Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1000 Mound builders (Gravel/Glacial Kame People, circa 1000 B.C. & Late Woodland People, circa A.D. 350) live Delaware B.C. in Delaware County 1773 Pluggy's Town, a Mingo Indian village, exists for a few years near today's Mingo Park Delaware 9 1776 Chief Cornstalk and Fort Pitt negotiators arrive at Pluggy's Town (near today's Mingo Park) to discuss a peace Delaware treaty. On learning they were going to be kept as prisoners the next day, they left abruptly after the first day's negotiations 1790 Delaware Indians have village at site of former Monnett Hall and another at junction of Delaware Run and Delaware Olentangy River (late 1700s) 8 1795 Greenville Treaty signed between Indians and whites; Delaware County included in land ceded to U.S.; Delaware Delaware Indians begin to thin out 12 24 1800 Abraham Baldwin (New Haven, CT, soldier in Revolutionary War) purchases 8,000 acres of property from Delaware government, which includes northeast section of Delaware township and third section of Brown township 5 1 1801 Captain Nathan Carpenter is first settler in Delaware County area; arrives with Avery Powers from Chenango Delaware County, NY; settles in Liberty Township area, on the east bank of the Olentangy six miles south of Delaware 1801 Col. Moses Byxbe (Berkshire County, MA) visits the Delaware area Delaware 4 1802 Thomas Cellar and Josiah McKinney emigrate from Franklin County and settle two miles south of Nathan Delaware Carpenter; second settlement in Delaware County area 1802 Thomas Cellar and his two sons visit the future site of Delaware in search of lost hogs; they find one Indian Delaware named John Blackbird living along the Delaware Run behind what is today (2009) the Post Office. 1803 Henry Perry from Wales builds a cabin in Radnor area Delaware 1804 Aaron, John, and Ebenezer Welch and Captain Leonard Monroe emigrate from Chenango County, NY to Delaware Nathan Carpenter's neighborhood 1804 Col. Moses Byxbe moves his family, along with several others, from Berkshire, MA, to Ohio and settles on Delaware Alum Creek; lays out village of Berkshire Corners; Surveyor Azariah Root moves with him 1804 First mill in Delaware County area built by Nathan Carpenter, a sawmill on the Olentangy River Delaware 1806 Dr. Reuben Lamb moves to area of Berkshire Corners to serve as first doctor, at urging of friend Col. Moses Delaware Byxbe 3 4 1807 Abraham Baldwin dies, leaving Ohio land to half sisters and half brothers; Henry Baldwin granted power of Delaware attorney by other heirs for Ohio land 1807 First house on current site of city of Delaware erected by Joseph Barber, a tavern near Sulphur Spring Delaware 1807 First settler in Delaware township area, John Beard, buys 624 acres from Benjamin Ives of Marietta; builds Delaware cabin, log grist-mill, and first dam across Olentangy River 2 10 1808 Act of Ohio State Legislature creates Delaware County (a division from Franklin County)--"An Act Delaware Establishing Delaware County" -- named after Delaware Indians who once lived in the area 3 11 1808 Delaware town platted and surveyed, laid out on east side of Olentangy by Col. Moses Byxbe and Henry Delaware Baldwin (Byxbe had met Henry Baldwin in Pittsburgh at an earlier date proposing the founding of the town of Delaware) 3 1808 Town of Delaware selected as Delaware County seat, due to work of Col. Moses Byxbe and Henry Baldwin Delaware 5 1 1808 Delaware County government organized; first officers are John Welch, Ezekiel Brown and Avery Powers, Delaware Commissioners; Rev. Jacob Drake, Treasurer; Dr. Reuben Lamb, Recorder; Solomon Smith, Sheriff; Azariah Root, Surveyor Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 5 9 1808 Alternative site on west side of Olentangy selected for town, platted and surveyed; Col. Moses Byxbe, Delaware proprietor, and Azariah Root, surveyor, lay out town intending William Street to be main street 5 14 1808 Henry Baldwin sells 4,000 acres in and around Delaware to Col. Moses & Dolly Byxbe for $5,625 Delaware 5 1808 Col. Moses Byxbe and family move from Berkshire Corners to town of Delaware Delaware 6 16 1808 Delaware Township organized Delaware 6 17 1808 Addison Carver receives contract to build a jail near Barber's Tavern Delaware 1808 Col. Moses Byxbe builds first frame house in town, on E. William Street Delaware 1808 Dr. Reuben Lamb moves to town of Delaware from Berkshire Corners (first physician in town and county) Delaware 1808 First Court of Common Pleas held near Sulphur Spring Delaware 1808 First hotel erected at Sandusky and Winter Street Delaware 1808 Nathan Hall builds sawmill, grist-mill, distillery on Alum Creek Delaware 1808 Rev. Jacob Drake builds first brick house in town, on Winter Street Delaware 1808 William Little moves to Delaware from Connecticut Delaware 1809 Benjamin Carpenter elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1809 County's first tannery built by Captain Joab Norton on hillside north of current Edwards Gymnasium; Delaware eventually became "haunted house" of legend 1810 Bridge built on E. William Street by Col. Moses Byxbe et al. Delaware 1810 First Presbyterian Church organized by Rev. Joseph S. Hughs Delaware 1810 Leonard Cowles, first practicing lawyer in county, moves to Delaware County from CT Delaware 1810 Rev. C.H. Owens emigrates with his family to Delaware County Delaware 1810 Delaware is a preaching place on the Methodist Episcopal Hockhocking Circuit Methodist 2 4 1811 Leonard Cowles (Byxbe's son-in-law) is first Delaware postmaster recognized by federal postal department Delaware 4 4 1811 Town Trustees purchase part of a lot on corner of North & Sandusky Streets as burying ground; never used for Delaware this purpose 1811 John Beard family sells property to Col. Forest Meeker and moves away from Delaware Delaware 1 15 1812 Charter issued to Masons giving them constitutional authority to establish Hiram Lodge--Charter members are Delaware William Little, John Carpenter, Reuben Lamb, N.W. Little, Charles Thompson, Azariah Root, Jonathan Collin, Stephen Harrington, Czar Studevent, Moses Byxbe Jr. 1812 Nine central Ohio towns submit bids to become state capital; Col. Moses Byxbe's bid to have town of Delaware Delaware as state capital loses by one vote to Franklinton (now Columbus); State Legislature passes act accepting Franklinton as state capital on February 14, 1812 1812 One acre purchased by Town Trustees from Dr. Reuben Lamb, east of Henry Street, to use as a burying Delaware ground 1813 "Drake's Defeat" (Captain William Drake's hoax) Delaware 1813 Town of Delaware hosts General William Henry Harrison's army during War of 1812, providing housing, Delaware supplies; business booms in town 1814 Stone jail built at residence of Samuel Agard (jailer) on North Street (Central Ave) Delaware 1814 Wilder Joy moves to Delaware from Vermont Delaware 1 10 1815 County Commissioners contract with Jacob Drake to build first Delaware County Courthouse for $8,000 Delaware 1815 First recorded teacher in town of Delaware, Pelatiah Morgan, begins private school -- Morgan Academy Delaware 1815 Josiah McKinney, Ezekiel Brown, David Marks elected associate judges by General Assembly Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 2 26 1816 Town of Delaware officially incorporated by act of State Legislature; village given authority to elect Board of Delaware Trustees; Mayor and Councilmen to appoint a town marshal 1816 Woolen mill constructed by Barrett & Leonard Cowles on site next to Byxbe grist-mill Delaware 1817 Bank of Delaware organized and fails; located on northwest corner of William & Sandusky Street; Col. Moses Delaware Byxbe, president 1817 President James Monroe visits Delaware and stays at hotel, Sandusky & Winter Street, under proprietorship of Delaware Mr. Dunbar 1817 Russell E. Post runs private school on Winter Street Delaware 1817 Rutherford and Sophia Hayes move to town of Delaware from New England with two children, Sophie's Delaware brother Sardis, and cousin 1817 St. Peter's Episcopal Church organized by Rev. Philander Chase (who became first Bishop of Diocese of Delaware Ohio); early members are William Little, William Mansur, Abner Root, Aaron Strong, Solomon Smith, Thomas Butler, Hezekiah Kilbourn, Caleb Howard, James Wolcott, Robert Jameson, Milo D. Pettibone, Almon Olmsted, Thomas E. Case, John Minter Jr., Noah Spaulding, Sally Smith, Parthenia Spaulding, Elizabeth Minter, Martha Dildine, Malissa Case, Elizabeth Minter (the younger), Peggy Minter, E. Griswold, Benjamin Powers, Rutherford Hayes, Asahel Welch, Moses Byxbe Jr. 1818 E. Barrett & Co. (woolen mill) begins operation at 69 E. Central Avenue Delaware 1818 First newspaper, Delaware Gazette, published by Rev. Joseph Hughes (Presbyterian) and Rev. Jacob Drake Delaware (Baptist) 1818 Hotel taken over by General Sidney Moore & Pardon Sprague Delaware 1818 Milo D. Pettibone (from CT) starts law practice in Delaware Delaware 1818 Official first postmaster appointed -- Solomon Smith Delaware 1818 Samuel Hughes elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1818 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church organizes; original William Street Methodist Episcopal class Methodist consists of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Williams, Mr. and Mrs. James Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Dewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Galleher, Ebenezer Durfee, Pardon Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Spaulding, Stephen Gorman, Mr. and Mrs. William Sweetser, William Patton, and Moses Byxbe. Residence of Moses Byxbe serves as "Methodist headquarters" 9 6 1819 William S. Rosecrans born on Kingston Twp Rd. 69 Delaware 1820 Joseph Webb Sr. opens store of general importing (having brought stock from NY) Delaware 1820 Platt Brush serves as first Registrar of the Land Office in Delaware Delaware 1820 Solomon Smith begins decade long service as County Auditor Delaware 1820 Town of Delaware has population of 369 Delaware 1820 Two acres secured east of Henry Street adjoining old cemetery for use as burial ground Delaware 1820 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church recommends that Annual Conferences erect "literary Methodist institutions" 1 28 1821 Rev. Charles Henkel establishes the first Lutheran church -- St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church Delaware 9 24 1821 Ezra Griswold Jr. moves his Worthington newspaper business (Columbian Advocate and Franklin Chronicle) Delaware to Delaware, merging publication with Delaware Gazette; Griswold's paper appears as Delaware Patron & Franklin Chronicle 1821 Delaware Literary Society is born Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1821 Ezra Griswold Jr. & Caleb Howard open tavern called "Griswold & Howard" Delaware 1821 James B. Weaver opens school at corner of Sandusky & William Street; fatally injures a student Delaware 1821 Sophia Moore (sister of General Sidney Moore) builds house at 15 N. Franklin Street as orphan home and Delaware school; Rutherford B. Hayes was student here later 1821 Augusta College established in Augusta, KY, operated by the Ohio and Kentucky Annual Conferences of the Methodist Methodist Episcopal Church 7 20 1822 Father of Rutherford B. Hayes dies Delaware 1822 James Eaton begins twenty year service as county surveyor Delaware 1822 Josiah McKinney and William S. Drake elected associate judges by General Assembly Delaware 1822 Ralph Hills comes to Delaware at age of 12 with his father, Dr. James Harvey Mills Delaware 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes is born on