Vintage Valentines will be on display for this fun pop-up event in the second floor exhibit space at the Old Rectory (50 West New England Ave). From loving tributes to the acerbic "vinegar" valentines, elaborate pop-ups, honeycombs and movables, a romantic "love knot" and of course the many "punny" cards, the Society's collection is delightful! [...]

This boutique museum features a distinguished collection of 19th and 20th century dolls. This guided tour will include a brief look the c. 1845 Rectory's restored parlor followed by a tour of the doll museum collections. The tour will be approximately 30 - 40 minutes. A shop with antiques and collectibles is also housed at [...]

Free & Open to everyone! At the Worthington Historical Society's 2021 General Meeting, Leslie Blankenship will introduce one of Worthington’s notable women in first-person. Elizabeth Greer Coit’s eight-year old daughter Belle posed the question, “Mother, are you strong-minded and do you wear pants?” when she ran home from school crying. It was 1863, and Belle [...]

Visit the final resting place of Veterans representing the War of 1812 through the Gulf War, and hear their interesting stories on this Society tour. Many of the names will be familiar as having been very involved in the history of Worthington and Columbus area.  The tour will meet by the cemetery office near the [...]

Sunday, July 10th, 1 pm Meet at St. John’s Cemetery, 700 High Street St. John Episcopal Church and cemetery are the oldest in all of central Ohio, founded in 1803. The first burial was of Abner Pinney in 1804, 27 years before the church building was constructed. The last burial was Charles Edward Burr in [...]