Weymouth Preservation Society

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Weymouth Preservation Society

Our mission is to preserve and document the beauty and history of our historic New England village, founded in 1817. The musuem and exhibits are free.

Building, parking and restrooms are accessible. Also open by appointment 330-697-4320

05/07/2026

Shoemaker Orson Bishop's 1838 record book found inside a wall of his Weymouth home in 1929. Residents provided the tanned leather.

05/05/2026

Birdhouse contest Public Square 1920

02/16/2026

The French gratitude train stopped in Medina Aug 28, 1950. They were sent to each state by a grateful French public. It includes things that war-torn French could part with -- drawings, dolls, historical gifts, musical instruments. Groups such as schools and orphanages sent letters of thanks. The boxcar could carry 40 men or 8 horses and was familiar to US soldiers serving in WWI. It was restored in 1988 and is at Camp Perry.

02/12/2026

The first train in Ohio was the Erie and Kalamazoo (Toledo to Adrian, MI) in 1836, 10 mph for 33 miles. The tracks were oak rails 4” square and strap iron 2½” wide spiked ‘to make them last longer'. The engine was a wood burner with neither cab nor whistle, the engineer stood on a platform behind. The first passengers were accommodated in 1837, 8 in each Pleasure Car.

02/11/2026

John Albro of Plymouth Rock Island in 1710 bequeathed items to his descendants. One married daughter got a cow and 2 napkins, another 50 shillings in silver money @ 17 percent and a bolster case, a pair of sheets and 2 pewter platters. To daughter Susana Anthony a warming pan, his steelyards (weighing devices), a spice mortar and pestle, a lantern the old brass kettles, the little brass kettles, the little iron post and the skillet. The mortar and pestle and the warming pan were left to the Medina County Historical Society by Lillian Albro. They were made in England about 1634.

02/08/2026

John Speer, editor of the Medina Democratic Whig, later the Gazette, went to Lawrence, Kansas in 1855 where he founded the state’s first newspaper. It was printed in Medina because printers there were against his abolitionist views. In 1863 pro-slavery guerillas burned the town and killed 150 men, including two of his sons. He became Kansas state printer, revenue collector, senator, treasurer of the Kansas Railroad Company, president of the Kansas historical society and author of several books.

02/02/2026

June 28th 1912 AI Root predicts that aeroplanes will be in common use and that he is never wrong about these things

01/18/2026

June 1872 Fred Ainsworth swimming n**e under Weymouth bridge told to clear out, he sassed, Hi Anderson beat him up, sent him to jail and gave him bread and water 8 days. Citizens should not take law into their own hands.

12/17/2025

Please come to support the WPS and say good-bye for now.

11/07/2025

Christmas Traditions in NE Ohio Luncheon and presentation from early local customs to Mr. Jingaling and our department store palaces and magical window displays. Dec 6 12:00 noon to 2:00. Mr Jingaling will greet guests at 11:30. $35 by check to the WPS or QR code on web page. 3314 Myers Road Medina. Please provide contact information and with whom you would like to be seated. Event, parking and restrooms are accessible.

08/07/2025

Weymouth kids on the Rocky River 1898

Address

3314 Myers Road
Medina, OH
44256

Website

http://www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com/

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