October 4, 1822, at home on 17 E. William Street Delaware 1822 Col. Moses Byxbe and Henry Baldwin donate land to William Street Methodists at northwest corner of Methodist William & Franklin Street 1822 Ohio and Kentucky Methodist Episcopal Conferences select Augusta, KY as site for a Methodist Episcopal Methodist College; Augusta College incorporated by Kentucky State Legislature 1822 Rev. Jacob Hooper leads William Street Methodist Episcopal society to build its first building in town, Methodist appointing the following Trustees -- Stephen Gorman, William Patton, Thomas Galleher, Moses Byxbe Jr., Elijah Adams, Robert Perry, Pardon Sprague and Henry Perry 1823 Captain Elias Murray (son-in-law of Byxbe) succeeds James B. Weaver as teacher of private school Delaware 1823 John A. Quitman, clerk of U.S. Land Office, teaches children of Platt Brush at an outdoor space located on Delaware current OWU campus, known as "Quitman's Academic Grove" 1823 Rutherford B. Hayes' family moves to the corner of William & Franklin Streets Delaware 7 3 1824 Judge Henry Baldwin donates Sulphur Spring property (4 acres) and parade ground to village of Delaware; Delaware visits town and is received as honored guest 1824 Rev. Henry Van Deman begins to serve as pastor of the Presbyterian Church Delaware 1824 William Street Bridge has decayed; only foot traffic allowed Delaware 1824 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church (I) building completed under pastorate of Rev. Thomas McCleary; Methodist building dedicated by Jacob Young, Presiding Elder, Scioto District, Ohio Conference 5 1 1825 Cornerstone of St. Peter's Episcopal Church laid Delaware 1825 David Prince elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1825 F.B. Sprague (County Judge) born in Delaware July 16, 1825 on site of American House Delaware 1825 First Presbyterian Church building erected at W. Winter Street Delaware 1825 Hosea Williams comes to Delaware Delaware 1825 Richard Murray begins teaching at Sophia Moore's school Delaware 1825 School Law of 1825 passed, creating system of public schools of low grades and city and county boards of Delaware school examiners to certify teachers 9 9 1826 Col. Moses Byxbe dies of pneumonia Delaware 1826 Mrs. Richard Murray (nee Joan Hills) begins teaching with her husband at Sophia Moore's school Delaware 1826 Ohio Stage Co. begins Columbus to Delaware route Delaware 1826 St. Peter's Episcopal church building consecrated Delaware 1826 Wilder Joy and Judge Hosea Williams bring first blooded cattle to the county Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 4 21 1827 First Sunday school in Delaware County organized at St. Peter's Episcopal Church by Isaac N. Whiting Delaware 1827 Asa Messenger (related to Col. Moses Byxbe) teaches in home of Sophia Moore Delaware 1827 E. Barrett & Co. sold to Benjamin F. Allen Delaware 1827 Thespian Society forms in Delaware Delaware 1829 Colonel Forrest Meeker adds facilities for making wool at the Beard mill and dam (Stratford area) Delaware 1829 William S. Drake and Hosea Williams elected associate judges by General Assembly Delaware 8 10 1830 First church bell brought to town and hung in St. Peter's Episcopal Church; serves as town clock for years Delaware 1830 Otho Hinton becomes agent for Ohio Stage Co. Delaware 1830 Thomas W. Powell moves to Delaware Delaware 1830 Town of Delaware has population of 532 Delaware 6 17 1831 Meeting of citizens at Delaware County Courthouse to discuss purchase of fire engine Delaware 2 12 1832 J.D. Van Deman (attorney) born in Delaware on Feb. 12, 1832 Delaware 1832 Agitation for railroad starts in Delaware County Delaware 1832 Ezra Griswold Jr. elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1832 Mrs. Howison and sister Miss Johnson (both from Ireland) open girls' seminary in home of Col. Byxbe, Delaware assisted by Miss Meeker and Rev. James McElroy 1833 Columbus W. Kent proposes to improve the Sulphur Spring; Thomas W. Powell and C.W. Kent build Mansion Delaware House as "Saratoga of the West" 1833 Delaware County Agricultural Society forms Delaware 1833 Evangelical and Reformed Church organized Delaware 1833 P.D. Hillyer comes to Delaware and starts selling wooden clocks Delaware 1833 Professor H. Mitchell analyzes the Sulphur Spring water and pronounces the spring "as efficacious as the Delaware famed waters of Aix la Chapelle & Harrogate" 2 8 1834 Andrew Patterson appointed postmaster Delaware 6 18 1834 John George Vergon buys 118 acres in Concord Township and names it "Greenwood Farm" Delaware 1834 Albert Pickett Jr. runs private school Delaware 1834 Anthoni & Sons Brewery starts operation at corner of S. Sandusky & Spring Street Delaware 1834 Columbus W. Kent travels to New York to buy furniture for Mansion House; creditors take it all away as he Delaware travels through Columbus; Thomas W. Powell left as sole proprietor 1834 Delaware Academy (school of higher grade) built on Hill Street in South Delaware by M.D. Pettibone, Delaware Sherman Finch; a two story frame building 1834 Delaware organized into districts with fire captains appointed to each; two hand-pumps purchased for fire Delaware fighting 1834 First exhibition of Delaware County Agricultural Society in courthouse; livestock exhibited on adjacent Delaware property 1834 Gazette bought out by George W. Sharp, renamed Olentangy Gazette. Abram Thomson, relative of Sharp, Delaware invited to come from Maryland as partner 1834 Lutheran church built at corner of William & Henry Street under pastorate of Rev. S.S. Klein; built jointly Delaware with Evangelical and Reformed Church 1834 M. Cadwalader (lumber merchant) comes to Delaware Delaware 1834 Mansion House building completed Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1834 Miss Meeker runs infant school Delaware 5 5 1835 Hay scale erected on North Street Delaware 1835 1 N. Sandusky Street building erected by Sylvester Latimer, ca 1835-1840 Delaware 1835 Abel Moore discovers a way to extract oil from flax seeds and starts a small business Delaware 1835 John McElroy Wagon Manufacturing founded Delaware 1835 Market House building (20 x 50) completed, stalls rented Delaware 1836 Abram Thomson becomes sole owner of Gazette Delaware 1836 Flood sweeps the North Street (Central Ave) Bridge against the William Street Bridge, causing considerable Delaware damage 1836 John Brundage and John Lugenbeel elected associate judges by General Assembly Delaware 1836 Mansion House leased to Mr. Calvert; Calvert operates it as a hotel Delaware 1837 Abraham Highwarden (African American) moves to Delaware from Michigan Delaware 1837 B.J. Heath (New Jersey) settles in Concord Township, bringing grape vine with him Delaware 1837 George H. Aigin (engineer, fire department) moves to Delaware Delaware 1837 Zion Reformed Church organized under Rev. C.H.A. Allardt; first elders are Abraham Call and Henry Fegley; Delaware first deacons are Jacob Miller & Israel Breifogel 1838 David R. Reider appointed acting postmaster Delaware 1838 Two fire engine houses proposed -- one on southwest corner of William & Sandusky Street, one on courthouse Delaware lot 1838 Rev. Edward Thomson appointed principal of Norwalk Seminary, the first Methodist Episcopal school in state Methodist of Ohio 10 1839 Caleb Howard starts paper mill after obtaining the old Meeker woolen mill and dam rights (Stratford) Delaware 1839 Building of two fire engine-houses completed Delaware 1839 P.D. Hillyer enters mercantile business with Henry Lamb Delaware 10 30 1840 Fire at paper mill in Stratford damages building, but quickly rebuilt Delaware 1840 A.A. Welch starts manufacturing furniture Delaware 1840 Horatio Sherman starts private school on William Street Delaware 1840 James A. Barnes moves to Delaware and practices law with Charles Sweetser Delaware 1840 North Street Bridge (Central Ave) restored at cost of $449 Delaware 1840 Town of Delaware has population of 898 Delaware 1840 Underground Railroad active in Delaware Delaware 1840 Educational renaissance in Methodist Episcopal Church (1840-1844) Methodist 1840 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church declared a "station" (single appointment with one appointed Methodist minister); Rev. Adam Poe appointed as pastor 1841 Rev. Adam Poe suggests that citizens of Delaware purchase Mansion House and offer it to the Ohio and North Delaware Ohio Methodist Episcopal conferences for use as a Methodist college; he leads city wide subscription gathering effort to purchase Mansion House; 172 subscriptions, amounting to $9,000 collected from citizens of Delaware. 1 1841 Thomas W. Powell, sole proprietor of Mansion House, decides to abandon notion of Western Watering Hole, Delaware and places Mansion House up for sale 6 15 1841 Ezra Griswold Jr. appointed postmaster Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 8 11 1841 Delegation of Delaware citizens attends North Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference in Wooster, with Delaware proposal to purchase Mansion House for use as a Methodist Episcopal college 8 25 1841 Delegation of Delaware citizens attends Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference in Urbana with proposal to Delaware purchase Mansion House for use as a Methodist Episcopal college 8 26 1841 Dr. Charles Elliott, Rev. William P. Strickland, and Rev. Joseph M. Trimble sent as an Ohio Conference Methodist scouting committee to evaluate Mansion House as potential Methodist Episcopal college 8 27 1841 Dr. Charles Elliott gives impassioned endorsement of proposal to establish a Methodist Episcopal college in Methodist Delaware to Ohio Conference 9 1 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) meets and votes to accept Mansion Methodist House property as location for Methodist Episcopal college; committee consists of Rev. John H. Power, Rev. Adam Poe, Rev. Edward Thomson, Rev. James Brewster, Rev. William Morrow, Rev. Jacob Young, Rev. James B. Finley, Rev. Charles Elliott, Rev. Edmund Sehon, and Rev. Joseph Trimble 11 17 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) meets and receives from Thomas W. Methodist Powell a bond for the conveyance of property from citizens of Delaware (10 acres) 11 1841 54 people leave First Presbyterian Church and establish Second Presbyterian Church Delaware 1841 Augusta College in Kentucky suspends operations; cannot survive as the division of the Methodist Episcopal Methodist Church over slavery envelops the country 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) immediately hires Captain James D. Methodist Cobb as instructor of Preparatory School for term 1841-42; preparatory classes begin in Mansion House 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) purchases 5 extra acres to south of Methodist Mansion House for $5,500 and spends $2,000 to buy Mansion House furniture 3 7 1842 Charter granting university powers granted by State Legislature to 21 corporators (14 lay, 7 clergy) ; Founder's OWU Day. 10 1 1842 Board of Trustees holds first meeting at Hamilton, where Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference being held; OWU elect Rev. Edward Thomson as President, appoint Rev. Solomon Howard to be principal of Preparatory School; James D. Cobb had served one term but resigned due to poor health 1842 Dog and hog tax levied due to trouble with stray animals; partially collected tax is refunded due to outrage Delaware 1842 Marshall L. Griffin elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1842 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens travel through Delaware while on a difficult stage trip from Columbus to Upper Delaware Sandusky 1842 Second Presbyterian Church dedicates church building on Winter Street between Franklin and Sandusky Delaware Street 1842 William P. Norris elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1842 Stratford Methodist Episcopal church is organized south of Delaware Methodist 1843 First Presbyterian Church torn down and new brick building built Delaware 1843 St. Peter's Episcopal Church building taken down and cornerstone for new building laid July 10, 1843 Delaware 1843 Third jail built sometime in the 1840's Delaware 1843 Rev. Adam Poe appointed again to William Street Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist 1843 Rev. Frederick Merrick and Rev. Uriah Heath of Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference appointed as agents to Methodist raise funds from donations or sale of scholarships (5 years tuition for $100) 1843 William D. Godman attends OWU Preparatory School OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 4 8 1844 Pompey King, age 100, dies; he was buried in the Old Burial Ground and later moved to Oak Grove Delaware Cemetery; he was an African American, a former slave, and a pioneer, as well as a member of the First Presbyterian Church. 