Wadsworth Area Historical Society

10/16/2026

Wadsworth history in a light, well kind of, you've never seen before. Register below if you dare.

10/09/2026

Wadsworth Area Historical Society is hosting Medina County's Fall Foilage Tours at the Johnson House Museum.

We'll have farm animals, home made ice cream, pioneer demonstrations and a crazy wonderful homemade calliope music machine.

The historic Grace Lutheran Church across the street of the museum will be open for tours. The church has a lot of history that includes the Siberling family. The wonderful stain glass windows are beautiful along with their pipe organ.

The Johson House Museum is located at 161 High Steet, next to city hall. I'll be glad to give you a tour or browse the museum on our own.

Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11th, noon till 5 p.m.

10/02/2026

Well, tonight is First Friday in our wonderful historical community.

They say it may rain, but maybe it won't, then maybe it will. Needless to say, I don't have a clue.

But I will say we are serving Ice Cream and Root B**r floats at the Johnson House. Bring your umbrella or sun tan lotion and you will be ready for what ever comes our way.

09/09/2026

09/08/2026

A NEW WEEK WITH NEW PROGRAMS

In a blink of an eye, the summer season arrived and just as quickly submerged into fall. Yes, it was a season of summer fun and programs, a season of warm summer nights, and especially those summer hot blazing days.

For us fans of gardening and field planting, the vegetables are mostly picked, and the field corn will soon be ready for harvest.



But, in Wadsworth there is always something new at the Wadsworth Area Historical Society. This week we will be kicking off the new season of speakers by inviting Rick Elias from the Chippewa Lake Historical Society who will be speaking of Murder and Mayhem at the beloved Chippewa Lake area. That will be Wednesday, Sept 9, at 7:30. We expect a large crowd so be there early.

Saturday, September 12, we will be hosting a special event at the Historic St. Marks Event Center this Saturday September 12, from 10 AM till 2 PM. This event will be a Quilt Show in conjunction with Ohio History Connection.

On display will be at least 30 quilts, many of them with historical significance of the Wadsworth area. One was hand sewn in Wadsworth by the Waltz family in 1876 for the nation's centennial celebration. It was in possession of the Ross Trump family. That quilt will be hung in the sanctuary.

Another quilt worth mentioning is a hand-sewn quilt by the Disciples Church in the 1939-40 era. Many local families can be identified by the names sewn into the quilt. This is also a very large quilt that will also be hanging in the sanctuary.

There is almost every variety and style of quilts you can think of. There is no judging, and no sales. So, if you are a quilter or thinking about becoming one or even a history lover, stop by the St. Marks event center this Saturday. There is no charge which makes it even better!

There are more events to share, but I need to get this sent out.

09/03/2026

LATE SUMMER FUN THIS FRIDAY
Here I am contemplating the new month of September we have now entered to. Lots of show events coming
up in the next few weeks of which I will get in to discussing the month's calendar tomorrow.

Tonight I want to remind everyone that the 4th is First Friday. The theme this month is Family Game Night. Downtown will become a game board of sorts which will require local folks to become participants.

Meanwhile the Johnson House will be having wonderful games and crafts for the youngens, as usual.

But we can't forget the ice cream. There is still lot lots of warm weather for summer treats. We look forward to seeing you from 5:30 till 8 p.m.

And don't forget the Johnson House is open on Saturday from 10 till noon.

Tomorrow I will be talking about our upcomng Quilt Show at St. Marks Event Center coming soon. You won't want to miss it.

08/23/2026

Latest scheduled events around town and the Wadsworth Area historical Society.

August 26-30, 2026: The Wall that Heals (Vietnam War Wall) will be on display at Memorial Park next to the Matchstick splash area for 24 hours each day starting on Wed. Aug. 26 at 2:00 PM. It will parade down Broad Street starting at 1:00 PM from the high school on TUESDAY, August 25. People are encouraged to line the street down to Bidingers.

Sept. 9, 2026: WAHS meeting and program at the Wadsworth Library starting at 7:30 PM. The program is called Murder and Mayhem at Chippewa Lake presented by Rick Elias. We do expect a large crowd!

September 12, 2026: Quilt Show at St. Mark's sponsored by WAHS. The quilts will be on display from 10-2. If you have a quilt to display, please contact Roger Havens at 330-336-5548 or Megan Harvey at 330-331-4414.

October 10 - 11, 2026: Medina County Fall Foliage Tour from 12-5 each day at the Wadsworth Johnson House Museum. .There will be homemade ice cream, a bandwagon, pioneer demonstration and miniature animals. This is a free event that will be open to the public!

08/07/2026

Well tommorow is First Friday as you may well know. Electricity is in the air as the mighty Grizzlys are about to start another season but I feel the usual First Friday at the Johnson House will take a sabitical due to vacations, possibly, likely rain, more smoke rolling in from the west-so forth and so on.

I was going to do hot dogs on the grill but this hot, humid weather is not treating my MS well. So next month Roger will be back home and the trunk load of dogs may get on the grill yet.

But the museum will be open Saturday morning from 10 till noon, as usual.

05/13/2026

I'm looking at the calendar at my side realizing that mixed along with our busy days Wednesday has approached. So as a reminder we will be hosting our monthly meeting at the Wadsworth Public Library this Wednsday evening at 7:30.

Tom Weyand, Director of Wadsworth Square Foundation will discuss the Celestia Theater and the future of the Central School.

The program will begin at 7:30. Roger Havens will share any and all updates on the ongoing work at St. Marks.

Dates to remember this next several weeks are as follows:
May 25th is Memorial Day Parade.

June 23 is the annual Blue Tip Parade. Grab your favorite sitting spot and watch the large parade that has become an institution for parade fans all across our area.

We will be discussing the possibility of a fund raising bus tour to The Wright Patterson Museum this July. More news on that soon.