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: 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: 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: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Kappa Sigma fraternity house at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, in Licking County. Construction was completed in 1842 and additions were added in 1875, 1930, and 1956-1979. It was the private residence of the Avery family, then Spelman, and the Downer families until 1903, when it became Denison University's Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity House. In 1930, it became the home of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity until it was converted back into a private residence in 1956. At the time this picture was taken, it was the Kappa Sigma Fraternity House. 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_B01F06_038_001
Subjects: Architecture; Universities and colleges; Denison University; Greek letter societies; Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta; Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Alligator Mound, near Granville, is a religious effigy. Alligator Mound is an effigy mound located in Granville. The mound is 200 feet long and five to six feet high at its highest point. It is located on the top of a bluff overlooking the Raccoon Creek valley. In spite of its name, the mound likely was not intended to represent an alligator. It is in the shape of a four-footed creature with a round head and a long tail that curls at the end. It resembles an opossum or a panther much more than an alligator. It may represent the Underwater Panther, a supernatural creature thought by many American Indian tribes to reside in lakes and other bodies of water. Since Alligator Mound is located so close to the Newark Earthworks, archaeologists used to think it was built by the Hopewell culture. Recent studies, however, indicate it was built by the later Fort Ancient culture. The Alligator Mound is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by the Licking County Historical Society and located on the eastern outskirts of Granville, at the end of Bryn Du Drive. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06549
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Licking County; Fort Ancient Culture (A.D. 1000–1650); Granville (Ohio)
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Denison University Observatory, Granville, Licking County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00366
Subjects: Astronomical observatories; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Willard Warner (1826-1906) was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867 when he moved to Alabama and upon its readmission to the Union he served as a US Senator for Alabama (1868-1871). He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04081
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories; Military Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved print depicting Denison Baptist University in Granville, Ohio, as the campus appeared in 1890. This print was an illustration in the 1907 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04112
Subjects: Denison University; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; College buildings; Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Willard Warner (1826-1906). Warner was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867, when he moved to Alabama. Upon that state's re-admission to the Union, he served as a US Senator from Alabama between 1868 and 1871. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04082
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking 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: 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_B05F02_041_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Science and technology; Astronomical observatories; Telescopes; Denison University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elevated view of the campus of Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Denison is a liberal arts college that was founded in 1831 by the Ohio Baptist Education Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03460
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Education--Ohio; Universities and Colleges
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)