4 21 1844 Judge Henry Baldwin dies in Philadelphia Delaware 7 4 1844 Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church building dedicated Methodist 8 22 1844 City Council resolution to create volunteer police Delaware 8 1844 Webb family moves from Chillicothe to Delaware; Lucy Webb is 13 years old Delaware 9 25 1844 OWU Board of Trustees organizes faculty and resolves to begin collegiate program; Dr. Edward Thomson OWU appointed President; Rev. Herman M. Johnson appointed Professor of Ancient Languages; Rev. Solomon Howard appointed Professor of Mathematics; William G. Williams appointed Principal of Preparatory Department; Enoch Dial appointed Assistant in Preparatory Department 11 12 1844 First faculty meeting at OWU OWU 11 13 1844 Opening day of college; by-laws for government of OWU adopted OWU 1844 Caleb Howard sells his interest in Stratford paper mill to H.G. Andrews Delaware 1844 First Congregational (Welsh) Church organized under Rev. Rees Powell; charter members are Mr. and Mrs. Delaware Henry Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. John Rowlands, John Rowlands Sr., Reese Price, George Pugh, John L. Jones, Robert Dolby, Thomas Rowlands, William Rowlands, David Thomas, John J. Davis, Edward Williams, John Jones, Evan Jones, Jane Williams, Mary Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Catherine Rowlands, Jane Rowlands 1844 Standard established as a Democratic newspaper Delaware 1844 North Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference appoints financial agents to raise funds from donations and sale Methodist of scholarships 1844 Rev. John Barth (German Methodist Episcopal minister) holds revivals in Delaware among the Germans Methodist 1844 Lucy Webb recites in classes at Mansion House (enrolled in select classes 1844-45 academic term) OWU 6 1845 Hosea Williams organizes the first Delaware Bank -- Delaware Branch of State Bank of Ohio; Williams serves Delaware as president; first place of business is William Little's store 7 31 1845 Lewis Glessner appointed postmaster Delaware 10 1845 George F. Stayman starts the newspaper Locofoco Delaware 11 15 1845 Olentangy Lodge, No. 53, I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Oddfellows) organized Delaware 12 1 1845 Under leadership of Rev. Henry E. Pilcher, decision made by William Street Methodist Episcopal Church to Methodist erect a new building 12 9 1845 Mrs. Sophia Hayes, mother of Rutherford, had moved with her daughter to Columbus; William Street Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church votes to purchase her home and land at the northeast corner of William and Franklin Street for $1900, in order to erect a new building 12 27 1845 Delaware town marshal authorized by town council to employ one or more deputies Delaware 12 29 1845 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church committee sells old church building to school district for use as Methodist school house 1845 Otho Hinton tears down hotel at corner of Sandusky & Winter Street; builds three story brick hotel called Delaware Hinton House 1845 Zion AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church founded in Delaware; oldest congregation of African Methodist descent in Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1845 First men's literary society forms at OWU -- Zetagathean Society OWU 8 5 1846 President Edward Thomson gives inaugural address at William Street Methodist Episcopal Church OWU 8 7 1846 St. Peter's Episcopal Church building (second building on site) consecrated by Bishop McIlvaine Delaware 12 22 1846 Small accidental fire in Mansion House OWU 1846 Almon Stark elected associate judge by General Assembly Delaware 1846 Dam washes out, flax oil factory moved from river to brick building; Alexander Kilbourn, J.A. Burnham, Delaware William Davis become members of firm known as Kilbourn, Davis & Co. 1846 Fire association forms, run by chief engineer & two associates Delaware 1846 Fred Decker starts flour mill at 69 E. Central Avenue, on site of Col. Benjamin Allen's woolen mill Delaware 1846 Town of Delaware purchases larger hand-engine (hand pumper) for fire fighting, sells two smaller ones Delaware 1846 William Little gives son-in-law and business partner George W. Campbell and wife the "castle" home at 192 Delaware W. Winter Street, built of blue limestone; Little and Campbell run the Blue Limestone Quarry nearby 1846 First German Methodist Episcopal Church building erected on Henry Street, on land donated by first member Methodist Fr. Albright 1846 Allen Missionary Lyceum (forerunner of Y.M.C.A.) forms at OWU OWU 1846 Chrestomathean Literary Society forms at OWU OWU 1846 First OWU commencement held for William D. Godman, first graduate, at William Street Methodist OWU Episcopal Church 8 3 1847 New limestone building for William Street Methodist Episcopal Church (II) dedicated by Bishop Edmund S. Methodist Janes 8 4 1847 Commencement for second OWU graduate, Robert White McFarland, held at William Street Methodist OWU Episcopal Church 1847 Aaron J. Lyon enters Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware 1847 Akron Law (public school law) passes; Delaware School Board buys old Methodist Church at corner of Delaware William & Franklin Street to use as "Central School"; reconstructed into school rooms; town of Delaware made one school district 1847 George F. Stayman changes name of newspaper Locofoco to Democratic Standard Delaware 1847 Volume of sermons by the Bishops and Senior Preachers of the Ohio and North Ohio Conferences published Methodist to help pay for a new OWU chapel 1847 University Convocation begins OWU 1848 Freshet (heavy rains) does damage in town Delaware 1848 William Street Bridge rebuilt Delaware 1848 Boarding house annexed to Mansion House discontinued at OWU OWU 6 6 1849 Ezra Griswold Jr. appointed postmaster Delaware 9 24 1849 OWU faculty suggest idea of "cheap scholarships"; OWU Board of Trustees hold special session in Dayton OWU where Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference being held to consider the idea. With approval of the Conference, Board adopts the plan 1849 26 Delaware County residents travel to California during gold rush Delaware 1849 James Eaton and son George C. Eaton publish a map of Delaware County Delaware 1849 Legislative act creating eight member Town Council for Delaware Delaware 1849 Paper mill in Stratford begins to manufacture wrapping paper Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1849 T.C. O'Kane enters OWU Delaware 1849 All indebtedness of initial purchase of college paid ($7,000) OWU 1849 OWU Association of Alumni is formed OWU 1849 Scientific course added to OWU curriculum (2 year certificate program "junior college model"; Classical OWU course is a 4 year program ending in A.B. degree) 6 29 1850 Report of Dr. Ralph Hills regarding cemetery situation submitted to town; concludes town needs to preserve Delaware Old Burial Grounds and buy ground for a new cemetery 7 13 1850 Joint-Stock Co. forms and purchases 50 acres south of town for use as new cemetery -- named Oak Grove Delaware Cemetery 1850 Delaware Grape first seen growing along Scioto River -- cultivated in Delaware for making wine Delaware 1850 Frederick Avery and Caleb Howard elected associate judges by General Assembly Delaware 1850 J. & I. Day erect building at 49 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1850 Kilbourn, Davis S., Co. begins to manufacture stoves and steam engines at foundry on corner of Spring and Delaware Sandusky Street 1850 Milo D. Pettibone, attorney, builds home at 94 N. Sandusky Street, later owned by Vincente Minnelli Delaware 1850 Rev. William Grissell buys former Delaware Academy building and establishes Delaware Female Seminary Delaware 1850 Town of Delaware has population of 2,074 Delaware 1850 Village of Stratford laid out by Hosea Williams and H.G. Andrews Delaware 1850 William Street Bridge collapses Delaware 1850 OWU chapel held at William Street Methodist Episcopal Church OWU 5 5 1851 Delaware Encampment No. 52, I.O.O.F., founded Delaware 7 24 1851 Dedication exercises for Oak Grove Cemetery; involved are Frederick Merrick, Edward Thomson, Dr. Ralph Delaware Hills, and Henry E. Pilcher 7 26 1851 Cornerstone laid for Thomson Chapel during commencement week OWU 12 17 1851 Huge Methodist revival at OWU, as per letter of Frederick Merrick to Western Christian Advocate OWU 1851 First railroad comes to Delaware -- "Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Railroad," aka "Three Delaware C's and I"; Delaware County earlier paid $100,000 to locate the railroad through the county 1851 OWU graduate Henry J. Eaton begins studying law with Judge T.W. Powell Delaware 1851 Athenian Literary Society forms at OWU (men's) OWU 2 6 1852 First actual passenger train arrives in Delaware with Louis Kossuth on board Delaware 9 1852 Rev. William Grissell abandons Delaware Female Seminary, not workable Delaware 12 30 1852 Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb Delaware 1852 David T. Fuller becomes first Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1852 Land east of Olentangy River annexed Delaware 1852 Lutherans build new stone church on William Street and adopt new constitution Delaware 1852 Officials of "Three C's and I" notice that OWU students giving them a lot of business; railroad line is curved Delaware into town of Delaware 1852 Prospect Hill laid out as a town by Dr. Ralph Hills Delaware 1852 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church forms with 30 members from William Street Methodist Episcopal Methodist Church, under the leadership of pastor Rev. John Quigley; congregation buys Grissell's Delaware Female Academy and changes name to Delaware Female College Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 4 1853 Ohio Wesleyan Female College founded (Delaware Female Academy is absorbed into the college); gets place OWU (home of deceased William Little, as suggested by Dr. Ralph Hills) and name (OWFC); incorporators are Dr. Ralph Hills, Professor William L. Harris, J.C. Evans, Professor William G. Williams, A.A. Welch, and Rev. Joseph Ayers. 5 1853 Cornerstone laid for Zion AME Church, first black church in Delaware, at Bernard & Washington Street Delaware 6 4 1853 Delaware Royal Arch Chapter, No. 54, organized Delaware 8 6 1853 First Baptist Church organized Delaware 9 8 1853 Ohio Wesleyan Female College opens for first term under President Oran Faville OWU 1853 B.J. Heath brings a basket of Delaware grapes to Abram Thomson, editor of Delaware Gazette Delaware 1853 H.J. McCullough & Co. (retail lumber yard) starts operation Delaware 1853 Presbyterians purchase Delaware Female Seminary building for $5,100 and establish Delaware Female Delaware College; eighty ladies in attendance. Trustees elected are Ahab Jinks, Rev. Dr. Heard, Henry Van Deman, L.A. Bruner, I.N. Shepherd, Dr. S.L. Yourtee, T.S. Powell , James A. Stirratt, Dr. C. Fulton, John Ross, S.K. Hughes

