We hope you had the chance to visit Century Village this past Saturday for our annual Heritage Celebration! We have additional opportunities for you to experience the Village, including newly added tours! Take a look at the Century Village page for more details, and keep an eye on our Events page.

Agnes A. Eyerman, a high school teacher, was the first advisor for the newly created National Honor Society at Grove City High School in 1958. Sara Swaney, in 1909, is credited with introducing a music program in Grove City’s early schools around 1909.

Join us 12-4 p.m., Saturday, June 8 in Fryer Park, 4185 Orders Road for our annual Heritage Celebration. Bring the family to experience a taste of everyday life in an Ohio farm community in the late 1800s through building tours and demonstrations as history comes to life among the buildings of Century Village. The Village Pickers will provide Bluegrass music on the Kegg Log House porch, and the Society will have their historical booklets and items for sale in the Black House General Store.

The event is free, and food and beverages will be available for purchase.

Hope to see you there!

This photograph was provided by the late Robert Gunderman, city law director. It was taken at Grant’s Grove at Beulah Park. The picture was a Grossman reunion and was in the possession of Gunderman’s grandfather, Emil Grossman. The band was identified as Libey’s Band which is believed to be Grove City’s earliest group of musicians. The men are standing in front of several horse drawn wagons and carriages.

William H. Grassley of Grove City attended the Corn Boys Tour in Washington, D.C and New York City in 1917. The local Chamber of Commerce raised $50 to help with his expenses. In 2014, Mark List, retired deputy director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, came forward with additional information on the Corn Boys. While visiting Jackson, Ohio, List purchased an old framed photograph at an antique shop. The picture showed the boys and girls who attended the Ohio Corn Boys and Domestic Science Girls tour a year before Grassley’s trip.