956) fraternities. Historian and antiquarian Robbins Hunter, Jr., who occupied the house from 1956 to 1979, bequeathed the house to the Licking County Historical Society. This historic house museum is on the 19th-Century National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06385
Subjects: Greek revival (Architecture); Granville (Ohio); Lafever, Minard; United States. Work Progress Administration; Architecture--Ohio; United States. Work Projects Administration; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1924, Swasey Chapel on the Denison University Campus was the first building in the 1917 plan for Greater Denison. The chapel was named after Cleveland trustee and amateur astronomer Dr. Ambrose Swasey, founder of the Warner and Swasey Company. The chimes in the chapel tower are a memorial for Swasey’s wife. Today the chapel is used for religious services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_010_1
Subjects: Granville (Ohio). Denison University; Licking County (Ohio);
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Lillie Wilborn, niece of Granville T. Woods and mother of John W. Currie, photographed by M.C. Stanton of Springfield, Ohio. Ohio inventor Granville Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1856. He and his brother formed the Woods Railway Telegraph Company in Cincinnati in 1884. Largely self-taught, Woods worked his way up through the railroad industry, and eventually received 35 patents for electrical and mechanical devices between 1884 and 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM2716AV_01
Subjects: Women -- Ohio; African American Ohioans; Woods, Granville, 1856-1910; African American inventors--History;
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Henrietta Woods Wilborn, sister of Granville T. Woods, photographed by Baker's Art Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio inventor Granville Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1856. He and his brother formed the Woods Railway Telegraph Company in Cincinnati in 1884. Largely self-taught, Woods worked his way up through the railroad industry, and eventually received 35 patents for electrical and mechanical devices between 1884 and 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM2716AV_02
Subjects: Women -- Ohio; African American Ohioans; Woods, Granville, 1856-1910; African American inventors--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Rachel Woods Madison (1867-1912), sister of Granville T. Woods, photographed by Montrose Studio in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio inventor Granville Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1856. He and his brother formed the Woods Railway Telegraph Company in Cincinnati in 1884. Largely self-taught, Woods worked his way up through the railroad industry, and eventually received 35 patents for electrical and mechanical devices between 1884 and 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM2716AV_03
Subjects: Women -- Ohio; African American Ohioans; Woods, Granville, 1856-1910; African American inventors--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of African American inventor Granville T. Woods. Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1856. He and his brother formed the Woods Railway Telegraph Company in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1884. Woods received 35 patents for electrical and mechanical devices between 1884 and 1907. Most of his inventions were for the improvement of the railroad system, including telegraphony, which allowed telegraph stations to send both voice and telegraph messages over a single wire. Woods is often referred to as "the Black Thomas Edison." He died in New York City in 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02705
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Woods, Granville, 1856-1910; African American inventors--History; Railroads--Communication systems
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)