1853 Winter Street iron suspension footbridge built over Olentangy River Delaware 1853 Property for Ohio Wesleyan Female College offered to North Ohio Conference and accepted Methodist 1853 Thomson Chapel dedicated on OWU campus in honor of first OWU president, Edward Thomson OWU 1853 Beta Theta Pi fraternity established at OWU, first Greek letter fraternity on OWU campus OWU 1853 Professor Frederick Merrick becomes agent for OWU to collect subscriptions for library, and raises needed OWU amount within a few weeks 1853 William Sturges offers $7,000 for books at OWU if $15,000 can be raised to erect a new library building OWU 3 30 1854 George F. Stayman appointed postmaster Delaware 3 1854 First Baptist Church buys lot on North Franklin Street Delaware 11 20 1854 Professor Frederick Merrick is authorized to sell the cottages on OWU campus connected to Mansion House OWU Hotel 1854 Fairgrounds developed on east side of Delaware Delaware 1854 Fourth William Street Bridge erected Delaware 1854 Isaac Ranney becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1854 Judge Hosea Williams establishes first public garden Delaware 1854 Music store founded by John Whittlesey & J.F. Latimer, 52-54 N. Sandusky Delaware 1854 St. Mary's Catholic Church builds small wooden church on Hill Street Delaware 1854 Williams Block built by Hosea Williams, 42-50 N. Sandusky Delaware 1854 German Methodist Episcopal Church purchases lot on Hill Street, builds new brick building Methodist 1854 Mary Monnett comes to Ohio Wesleyan Female College as a student OWU 1 24 1855 Mayor of Delaware orders all citizens to be vaccinated against smallpox Delaware 1855 Abram Thomson exhibits "Delaware Grape" at Massachusetts Horticultural Society and receives silver medal Delaware 1855 Abram Thomson renames his newspaper The Delaware Gazette Delaware 1855 Alexander Kilbourn dies; flax oil business sold to Manley Covell & Edward Pratt Delaware 1855 Corporation formed to establish a public library Delaware 1855 Delaware Chapter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, chartered Delaware 1855 Templar Hall built in mid-1850s by Sons of Temperance, 17-19 N. Sandusky Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1855 V.T. Hills & Co. founded by Reuben E. Hill & son (wholesale grocery) Delaware 1855 New German Methodist Episcopal Church building dedicated by Bishop Simpson Methodist 1855 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church builds brick building near the corner of Franklin Street and University Methodist Avenue 1855 All summer cottages for Mansion House Hotel removed from OWU campus OWU 1855 Sigma Chi Fraternity forms at OWU OWU 1855 Sturges Hall on OWU Campus is built to serve as library and home of literary societies OWU 6 6 1856 African American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, speaks at Templar Hall (17 N. Sandusky Street) on the Delaware subject of slavery; cost of admission is 25 cents with proceeds going to the support of the Underground Railroad 10 11 1856 Sturges Library dedicated on OWU campus OWU 1856 Delaware County Agricultural Society Fair; explosion of steam engine Delaware 1856 Judge Thomas W. Powell sells home located on OWU campus and moves Delaware 1856 St. Mary's Catholic Church has first resident pastor -- Rev. Caspar Wiese Delaware 1856 Washington Fire Co. #2 forms; engine and hose reel bought from Hunneman & Co. of Boston Delaware 1856 Zion Reformed Church buys Lutheran part of "Union Church"; building sharing ends; remove old building Delaware and build new one 1856 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church building at corner of Franklin and University Avenue is dedicated by Methodist Bishop Morris 1856 OWU president, Edward Thomson, travels to Europe to purchase 3,000 books for new Sturges Library OWU 1856 Rev. Park S. Donelson becomes president of Ohio Wesleyan Female College OWU 2 27 1857 Paper mill at Stratford destroyed by fire and totally rebuilt Delaware 4 4 1857 Ohio Wesleyan Female College student Mary Monnett signs statement agreeing to donate $10,000 for a OWU college building if matching amount can be collected from Delaware citizens 8 3 1857 Bank of Delaware organized as state bank, charter #243 with P.D. Hillyer as first president; starts operation in Delaware American House 1857 Bauereis' Shoe Store established Delaware 1857 Henry J. Eaton (attorney) begins partnership with Col. W.P. Reid Delaware 1857 Sherman Finch elected Judge of Common Pleas Court Delaware 1857 Two brick fire stations built -- one at Franklin & Central, the other at old parade grounds (University Avenue) Delaware 1857 Ohio Wesleyan students meet east Delaware residents and conduct church services in log school house on Methodist Sunbury Road -- genesis of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church 1857 First women's literary society founded at Ohio Wesleyan Female College -- Clionian OWU 1858 First Baptist Church dedicates first building Delaware 1858 First Congregational Church building erected on Winter Street between Liberty & Elizabeth Delaware 1858 First Delaware fire chief is W. Miller Delaware 1858 Stone walks replace wood walks at main crossroads Delaware 1858 Samuel Williams writes to OWU president and faculty suggesting OWU as location for Methodist Historical Methodist Society in the state 1858 South wing of Monnett Hall built; rooms furnished by Ladies Mite Society of local Methodist Episcopal OWU Church Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 11 16 1859 Delaware Gas Co. organized as Delaware Gas Light & Oil Co., at 28 Estelle Street. Incorporators are L.S. Delaware Covell, M.L. Starr, John Dale, J.A. Clippinger, J. Atkinson 1859 Delaware Oil Mills established, owner James A. Barnes Delaware 1859 School Board buys land for new school -- part of Little estate, west end of William Street; build six room Delaware school -- known as Union School 1859 OWU purchases Cabinet of Natural History from Dr. William Prescott of New Hampshire OWU 1 1860 East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (later renamed Grace Methodist Episcopal Church) is organized Methodist by Rev. Henry E. Pilcher; meet at Old Fairgrounds 3 26 1860 John Converse appointed postmaster Delaware 1860 Gas pipes being laid in city (May 11, 1860 Gazette) Delaware 1860 Town of Delaware has population of 3,889 Delaware 1860 Frederick Merrick becomes president of OWU OWU 1860 Phi Delta Theta fraternity forms at OWU OWU 4 8 1861 Abram Thomson appointed postmaster Delaware 1861 Delaware Female College (Presbyterian) mortgage foreclosed. Property sold to Samuel Miller on September Delaware 5, 1861, for $1,568 1861 Hayes home on the corner of Franklin and William is taken down Delaware 1861 Rev. Henry Van Deman resigns as pastor of First Presbyterian Church after 37 yrs Delaware 1861 Under the leadership of Rev. Henry Pilcher, East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Methodist Grace Methodist Episcopal Church) constructs a small frame building at the corner of Hammond and Oak Street 1861 Athenaeum Literary Society forms at Ohio Wesleyan Female College OWU 1861 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity forms at OWU OWU 1862 Board of Education, under Superintendent William Carter, purchases old academy building in South Delaware Delaware and opens two new school rooms 1862 Oak Grove Cemetery grounds transferred to city Delaware 1862 Thomas C. Jones elected Judge of Common Pleas Court Delaware 1862 Thomas W. Powell becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1862 William Carter appointed Superintendent of Schools Delaware 1862 300 OWU students and several faculty leave OWU to serve in Civil War (1862-1865) OWU 5 25 1863 Oak Grove Cemetery officially becomes city property Delaware 6 1863 Ohio's first African American Civil War troops report for duty at Camp Delaware Delaware 11 1863 After five months of training, the African American troops from Camp Delaware are photographed on Delaware Sandusky Street. A formal ceremony was held. Participating in the ceremony were former Governor Dennison, Governor Tod, and African American lawyer John M. Langston. The troops were designated the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later, they were re-designated the 5th United States Colored Troops. 1863 George Frederich Hoffman moves to Delaware with family and opens bake shop on E. Winter Street -- Delaware "Hoffman Family Bakery" 1863 James A. Barnes erects three story stone building on corner of E. Winter & Lake Street, known as Delaware Delaware Oil Mills (flax oil) 1863 Delaware Fence Co. established by A.J. Richards (fence inventor) and partner Eugene Powell Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1863 East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Grace Methodist Episcopal Church) completes its Methodist building at Oak & Hammond 1863 Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity chartered at OWU OWU 1864 Bank of Delaware succeeded by First National Bank of Delaware (reorganized under National Banking Delaware system). First president is Benjamin Powers 1864 Democratic Standard no longer published; replaced by Delaware Gazette News Delaware 1864 Marshall Clason, OWU student and founder of Sigma Chi fraternity, is killed while leading his Civil War Delaware company in a charge at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. At the insistence of his widow, Anna, Marshall's brother-in-law removes the remains from Southern soil and inters them in Delaware's Oak Grove Cemetery. 