Tag Archives: Upper Arlington
Ben Thompson Fishing Along the Scioto River, 1918
Benjamin Sells Thompson, one of the founders of Upper Arlington, is shown here during the first Upper Arlington Fishing Club outing in 1918. Ben Thompson was an outdoorsman who enjoyed baseball, hunting, and fishing. The fishing club held their first outing along the banks of the Scioto River, six miles north of the Dublin city […]
Historic Houses of Columbus
Columbus has a great collection of historic homes. As a kid, I was always fascinated by taking walks in various neighborhoods and checking out all the old homes. Here’s some of the great homes–some are still around, some are still memories.
2125 Cheshire Road home, circa 1948, of William B. Fleming
William B. Fleming was the assistant superintendent with the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.
King Gibson Thompson, 1918
Perhaps no other name is as synonymous with Upper Arlington as that of its founder, King Gibson Thompson. In 1913, with a clear vision of an “ideal community” King and his brother, Ben, purchased 840 acres of the “most suitable, most convenient and the most beautiful rolling, partly wooded Ohio farmland” from James Terrell Miller. […]
Columbus Metropolitan Library Reynoldsburg Branch, 1402 Brice Rd
Reynoldsburg Library, one of Columbus Metropolitan Library’s regional branches, has grown with the community. Pictured here is the facility built in 1980, enlarged in 1989, and rededicated on April 29, 1990. The first branch opened at 7094 East Main Street 9/14/1964.