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 [...]

Seven historic Worthington sites will take part in the Ohio History Connection’s event, Ohio Open Doors, on the afternoon of Sunday, September 18th.   The statewide event, which takes place Fri., Sept. 9 through Sun., Sept. 18, highlights historic buildings and landmarks across our state as they open their doors for events.   Explore fascinating places [...]

This popular event at the Orange Johnson House is back! Goats, lambs, chickens, ducks, turkeys and rabbits, and even a pig, will take up residence on the Orange Johnson property on Sunday, October 2nd. The Johnson family raised sheep, and likely had some of the other animals that are coming to visit on their farm. [...]