1864 Kappa Phi Lambda fraternity founded on OWU campus OWU 3 1865 Charter expires for Delaware County State Bank of Ohio. Business transfers to Delaware County Bank with Delaware directors Hosea Williams, Benjamin Powers, W.D. Heim, Sidney Moore, and H.G. Andrews 4 10 1865 OWU president Frederick Merrick posts notice about end of Civil War on front door of Thomson Chapel OWU 1865 Brick addition built on St. Mary's Catholic Church Delaware 1865 Building at 26 N. Sandusky erected Delaware 1865 Delaware Council appoints a committee to suggest ways of making City Park more attractive. President Delaware Frederick Merrick and H.H. Husted serve on committee 1865 George F. Stayman sells Democratic Standard to T.P. Reed, who changes name of newspaper to Delaware Delaware County News 1865 Rev. James S. Campbell appointed school superintendent Delaware 1865 Thomas E. Powell, son of Judge T.W. Powell, begins law partnership with W.P. Reid Delaware 1865 Amos Dolbear develops telephone receiver in OWU physics lab OWU 4 9 1866 Ohio Business College and Normal Institute established as "Commercial and Chirographic Institute" by Delaware Joseph W. Sharp and R.R. Hinds 11 1866 Student strike at OWU OWU 1866 Delaware Gazette News replaced by Weekly Herald Delaware 1866 J.S. Jones elected mayor of Delaware Delaware 1866 John A. Clippinger and George W. Perry build a planing mill, manufacturing doors, sashes, blinds Delaware 1866 Railroad depot built on Lake Street Delaware 1866 Riddle, Graff & Co. begin manufacturing cigars (Christian Riddle & George L. Graff) Delaware 1866 Centennial of American Methodism brings in funds to OWU; endowment increases by $200,000; OWU improvements made to buildings 1866 Central portion and north wing of OWFC's Monnett Hall completed OWU 1866 Delta Tau Delta fraternity forms at OWU OWU 1866 Meleterian Literary Society founded at OWU for Preparatory men OWU 12 1 1867 Deposit Banking Co. organized with H.W. Humphrey as president Delaware 1867 Delaware Building Association organized Delaware 1867 Hole in the Wall (retaining wall) built Delaware 1867 Rev. Joseph Creighton "fixes" the "dry" Sulphur Spring by throwing in a bucket of sawdust Delaware 1867 Rev. Joseph Creighton (pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church) establishes an arboretum on OWU Methodist campus grounds; wants to plant one specimen of every kind of tree Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1867 First OWU newspaper published -- Western Collegian -- first editor was Joseph B. Battelle, class of 1868 OWU (actually called American Student at first) 1867 First yearbook published at OWU -- called "College Record" aka "Souvenir" OWU 1867 Several baseball games between OWU and Delaware clubs OWU 3 1868 White Sulphur Lodge No. 10 ("Colored" Masons) organized Delaware 1868 Abram Thomson purchases 12 N. Sandusky Street as home for Delaware Gazette Delaware 1868 Construction begins on Delaware County Courthouse, designed and built by Nathan R. Jones, local architect Delaware and builder; built on Briar Hill, behind first courthouse, cost of $80,000 1868 Delaware County National Bank erects 2 story building at 34 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1868 Delaware Fence Co. established by A.J. Richards (fence inventor), and partner Eugene Powell Delaware 1868 Evans Block built at 22 S. Sandusky Street. Evans runs a plumbing and tin shop; 2nd floor is used by I.O.O.F. Delaware Lodge 1868 Second Baptist Church organized Delaware 1868 Groundbreaking on OWU campus for "Science Hall" (Merrick Hall) OWU 4 2 1869 Freshet (severe heavy rain) occurs. Delaware Run becomes huge stream that floods stores Delaware 4 15 1869 Joseph F. Curew appointed postmaster Delaware 10 15 1869 Ohio White Sulphur Springs sold to state of Ohio by Col. John Ferry to establish state reform school -- Delaware becomes Industrial School for Girls. First trustees are Frederick Merrick, Abram Thomson, M.D. Leggett, Clark Waggener, Stanley Matthews. Girls' Industrial Home opens on October 15, 1869 1869 Benjamin Powers, founder of First National Bank, sells his home on N. Sandusky Street to make room for Delaware expanding downtown businesses and moves to house he has built at 52 W. Winter Street 1869 Building at 28 N. Sandusky Street erected by Leonard Bauereis, shoe maker Delaware 1869 Building at 60 N. Sandusky Street built for A. Lybrand, iron manufacturer Delaware 1869 Delaware Woolen Mill established by Mr. Page and Mr. Stevenson Delaware 1869 Deposit Banking Co. opens as a co-partnership Delaware 1869 New schoolhouse built in North Delaware, consisting of 4 rooms -- Old North School Delaware 1869 Reynolds & Frank Block built at 30 N. Sandusky; Masonic Lodge rooms on 3rd floor Delaware 1869 Williams Opera House built Delaware 1869 Due to new state law, OWU president made ex-officio member of Board of Trustees; 20 remaining members OWU divided into 4 classes of 5 from each Ohio Methodist Episcopal conference and trustee tenureship is reduced to five years 1869 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity forms at OWU OWU 1869 The Chain is published as an independent newspaper on OWU campus OWU 6 1870 First and Second Presbyterian Churches unite to form Delaware Presbyterian Church -- decision to sell Delaware Second Church and worship at the First Presbyterian building 7 4 1870 Judge Thomas W. Powell addresses Pioneers, address printed in Gazette, July 8, 1870 Delaware 1870 $500 raised privately by subscription to improve the Sulphur Spring; appropriation of $1,000 added by city of Delaware Delaware 1870 33 N. Sandusky Street building erected; occupied by dry goods merchant Delaware 1870 B.C. Waters (non-lawyer) becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1870 Bridge being built over Delaware Run Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1870 City purchases first horse team for fire department, hires chief engineer George Aigin Delaware 1870 Delaware Chair Co. begins operations under T.E. Powell, C.W. Clippinger, R.G. Lybrand; produce double Delaware cane seat chair known as "Delaware Chair" 1870 Delaware County Courthouse completed Delaware 1870 Delaware Gas Light & Coal Co. reorganizes under President Hosea Williams; changes location to 6 Winter Delaware Street 1870 Hinton House becomes American House, 4th floor added Delaware 1870 Klee's Bottling Works founded by Mathias Klee; sells water from Odovene Spring Delaware 1870 Miller's Restaurant & Bakery built, 18 N. Sandusky Street, between 1870-75 Delaware 1870 New schoolhouse built (4 rooms) in East Delaware -- "East School" Delaware 1870 Town of Delaware has population of 5,641 Delaware 1870 Fire in south wing of Monnett Hall, Ohio Wesleyan Female College, damages roof and 4th floor OWU 1870 Fraternities banned from OWU campus by Board of Trustees OWU 1870 Ingham Lectures held at OWU (10 lectures on "Evidences of Natural & Revealed Religion") OWU 1870 OWU former president Edward Thomson dies; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery OWU 2 11 1871 Knights of Pythias, Lenape Lodge No. 29 chartered Delaware 5 23 1871 Flax mill fire Delaware 12 28 1871 Frank B. Willis born in Berlin Township Delaware 1871 C.W. Clippinger sells interest in Delaware Chair Co. to Samuel Lybrand Delaware 1871 Charles Bodurtha founds Bodurtha Photography Delaware 1871 J.H. Mendenhall becomes partner of H.G. Andrews at paper mill Delaware 1871 Lamb's Block (43-47 N. Sandusky) built by Henry Lamb, son of Delaware's first doctor, Reuben Lamb Delaware 1871 Reid & Powell Block built, 79-81 N. Sandusky, on site of early hotel Delaware 1871 Major revival takes place at East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Grace Methodist Methodist Episcopal Church) involving many OWU students 1871 OWU charter altered, giving Association of Alumni representatives on the Board of Trustees equal standing to OWU those from the Methodist Episcopal conferences 5 23 1872 Hocking Valley R.R. incorporated Delaware 12 12 1872 Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 1,511 Grant United Order of Odd Fellows in America ("colored") chartered Delaware 1872 John D. Van Deman elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1872 Fraternities reinstated at OWU OWU 1872 OWU campus grading and landscaping done by John R. Wright of Cincinnati and Phineas Mast of OWU Springfield; town of Delaware dredges the Run; Sulphur Spring basin improved 1872 President Frederick Merrick resigns presidency of OWU on day fraternities reinstated OWU 6 25 1873 Resolution at OWU Alumni Association meeting by C.A. Van Anda, John W. White, Leroy Belt, and Wesley OWU G. Waters -- the time for union of OWU and Ohio Wesleyan Female College has come 7 1873 City of Delaware divided into three wards; Council Mayor form of government instituted Delaware 9 23 1873 Delaware Signal (Prohibition newspaper) begins publication Delaware 1873 26 N. Sandusky built; 2nd floor added for Masonic Lodge Delaware 1873 Greenwood Lake, Ohio's first amusement park, built by horticulturalist Frederick P. Vergon Delaware 1873 Panic of 1873 brings many sheriff sales Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1873 Petition asking Council to make the incorporated village of Delaware a city of the second class is ratified by Delaware citizens 1873 New church building for East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (later known as Grace Methodist Methodist Episcopal Church) begun at intersection of E. William Street and Central Avenue 1873 Cabinet of Natural History transferred from Thomson Chapel to newly built Merrick Hall OWU 1873 Chi Phi fraternity founded at OWU OWU 1873 Collegian becomes joint OWU-OWFC newspaper OWU 1873 Merrick Science Hall is completed at OWU OWU 1873 Philomathean Literary Society organized on OWU campus for Preparatory men OWU 1873 Professor Lorenzo Dow McCabe serves as acting president of OWU OWU 1873 William Richardson becomes president of Ohio Wesleyan Female College OWU 1874 59 N. Sandusky Street building erected by J.H. Mendenhall for the V.T. Hills Grocery Store Delaware 1874 Executive committee of Ohio branch of Women's Temperance Crusade meets at William Street Methodist Delaware Episcopal Church June 3rd to draft a state constitution. Call the state group "W.C.T.U." New name ratified by both the state and a later national convention 1874 OWU Professor W.O. Semans elected mayor of Delaware on Temperance ticket Delaware 1874 Reorganization of fire department Delaware 1874 New building for St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated at same location as 1856 structure, Methodist Franklin Street and University Avenue; architect was Dr. Ralph Hills and church had a second floor sanctuary like that of the First Presbyterian Church 1874 OWU newspaper changes name to College Transcript OWU 2 7 1875 East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church (Grace Methodist Episcopal Church) dedicates a new building in Methodist the eastern part of the city, near the intersection of William Street and East Central Avenue. The church has a seating capacity of 500. The building is dedicated by Bishop Randolph S. Foster. 6 1875 OWU trustees go on record against union of OWU and OWFC OWU 1875 New schoolhouse built (six rooms) in South Delaware Delaware 1875 OWU School of Music founded OWU 1875 OWU students organize first football team; faculty objects; football discontinued as competitive sport for 15 OWU years 6 27 1876 Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan Female College propose to OWU trustees that united action on unification be OWU presented to Methodist Episcopal conferences 1876 F.B. Sprague (non-lawyer) becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1876 F.T. Evans Printing House established Delaware 1876 Fire department hook & ladder wagon fitted for horse power Delaware 1876 J.A. Barnes elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1876 W.C.T.U. brings Frances Willard to William Street Methodist Episcopal Church for lecture Delaware 1876 Zion AME erects new building under pastorate of Rev. John Lewis Methodist 1876 Charles Payne becomes president of OWU OWU 1876 Marching band makes brief debut at OWU OWU 1876 OWU yearbook with name Le Bijou (Jewel) first published OWU 1 10 1877 First Hocking Valley trains run Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 6 1877 OWU & Ohio Wesleyan Female College consolidate -- final action by Board of Trustees OWU 1877 2 new rooms added to Central Schoolhouse and 2 new rooms added to East Schoolhouse Delaware 1877 C. Hills, V.T. Hills, F.A. Hills, F.P. Hills organize Hill's Paper Co. in Stratford and operate the mill for 5 years Delaware 1877 Coal oil street lamps make first appearance Delaware 1877 Delaware city holds first commencement exercise; 16 seniors graduate Delaware 1877 Delaware City Schools close "colored school" and integrate black students with white students Delaware 1877 Dr. Ralph Hills builds home at 110 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1877 First Congregational (Welsh) Church disbands Delaware 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes becomes 19th president of the United States Delaware 1877 Delaware Clay Co. founded Delaware 1877 