Description: Photograph shows the Westerville Post Office on South State Street on a winter day. The building is one story, made of brick, and has large, sliding paned glass windows. Cement steps lead to the front door. Two women appear to be leaving the post office, and a man is walking up the front steps towards the building. Snow covers the sidewalk, ground, and bushes. The Anti-Saloon League was headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, and sent out so much mail in the early twentieth century that Westerville became the smallest town in the United States to have a first class post office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_020_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Post office buildings Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph is a picture of a photograph; it shows a winter scene in Westerville, Ohio. Bushes and trees make up the foreground, and a large brick building is in the background. The building is three stories tall, with arched windows and an arched entryway. Part of the building has a hipped roof, and the other tower-like portion has a sloped turret roof. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_018_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Script on reverse reads: "Main blgd of Otterbein College campus in Westerville." Photograph shows Towers Hall on the Otterbein University campus after a snowstorm. There are several snow-covered trees in the foreground while the large Victorian Gothic structure stand in the background. Towers Hall, built in 1871, was original know as the Ad (Administrative) Building, but was renamed in the 1950s. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 1971. Otterbein University is a private, four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. As a result of a division and two mergers involving the Church, the University has since 1968 been associated with the United Methodist Church. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,000, which includes both traditional undergraduate students and adult students enrolled in graduate programs or post-degree studies. The university is named for United Brethren founder Rev. Philip William Otterbein. In 2010, Otterbein College changed its name to Otterbein University to reflect the increasing array of graduate and undergraduate programs offered. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_017_001
Subjects: Otterbein College; Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in script and type: "City Library (not Cangie) in Westerville DATE TAKEN Feb 17-39 DATE PRINTED Feb 22-39 SUGGESTED CAPTION "Knowledge Portal" Photograph shows the entryway to the Westerville Public Library on South State Street. The building is made of brick and has sliding, paned glass widows. The entryway has a portico with four, square columns; the columns are smooth and have molded Tuscan capital. The ground and bushes in the foreground are covered in snow. The Westerville Public Library was established on December 15, 1930 and was located on the first floor of the residence of Purley Baker, temperance leader in the Anti-Saloon League. Cora Bailey was the librarian, and within several weeks it contained 3,062 volumes and 885 registered borrowers. in 1932, The library expanded to the second floor of the municipal building (which is today a part of the municipal complex on State Street). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_021_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Library buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in script: "Music Bldg Westerville O. Feb 17-39." The photograph shows a four-story brick building after a snowstorm. The front door has two ionic columns with smooth shafts on either side, and there is a fanlight above the entryway. The windows in the building are rectangular except for the three in the middle of the top story, which have arched windows. The top of the building features an ionic cornice. In the foreground of the picture is a snow-covered lawn and two trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_019_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Westerville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)