A book, 'Clintonville and Beechwold' will be published in 2009 by Clintonville resident Shirley Hyatt. The book will be published by Arcadia Press in their Images of America series in January 2009. Mrs. Hyatt has a blog too. The blog Clintonville History is not the same content as the book. The blog, Clintonville History has content she couldn't fit into the book.
Arcadia Publishing describes Clintonville and Beechwold...
"Clintonville, a Columbus neighborhood situated four miles north of the Ohio Statehouse, began as a sleepy crossroads halfway between Columbus and Worthington. Beechwold, three more miles north, was a farm, then a zoo. Today they are bedroom communities but no longer sleepy. The beauty of their grassy knolls, springs, river, and wooded ravines inspired the creation of one of Ohio’s best amusement parks, which in turn spurred housing and businesses. The City of Columbus marched right alongside this progress, annexing residential areas almost as soon as they were developed. This new compilation tells, through images and words, the story of Clintonville and Beechwold as they evolved from sleepy hamlets to the communities they are today."
Hyatt's blog has many old photos. I first read Clintonville History on my cell phone and was frustrated at reading the descriptions and not being able to see all the old photos. There are pictures of buildings and people from long ago.
Just a few of the things I learned about Clintonville and Beechwold history in my one afternoon reading Clintonville History (the blog) include:
People in the Highland Gardens area (and elsewhere in Clintonville) kept chickens... (Hyatt shows a photo of Chicken's on Tulane Avenue) "The answer to today’s hard economic times"
There were Adena Indian mounds in Clintonville in the Overbrook area which were leveled for housing development.
There are four Lustron Homes in Clintonville. The one Hyatt identifies is the one I know on Weisheimer. Perhaps I need to buy the book to find out where the other three Lustron homes are....
Photo Credit Clintonville Welcome Sign from SleepingBear on Flikcr. Licensed with a Creative Commons License
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Maureen, you are prolific in your posts. Really amazing I think. How did the open house go? It seemed on Twitter like it was long hours, was it? Hope it was productive for you. My last one was 0 attendance. Bummer
I held two... one 12:30 to 2:30 the second open house was 3:00 to 5:00. They were not the most productive OHs I have ever had or I would not have been able to spend time on the history site... I did have people. Not sure I had buyers visit though.
I did not think I twittered much during... will have to look at my tweets.