Three female instructors from Ohio Wesleyan Female College become first female faculty members of OWU OWU 1878 C.H. McElroy elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1878 Cary B. Paul elected president of First National Bank of Delaware Delaware 1878 City of Delaware reapportioned into 5 wards Delaware 1878 Delaware Presbyterian Church building remodeled Delaware 1878 Denison & Son founded by Wesley Denison & son Leonard L. Denison; producers of tile Delaware 1878 Firm of Moses E. Fleming & Co. forms (book & job printing) Delaware 1878 Fourth jail built at cost of $25,845.35 Delaware 1878 Riddle & Graff Cigar Co. erects building at 10 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1878 School of Music and School of Fine Arts are added at OWU, following merger with Ohio Wesleyan Female OWU College 2 13 1879 Company K of Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio National Guards ("Joy Guards") organized Delaware 4 1879 Delaware Daily Reporter starts as daily edition of The Herald Delaware 1879 Central Hotel built at 92 N. Sandusky Street; opened by Frank L. Davis Delaware 1879 Delaware City Hall/Opera House building begins after citizens authorize project in spring election Delaware 1879 E.A. Highwarden (African American, son of Abraham) elected first black councilman from second ward Delaware 1879 Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter founded at OWU OWU 1879 Y.M.C.A. organized on OWU campus OWU 1880 By 1880, North Street Bridge (Central Ave, 3 span iron) and Winter Street Bridge (2 span iron) had been built Delaware 1880 Delaware Chair Co. moves to former buildings of Delaware Manufacturing Co. at 3 Flax Street Delaware 1880 Delaware has population of 6,894 Delaware 1880 E. Snyder purchases Charles Wottring's interest in flour mill at 69 E. Central; eventually becomes Snyder Delaware Bros. aka "Snyder's Mill" 1880 F.M. Joy elected mayor (Republican) Delaware 1880 G.W. Michael establishes National Pen Art Hall & Business College to train railroad telegraphers and teach Delaware penmanship 1880 J. Hessnauer & Co., cigar manufacturer, begins business (Frederick Pfiffner and Jacob Hessnauer) Delaware 1880 East Delaware Methodist Episcopal Church renamed Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist 1880 First sororities chartered at OWU -- Kappa Kappa Gamma & Kappa Alpha Theta OWU 1880 Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes is made member of Kappa Kappa Gamma while visiting OWU OWU 1880 OWU Oratorical Association founded OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1880 Professor William G. Williams serves as member of Delaware School Board and writes history of public OWU schools 10 20 1881 Central Ohio Telephone Co. granted right to erect poles Delaware 12 20 1881 Archibald Lybrand Jr. appointed postmaster Delaware 1881 Children's Home of Delaware organized by Ladies Christian Union; Mrs. Abram Thomson, wife of Gazette Delaware editor, becomes president of first board; incorporated January 2, 1882 1881 Hills Paper Mill sold to Edsal & Mills Delaware 1881 Kappa Alpha Theta chapter founded at OWU (Alpha Chi Delta) OWU 1881 Military drill introduced on OWU campus; "battalion" formed OWU 1881 Sororities abolished at OWU by faculty ruling -- "Secret societies among young women are in no case OWU allowed" 3 29 1882 Opening night at Delaware Opera House -- first production is Mark Twain's "There's Millions in it" Delaware 1882 Charles H. McElroy elected Judge of Common Pleas Court Delaware 1882 Delaware City Hall/Opera House building completed; topped by 92 foot clock tower Delaware 1882 Grove Block built at 6 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1882 H.L. Baker elected Delaware's first Democratic mayor Delaware 1882 John A. Donavin purchases 1/2 interest in American House Hotel Delaware 1882 Rufus Carpenter (non-lawyer) becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1882 Stern Block built at 8 N. Sandusky Street by R. Stern, Clothier Delaware 1882 OWU first allows intercollegiate competition; OWU participates in state oratorical association contest held in OWU Delaware's City Opera House; OWU student Charles E. Jefferson wins; Transcript puts out a 10 page supplement 12 18 1883 James Whitcomb Riley, "the Hoosier Poet," appears at the Opera House Delaware 1883 Delaware High School built on lot between St. Peter's Episcopal and First Presbyterian Church on W. Winter Delaware Street 1883 Mrs. Minnie Cooper Maugans becomes head of job department at Delaware Gazette; works with OWU Delaware students to put out the Transcript 1883 William W. Wilson (African American) moves to Delaware County Delaware 1883 West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Conference admitted as one of patronizing bodies of OWU with equal Methodist representation on the Board of Trustees 1 10 1884 Delaware Gazette becomes a daily newspaper Delaware 2 1884 Edict by OWU Faculty -- No theater attendance allowed OWU 5 1884 Civil War Memorial at Delaware County Courthouse dedicated on Memorial Day Delaware 7 3 1884 Delaware Cooperative Cigar Factory No. 115 established Delaware 1884 Delaware Rebekah Lodge No. 198 organized Delaware 1884 J.A. Barnes (Democrat) re-elected mayor of Delaware; first Delaware mayor to be re-elected Delaware 1884 James K. Newcomer comes to Delaware and purchases Delaware Herald (Democratic newspaper) Delaware 1884 John A. Donavin purchases final 1/2 interest of American House Hotel with sons Delaware 1884 Major remodeling of St. Peter's Episcopal Church Delaware 1884 Euterpean Musical Union (mixed male/female choir) forms at OWU OWU 1884 First mock presidential nominating convention held at OWU OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1884 Merrick Lectures established by Frederick Merrick at OWU; Merrick transfers his entire estate to OWU OWU Board of Trustees as endowment for series 1884 School of Business established within OWU as a private school OWU 2 10 1885 Mark Twain appears at the Old City Hall Opera House Delaware 10 29 1885 Frederick Warde performs in Shakespeare's Richard III at Delaware City Opera House; 63 OWU students OWU attend and are "separated from the university" as a result 1885 C.F. Graff Block built by Christopher F. Graff, boot & shoe dealer Delaware 1885 Delaware Chair Co. incorporated by R.G. Lybrand, A. Lybrand Jr., Samuel Lybrand, and T.E. Powell Delaware 1885 John A. Donavin remodels American House and renames it Hotel Donavin Delaware 1885 People's Building & Loan Association incorporated Delaware 1885 St. John's English Lutheran Church organized Delaware 1885 St. Mary's Parochial School erected on South Henry Street Delaware 1885 Weekly Herald now known as Delaware Democratic Herald Delaware 1885 Ellen R. Martin is first woman to become full professor on OWU faculty OWU 1885 OWU president's house built on lot given by Mr. Mast OWU 2 8 1886 David A. Stark appointed postmaster Delaware 10 17 1886 St. John's English Lutheran Church, 104 N. Sandusky Street, is dedicated Delaware 1886 Delaware Signal ceases publication Delaware 1886 E.M. Heller works in Delaware as architect Delaware 1886 H.E. Buck (Democrat) is elected mayor of Delaware Delaware 1886 St. Mary's Catholic Church built under leadership of Fr. Phillip Steyle Delaware 1886 40 members of William Street Methodist Episcopal Church withdraw to organize Asbury Methodist Episcopal Methodist Church in North Delaware 1886 Members split from Zion AME to form Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist 1886 Amphictyonian Literary Society forms at OWU (men's) OWU 1 1887 Big Four railroad depot dedicated Delaware 4 20 1887 General Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur, appears at the Opera House Delaware 5 1887 Cornerstone laid for St. Mary's Catholic Church Delaware 7 9 1887 Stephen Potter appointed postmaster Delaware 1887 Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan established at 60 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1887 New building built for William Street Methodist Episcopal Church on lot purchased from Rutherford B. Methodist Hayes' family in 1846, on William & Franklin Street 1887 Alpha Tau Omega fraternity founded at OWU OWU 1887 Calagonian Literary Society forms at OWU for Preparatory men OWU 1887 Practical Student, alternative OWU student newspaper, begins publication OWU 1 1 1888 City mail delivery begins Delaware 2 22 1888 Delaware Elks Lodge #76 founded in K of P Hall Delaware 4 22 1888 William Street Methodist Episcopal Church dedicates its third structure on the site of the second structure. Methodist The new church cost $40,000 and had a seating capacity of 1,600. 6 13 1888 Cornerstone laid for Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, to be built at corner of Lincoln and Franklin Street Methodist 10 28 1888 St. Mary's Catholic Church building dedicated Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1888 Delaware Edison Electric Light & Power House Co. given permission to operate in Delaware Delaware 1888 Delaware Water Co. incorporated; obtain franchise to use city streets for distribution system Delaware 1888 James K. Newcomer elected mayor of Delaware (Democrat) Delaware 1888 N.F. Overturf becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1888 David S. Gray pledges $10,000 towards building of OWU's University Hall/Gray Chapel OWU 1888 Fairbanks Gymnasium built for military drill & athletics on OWU campus OWU 1888 Lorenzo Dow McCabe serves as acting OWU president OWU 1888 Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity founded at OWU OWU 10 30 1889 Water turned on in city Delaware 1889 Rural mail delivery established Delaware 1889 E.W.B. Curry (African American) opens the Curry School in a shed owned by Isaac Merriday on David Street, Delaware following graduation from Delaware High School 1889 George Julius Hoffman (son of G.F. Hoffman) opens bakery at 10 W. Winter Street Delaware 1889 Old Burial Ground closed to further burials; "The Old Graveyard," as it was called, was located where Selby Delaware Stadium now (2009) stands 1889 Castalian Literary Society (women) forms at OWU OWU 1889 David S. Gray reminds Board about his offer of $10,000 towards building of University Hall/Gray Chapel; OWU $16,300 raised on the spot. 1889 First OWU Washington's Birthday celebration begins with Military Promenade Concert in Thomson Chapel OWU 1889 James Bashford becomes president of OWU OWU 1889 OWU daily chapel moved to auditorium of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church from 1889-1891 because OWU Thomson Chapel too small 1889 OWU trustees Rev. Aaron J. Lyons and Abbie A. Ingham Parrish purchase Campbell Home (Lyon Art Hall, OWU now Arts Castle) for $5,000 and give it to the University 1889 University Lyceum Literary Society forms at OWU for Preparatory men OWU 1889 Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association) established at OWU OWU 2 1890 Delaware Savings Bank incorporated Delaware 3 4 1890 Delaware Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. incorporated Delaware 5 10 1890 First intercollegiate football game in state of Ohio played at OWU; OSU beats OWU 14 to 10 OWU 5 14 1890 Deposit Banking Co. incorporated under state charter Delaware 9 1890 Formal dedication of Children's Home at former Potter House at 481 N. Sandusky Street; Delaware County Delaware Commissioners donate $6,000 towards purchase of "old Potter" property 9 1890 Sandusky Street has electric street lights -- parade held downtown to celebrate Delaware 11 16 1890 Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church building at Franklin & Lincoln Street dedicated Methodist 