Description: The caption reads: "Knoledge (sic) Portals city Library Westerville O. The Westerville Library is a school district library, meaning that the boundaries follow the Westerville School District. Anyone living in Ohio can apply for a library card. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_006_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Libraries.
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Old tree & Home Facing Otterbein College campus 'Gods work and mans'". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_010_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Otterbein College
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Main Bldg. of Otterbein College Campus in Westerville, O". Otterbein was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethern in Christ. In 1968, it became affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The founding minister was Rev. Phillip William Otterbein. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_011_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Otterbein College
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Campus & Main Bldg Otterbein U. Weterville Ohio. Otterbein was founded by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in 1847. One of the founders of the church was Rev. Phillip William Otterbein. In 1968, the school became affiliated with the United Methodist Church. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F10_016_001
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Otterbein College
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

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: This image shows a snow-covered Otterbein campus in Westerville, Ohio. The building was originally the Carnegie Library and now housing the admissions office. Otterbein was founded by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. It is now associated with the United Methodist Church. In 2010 the name was changed to Otterbein University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06464
Subjects: Otterbein College; Libraries--Ohio--History; Westerville (Ohio)
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a snow-covered Otterbein campus in Westerville, Ohio. Otterbein College was founded in 1847 by the Church of the Brethren in Christ. It is now associated with the United Methodist Church. In 2010 the name was changed to Otterbein University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06466
Subjects: Otterbein College; Libraries--Ohio--History; Westerville (Ohio)
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: This image shows a snow-covered scene on the Otterbein College campus in Westerville, Ohio. The building pictured is the Otterbein University Association Building, which opened October 1, 1893. It was located at 27 Grove Street South. The building was replaced by the Edwin L. Roush Hall on June 12, 1993. The view is of the building's front exterior with its curved arch, arched windows, and steps. The ground is snow covered, and the trees and bushes are coated with a layer of snow. Otterbein, founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, is a four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio. The founder was Rev. Phillip William Otterbein. Since 1968, it has been associated with the United Methodist Church. This image of Otterbein University Association Building was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06465
Subjects: Otterbein College; College buildings; Universities and colleges; United States. Work Progress Administration
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: This image shows the gravestone of Benjamin Russel Hanby in Westerville, Ohio. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06467
Subjects: Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment; Cemeteries--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the sign at the entrance to the Ohio Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf, in Westerville, Ohio, ca. 1953. On the stone pillar holding the sign is the inscription, "In Memory of Herbert C. Volp July 1951." The Ohio School for the Deaf held its first annual reunion in 1870, and at this time, the OSD Alumni Association decided to build a home for the state's aged deaf, many of whom were living in social isolation in various county infirmaries. Fundraising finally began in 1892, and in 1896, the first residents moved into the new home in Westerville, Ohio. Over the following decades, the Ohio Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf expanded, eventually including a farm, a men's dormitory and a rest home. After being renamed The Columbus Colony in 1980, the residential community grew to include ten cottages, a modern nursing home, and an apartment complex on adjacent property. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_262_B01_F02_28
Subjects: Social services--Ohio; Ohio School for the Deaf; Deaf--Societies, etc.; Nursing homes--Ohio
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)