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Title
Griswold
Inn
Post
Office
Cabinet
Subject
Ohio Government
Business and Labor
Daily Life
Taverns (Inns)
Post offices
Place
Worthington (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
This
post
office
cabinet
once
stood
in
Worthington
,
Ohio's
Griswold
Inn
,
located
on the
village
green
. The
inn
served
as a
community
center
where
residents
could
conveniently
claim
their
mail
. The
cabinet
measures
64.5
by
31
by
13.75
inches
(163.83
by
78.74
by
34.92
cm)
.
Ezra
Griswold's
inn
began
as a
double
log
cabin
to
provide
shelter
for
new
arrivals
and
persons
passing
through
Worthington
. In
1811
, he
built
a
substantial
brick
structure
on the
northeast
corner
of the
public
square
.
Travelers
could
purchase
"
plain
fare
"
liquor
, and
board
for their
horses
. The
tavern
served
as an
important
meeting
place
for the
community
.
During
Worthington's
first
days
, the
town's
only
scales
(stillyards)
were
housed
at
Griswold's
. The
second
story
of the
building
served
as a
ball
room
that
hosted
many
gala
functions
. The
inn
was also the
site
of
literary
society
meetings
,
justice
of the
peace
hearings
, and
dinner
parties
.
Date of Original
1800
circa
Collection
http://www.worthingtonmemory.org
(for
more
information)
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Worthington Historical Society
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1008_952191_008.tif
Image Height
1789
Image Width
1202
File Size
650.817 KB
Format
picture
;
objects
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