1890 Board of Trade established in Delaware Delaware 1890 Delaware has population of 8,224 Delaware 1890 Granite slabs or brick used for sidewalks; streets covered by crushed stone; crosswalks are brick Delaware 1890 Henry S. Culver elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1890 Hotel Blee built on E. Winter Street Delaware 1890 Steeves Block built by Dr. Moses Steeves at 57 N. Sandusky Street; Bodurtha Photo Studio on 3rd floor Delaware 1890 Brick L-shaped addition added to Monnett Hall, doubling building in size OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1890 Cardinal & black chosen as OWU colors (previous colors were pearl and gold) OWU 1890 Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Association forms at OWU OWU 1890 OWU military training program (Department of Military Science & Tactics) begins under direction of OWU Lieutenant B.W. Leavell 1890 OWU starts process of moving Elliott Hall to make room for University Hall/Gray Chapel OWU 4 2 1891 John Wolfley appointed postmaster Delaware 6 18 1891 Cornerstone laid for University Hall/Gray Chapel at OWU OWU 7 27 1891 Delaware Savings Bank opens for business Delaware 1891 Faith Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated, under the leadership of Frederick Merrick Methodist 1891 OWU's Elliott Hall moved from its Doric front position on Sandusky Street to new location back of Slocum OWU Library, in order to make room for University Hall/Gray Chapel 12 1892 First electric line, Delaware Electric Street Railway Co., begins operation in city at a cost of $80,000 Delaware 1892 City Council erects electric light to illuminate Hole in the Wall Delaware 1892 Delaware Clay Manufacturing Co. incorporated with L.L. Denison as president Delaware 1892 Delaware Democratic Herald begins daily Delaware Daily Herald Delaware 1892 Henry S. Culver elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1892 John S. Gill elected Judge of Common Pleas Court Delaware 1892 Sarah Moore Nursing Home begins operation as "Home for the Aged" Delaware 1 17 1893 Delaware native, President Rutherford B. Hayes, dies in Fremont, OH Delaware 4 15 1893 Pennsylvania R.R. (originally Columbus & Sandusky Short Line) begins to serve Delaware Delaware 6 20 1893 Gov. William McKinley delivers memorial address on Rutherford B. Hayes in Gray Chapel OWU 6 21 1893 OWU's University Hall/Gray Chapel dedicated; $44,000 raised to pay off debt OWU 1893 J.J. Swickheimer opens furniture store at corner of Spring & Sandusky Street Delaware 1893 Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church builds church at 200 S. Liberty Methodist 1893 First Gray Chapel organ installed; Roosevelt organ is gift of Anna Sanborn Clason and Mrs. V.T. Hills and OWU other donors solicited by Delaware alumnae group 1893 OWU's President Bashford persuades Robert Fulton to move his School of Oratory from Kansas City to OWU OWU

3 5 1894 Frederick Merrick dies March 5, 1894 OWU 6 18 1894 Gathering at Gray Chapel to celebrate OWU Jubilee (50th Anniversary); Mayor of Delaware, H.L. Baker in OWU the chair 6 1894 16 OWU students, members of Company K, serve as soldiers in miner's strike in eastern Ohio OWU 8 3 1894 William S. Parks appointed postmaster Delaware 1894 B.F. Freshwater becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1894 Delaware Street Railway System (electric) completed with 5 miles of track Delaware 1894 H.L. Baker elected mayor (Delaware) Delaware 1894 Coach George Dygert introduces "scientific football" at OWU OWU 1894 OWU School of Oratory separately incorporated OWU 1894 OWU Semi-Centennial Celebration 1844-1894 (six days); 50th commencement celebration OWU 1894 Practical Student, alternative OWU newspaper, ends publication OWU 1895 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints building dedicated Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1895 F.W.B. Curry becomes first African American male teacher in Delaware city schools Delaware 1895 Adarian Literary Society forms at OWU (women's) OWU 1895 Dr. Charles E. Slocum of Defiance Ohio offers to pay for a new library on OWU campus; Thomson Chapel is OWU razed to make way for new structure [ Executive Committee of OWU Board of Trustees had gone on record opposing the demolition] 1895 Fifty Years of History of the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware Ohio, 1844-1894 is published; edited by OWU Professor E.T. Nelson 1895 School of Business reorganized at OWU OWU 2 19 1896 Children's Home destroyed by fire during scarlet fever quarantine; citizens carry 50 children to temporary Delaware housing 1896 McKenzie & Thompson buy old Clippinger planing mill Delaware 1896 W.R. Carpenter elected mayor of Delaware (Republican) Delaware 1896 Monnett Weekend begins as women's athletic festival/play day OWU 1896 OWU begins to direct College of Physician & Surgeons in Cleveland OWU 1896 Student Observatory built OWU 9 3 1897 1,000 people greet President and Mrs. McKinley at Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking depot as they travel Delaware through town by train 1897 Emmett M. Wickham elected Judge of Common Pleas Court Delaware 1897 Merger of Philomathean & Calagonian Literary Societies (Preparatory men) to form Cala-Philo Literary OWU Society at OWU 1897 OWU participates in organization of Ohio Intercollegiate Debating League OWU 1 1898 Citizens' Telephone Co. established Delaware 7 19 1898 Robert J. Cox appointed postmaster Delaware 1898 Delaware Ice and Coal Co. incorporated Delaware 1898 John McClure elected mayor of Delaware (Democrat) Delaware 1898 S.J. Wottring (blind) begins to make brooms for sale Delaware 1898 Slocum Library built on OWU campus on location of razed Thomson Chapel OWU 3 16 1899 Articles of Incorporation approved for Delaware City Library Association; Association accepts Sidney Delaware Moore's offer for space in Masonic Temple he is building 1899 Permanent home for Masonic Lodge completed at corner of William & Franklin by Sidney Moore Delaware 1899 William W. Wilson, born a slave, becomes first African American police officer in Delaware Delaware 1899 Zack Davis Seed Co. opens on E. William Street Delaware 1899 Symphony orchestra begins at OWU OWU 10 17 1900 Vice-President Teddy Roosevelt arrives at 8:05 a.m. at the Hocking Valley Station for a campaign speech at Delaware OWU's Gray Chapel. 3,000 people attend. Roosevelt returns to the station at 8:45 a.m. 1900 C.C. Dunlap starts steam sawmill Delaware 1900 Delaware Journal begins publication Delaware 1900 Delaware Library opens to the public April 5, 1900 (Masonic Home location) Delaware 1900 E. Lee Porterfield becomes Judge of Probate Court Delaware 1900 Steeves Block erected, named for dentist Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1901 647 remains and monuments are moved from the Old Burial Ground to Oak Grove Cemetery. 165 remains Delaware had been removed before 1889. 1901 Cook Motor Co. incorporated (make gas powered motors) Delaware 1901 Delaware Creamery begins operations at Lake & Winter Street; W.Z. Evans makes butter and condensed milk Delaware 1901 Linda Gray Porch built on OWU's Monnett Hall OWU 1902 City electric railway company sold to John G. Webb and the C.D. & M. Railway Co. (Columbus, Delaware & Delaware Marion). From this point forward, the C.D. & M. runs both the city and interurban lines 1902 Delaware Underwear Co. established on S. Sandusky Street, by E.D. Egerton & W.A. Morrison Delaware 1902 Minnelli Bros. Tent Theater begins Delaware 1902 Mr. Thompson retires from lumber mill; F.E. Thompson & P.H. Said form McKenzie Lumber Co. Delaware 1902 T.C. Jones, V.T. Hills, Dr. W. M. Semans, Dr. J.W. Bashford on committee to enlist Andrew Carnegie's help to Delaware build a library in Delaware 1902 College Transcript, OWU student newspaper, renamed Ohio Wesleyan Transcript OWU 1902 Legal battle over OWU students' right to vote in Delaware OWU 1902 OWU joins Ohio Athletic Conference with Professor Edward Rice as secretary OWU 1902 Violet Day celebrated at OWU (first crowning of a queen, evolved from women's athletic festival, became OWU Monnett Weekend) 1903 Delaware Journal buys out Herald (in existence since 1841); becomes Delaware Journal-Herald Delaware 1903 Delaware Police department organization changes -- marshal replaced with police chief Delaware 1903 Fraternal Order of Eagles chartered Delaware 1903 Fire destroys roof of Elliott Hall at OWU OWU 6 25 1904 Wreck of Twentieth Century Limited express train at Delaware railroad yards Delaware 1904 Clark & Battenfield establish lumber firm Delaware 1904 Electric Roller Milling Co. of Delaware (flour mill) established Delaware 1904 Jane M. Case Hospital Association incorporated; incorporators are V.D. Stayman, Frank M. Marriott, Arthur Delaware H. Jones, Christian Riddle, and W.H. Hague; purchase mansion at Franklin and Winter Street 1904 Mabel Cratty leaves her position as principal of Delaware High School to become the first director of the Delaware Y.W.C.A. in America. Miss Cratty was a 1890 graduate of OWU. 1904 West School demolished Delaware 1905 1/4 mile of paved roads have been laid in the city of Delaware Delaware 1905 Delaware Knights of Columbus Lodge chartered Delaware 1905 Hotel Blee purchased by Y.M.C.A. Delaware 1905 Private non-profit association begins control of Oak Grove Cemetery Delaware 1905 West School replaced by new building; later renamed Ruth Boardman Elementary and eventually torn down Delaware 1905 First Shakespeare play performed on OWU campus -- As you Like It -- in Glen where Stuyvesant Hall now OWU stands 1905 Rev. Herbert Welch becomes OWU president OWU 7 21 1906 Jane M. Case Hospital opens at Winter & Franklin Street Delaware 9 1 1906 Delaware Public Library (Carnegie Library) opens in its new location at 101 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1906 Delaware County Historical and Archaeological Society incorporated Delaware 1906 Snyder Bros. mill at 69 E. Central sold to Electric Roller Mining Co. and mill is closed Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1906 Branch Rickey serves as Director of Athletics at OWU OWU 1906 Edwards Gymnasium built at OWU OWU 1906 Student government begins at OWU with constitution and student senate of 16 OWU 1907 Board of Trade becomes Delaware Commercial Club Delaware 1907 Delaware Y.M.C.A. opens in remodeled Blee Hotel building, East Winter & Union Street Delaware 1907 Sunray Stove Co. founded on Union Street Delaware 1907 Phi Beta Kappa chapter installed on OWU campus OWU 1908 Square Deal Manufacturing Co. incorporates; manufacture power hay presses for baling hay Delaware 1908 First Boy Scout troop in U.S. begins at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist 1908 Campus Gate ("Nicotine Gate") built on OWU campus as gift of Class of 1909 OWU 1908 The Bauble, humor newspaper, begins publication at OWU OWU 1909 21 S. Sandusky built for Deposit Banking Co. Delaware 1909 40 S. Sandusky built for William N. Noble; Swickheimer & Noble Furniture Store Delaware 1909 Delaware County Fairgrounds moved to Powell Delaware 1909 First downtown Delaware Pumpkin Show Delaware 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Cosmopolitan Club organized OWU 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Social Service League organized OWU 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Union formed OWU 1909 Sanborn Music Hall built at OWU OWU 1 9 1910 Fire destroys old section of Delaware High School Delaware 1910 Delaware Underwear Co. building is completed Delaware 1910 Ohio's first overland wireless message transmitted from OWU to Columbus Delaware 1910 Paving of