19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
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19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
1d ago
This is a topic I have long wanted to write about but was not sure I could do justice to it without a great deal of in-depth research. I am still not convinced but want to at least document a significant fact about the history of the village and note that it deserves future attention ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
4d ago
If you read my recent two-part history of the house at 210 South Main Street, you may recall learning about a piece of firefighting equipment with a bit of a murky past. Even it’s proper name has proven elusive: is it a pump truck, a hose carriage, or a hand pump? Was it made in ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2w ago
The first time the story of Wellington’s naming appeared in print was 1876, nearly six decades after the village was first settled. Washington W. Boynton (1833-1916), a one-term state representative born in New Russia Township, gave a lengthy Centennial Independence Day address in Elyria that was later printed by the Western Reserve Historical Society. The ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
3w ago
In February 1907*, R. H. Kinnison sat down in his capacity as superintendent of Wellington’s public schools to write a letter of community support for a grant application. The village’s Methodist Church, led by Pastor Thomas W. Grose, had decided to ask internationally-known philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) to help buy the congregation a new organ ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2M ago
The house at 210 South Main Street has somehow, over the years, acquired the persistent misnomer of “the Tripp house.” I think there are multiple reasons for this. First, the house is mislabeled in the local walking tour brochure, an error which I believe traces back to documentation nearly fifty years old. In 1977, an ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2M ago
For years, I have kept a piece of paper on which I jot down ideas for future blog posts. At this point, it mainly lists individual houses I would like to know more about and questions I have been asked, for which I did not know the answer. At the very top of that list ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2M ago
Six months ago, I published my two-hundredth post on this blog. I thought it quite possibly my last. In the decade since I began 19th-Century Wellington, life has changed dramatically in ways large and small. The world and I have both moved forward and it felt as though this particular project had drawn to a ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
9M ago
Exactly ten years and two hundred posts ago, this blog was born. Many things have changed since. The toddler who slept upstairs as I wrote that first night left for his first day of seventh grade this morning. We lost my father-in-law, an avid local historian in his own right, this past spring. I could ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2y ago
In late January 2021, I came into possession of seven small carte de visite portraits, all taken by Wellington photographer William Sawtell. None of the images was identified or dated. I had purchased the lot online, so I reached out to the seller to ask if he happened to know where the photos came from ..read more
19th-Century Wellington | An exploration of a town's past and my present
2y ago
Two hundred years ago, probably no more than a mile from where I now sit, a young woman living in a log cabin penned a letter to family and friends in Massachusetts, to reassure them she was alive and well. In a strange way, this post serves a similar function. I have somehow managed to ..read more