Sandusky Street completed Delaware 1910 Philomath Club ("lovers of learning") established in Delaware Delaware 1910 School of Medicine transferred from OWU to Western Reserve University OWU 11 1911 Delaware Post Office building opens at 60 S. Sandusky Street Delaware 1911 C.J. Wilson opens Wilson's C.J. of Course at 24-26 N. Sandusky Street selling men's clothing Delaware 1911 Honor Court begins at OWU OWU 1912 C. & E. Shoe Factory opens Delaware 1912 Delaware Booster's Club (retailers) merges with Delaware Commercial Club Delaware 1912 East School #2 built; later renamed James A. Conger Elementary School Delaware 1912 Tornado strikes in Delaware Delaware 1912 Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity established at OWU OWU 1912 Faculty Appointments Committee formed at OWU OWU 1912 Female students at OWU vote to abolish sororities (which had been secret locals for years) OWU 1912 Histrionic Club organized at OWU OWU 1912 School of Business ceases at OWU OWU 3 25 1913 Delaware flood kills eighteen people and washes out 41 bridges; Delaware Garment Co. spreads cloth and Delaware gowns on OWU front lawn to dry after the flood 3 26 1913 OWU students dismissed from class in the aftermath of the Delaware Flood to assist with rescue and cleanup OWU 8 30 1913 Last day at Big Four railroad shops Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1913 Dr. L.A. Bumstead establishes Delaware Springs Sanitarium Delaware 1913 George K. "Bun" Hoffman becomes partner in family bakery Delaware 1913 Independent Print Shop founded Delaware 1913 Greek dropped as a requirement at OWU OWU 1913 OWU trustees confirm vote of female students at OWU by making sororities illegal on campus OWU 10 15 1914 Hotel Donavin closes Delaware 1914 Delaware Gas Co. builds at 68 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1914 First Delaware County Board of Education meets Delaware 1914 Frank B. Willis elected governor of Ohio Delaware 1914 People's Building & Loan Association builds at 41 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1914 Military drill abandoned at OWU; Federal government withdraws its officer OWU 1914 Women's Student Government Association (W.S.G.A.) formed at OWU OWU 1 1 1915 Hotel Allen (Bob and Jack Watson) opens (former Donavin Hotel) Delaware 1915 National Guard Armory built on W. William Street Delaware 1915 Sunray Stove Co. moves to 155 S. Sandusky Street Delaware 1915 Elk's Lodge purchases building at 110 N. Sandusky Delaware 1915 Idol, humor magazine, published at OWU OWU 1915 S. Raymond Thornburg appointed first full time alumni secretary at OWU OWU 1916 Strand Theater opens Delaware 1916 Winter Street Bridge erected Delaware 1916 Education majors at OWU begin student teaching in Magnetics Springs, Radnor & Kilbourne OWU 1916 Final year of OWU "Academy" (preparatory dept) OWU 1916 First Fall Homecoming at OWU OWU 1916 Rev. John Washington Hoffman becomes president of OWU OWU 1916 Sigma Phi Epsilon established at OWU OWU 5 8 1917 147th Field Hospital founded at OWU; made up of OWU students; daily drills and lectures on Edwards Field OWU July 15-September 9th, 1917 1917 First motorized school busses operational in city Delaware 1917 Loyal Order of Moose Lodge chartered Delaware 1917 Ohio National Guard unit, Company K, ordered into duty during WWI Delaware 1917 Red Cross chapter organized Delaware 1917 50% of OWU male students leave OWU to serve in WWI OWU 1917 Alumni Quarterly first published, established by S. Raymond Thornburg OWU 10 1 1918 400 men inducted into Student Army Training Corps (SATC) in front of Gray Chapel OWU 1918 Odovene Odor, humor magazine, published at OWU OWU 1919 Delaware Farmers Exchange Association is incorporated Delaware 1919 First 4-H club established in county Delaware 1919 First military veterans' organization forms in Delaware -- Raymond B. Austin American Legion Post 115 Delaware 1919 Kiwanis Club of Delaware, Inc. chartered Delaware 1919 Majors and minors added at OWU OWU 1920 Republican Frank B. Willis elected to U.S. Senate Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1920 U.S. Store opens at 19 N. Sandusky Street in early 20's; purchased later by Kern family Delaware 1920 "W" Clan organized at OWU -- student group of Varsity Letter Men, comparable to "W" Association of OWU alumni 1920 Ohio Wesleyan Commons (non-fraternity living) at 8 1/2 N. Sandusky OWU 1920 The Mirror, literary magazine, begins publication at OWU OWU 1921 Delaware City Council approves the Bun's Restaurant sign arched across Winter Street Delaware 1921 Harry Clevenger and Ray Mohr establish funeral home at 92 N. Sandusky Street (precursor of Bennett-Brown Delaware Funeral Home) 1921 George E. Gauthier becomes Director of Athletics at OWU OWU 1921 OWU Men's Glee Club travels to Panama OWU 1921 Ten year $8 million development program begins at OWU OWU 1922 Delaware Commercial Club becomes Chamber of Commerce Delaware 1922 First motorized vehicle purchased for Delaware Police Department Delaware 1922 Mary Katherine Campbell, descendant of the Campbell and Rhodes families of Delaware, was chosen as Miss Delaware America. She was the great granddaughter of Delaware horticulturist George W. Campbell, builder of the "Castle" at Winter and Elizabeth Street. She attended OWU in 1925-26 1922 Board of Trustees allows sororities to return to OWU campus, but women must live in the dormitories; rescind OWU 1913 abolishment of sororities 1922 Sulphur Spring dries up OWU 1923 City of Delaware starts drawing water from Olentangy River and building water tower along Park Avenue Delaware 1923 Mary Katherine Campbell is chosen for a second year in a row as Miss America, the only woman to win the Delaware title twice in the history of the pageant 1923 Sarah Moore Home built at E. William and N. Union Street Delaware 1923 Alpha Delta Pi, Theta Upsilon, Gamma Phi Beta sorority chapters established at OWU OWU 1923 Austin Hall residence for women is completed; number of freshmen cottages at OWU is reduced OWU 1923 Perkins Observatory erected OWU 1923 Under editorship of Herman M. Shipps, Alumni Quarterly becomes Ohio Wesleyan Magazine OWU 8 10 1924 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church addition dedicated Methodist 1924 People's Store founded by Joe Vogel Delaware 1924 Potter Street fire station discontinued; two Mack pumpers purchased for City Hall station Delaware 1924 Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi OWU Mu, and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority chapters established at OWU 1924 Methodist Episcopal Church lifts ban on amusements; dancing allowed on OWU campus OWU 1925 Delaware builds first water filter and treatment plant; opens Park Avenue water tower Delaware 1925 First electric stop light installed at intersection of William and Sandusky Streets Delaware 1925 Speed limit increased from 8 to 15 miles per hour in the city of Delaware Delaware 1925 Brotherhood of Wesleyan Men organized (non-fraternity living) at OWU OWU 1925 Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Delta Theta, and Chi Omega OWU sorority chapters established at OWU 1925 Official name for OWU teams changed from "The Methodists" to "Battling Bishops" following a "naming" OWU contest Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1925 Professor Edward Rice selected by Clarence Darrow to testify as an expert in Scopes trial; never called to OWU testify 1925 Singer's Club formed at OWU OWU 1926 Y.M.C.A. on E. Winter Street closes Delaware 1926 "Annual fund" begins at OWU; program of yearly giving in support of general operating fund OWU 1926 Kappa Delta, and Phi Sigma Delta sororities established at OWU OWU 1926 Kappa Sigma fraternity established at OWU OWU 1926 OWU leaves Ohio Athletic Conference and joins Buckeye Athletic Conference OWU 3 14 1927 Second fire at Delaware High School does irreparable damage Delaware 1927 Fr. William C. O'Brien begins long pastorate at St. Mary's Catholic Church and begins tradition of ringing Delaware church bell for OWU commencements 1927 Mr. & Mrs. E.E. Edgar give $143,000 to OWU to buy the former Delaware Garment Factory (now known as OWU Edgar Hall) for the college 1927 Associated Monnett Clubs organized OWU 1927 OWU Men's Glee Club tours Europe, performing for Prince of Wales, Prince George, and Prime Minister OWU Baldwin 1928 Jane M. Case Hospital trustees purchase site on West Central Avenue (Delaware Springs Sanitarium, once Delaware spa) for hospital, as original building too small 1928 U.S. Senator Frank B. Willis dies suddenly at OWU prior to presidential campaign speech at Gray Chapel Delaware 1928 First Orchesis dance troupe formed at OWU OWU 1928 OWU football team beats Michigan in Ann Arbor, 17-7; biggest win in OWU football history OWU 1928 Rev. Edmund Davidson Soper becomes president of OWU OWU 1929 Delaware Journal Herald bought out by The Delaware Gazette Delaware 1929 Delaware Lumber Co. (Park Ave.) destroyed by fire Delaware 1929 Delaware Rotary Club chartered Delaware 1929 Cooperative housing instituted at OWU to help financially strapped students (as an alternative to dorms) -- OWU West Cottage, Perkins House, Hartupee House, Campus Lodge 1929 School of Music and School of Fine Arts become music department and fine arts department at OWU OWU 1929 Selby Stadium built and dedicated (covered over the Odovene Sulphur Spring) OWU 1930 Woolworth Co. established in Delaware at 6-8 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1930 Greenwood Lake purchased by Salvation Army Delaware 1930 Delaware Opera House renovated into OWU theater, in conjunction with city of Delaware OWU 1930 Education majors at OWU begin student teaching in Delaware Public Schools OWU 1930 The Mirror, OWU literary magazine, is succeeded by The OWL (Ohio Wesleyan Literary Magazine) OWU 1931 Cook Motor Co. becomes Denison Engineering Co. Delaware 1931 Hamburger Inn established by A.J. Juelke Delaware 1931 Honor Court abolished OWU 1931 Stuyvesant Hall erected as a dorm for women at OWU OWU 1931 Tau Kappa Epsilon installed at OWU OWU 10 9 1932 Frank B. Willis High School dedicated Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1932 President Herbert Hoover and New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt come through Delaware on the Delaware railroad during presidential campaign 1933 Delaware & Marion Railroad closes electric line in Delaware Delaware 1934 City Hall/Opera House in downtown Delaware burns down; arrangements made with Delaware Board of Delaware Education for OWU students to use high school auditorium for play productions 1935 Babbling Bishop, humor magazine, published at OWU OWU 1935 Religion professor, Benjamin McElroy, helps Monnett Clubs replace trees and shrubs on OWU campus (2nd OWU OWU campus planting) 1935 Required chapel attendance at OWU reduced from 5 times per week to 3 times per week OWU 1935 Sulphur Spray published at OWU (1935-40, 1951-1953) OWU 1937 Delaware County Agricultural Society decides to bring County Fair back to Delaware Delaware 1937 Delaware Lions Club organized Delaware 1937 Delo Screw Products Co. founded Delaware 1937 New City Hall dedicated Delaware 1937 Tornado destroys several homes on east side of town; no injuries Delaware 1938 BancOhio buys First National Bank in Delaware Delaware 1938 Cubberly Studios established Delaware 1938 Dr. Edward Rice serves as acting OWU president OWU 1939 Delaware Jaycees founded Delaware 1939 Rev. Herbert John Burgstahler becomes OWU president OWU 1939 Smoking allowed in special "smoking rooms" at Austin Hall, women's dormitory OWU 1940 Orchesis dance troupe ceases at OWU OWU 1941 H.H. Rardon Co. begins manufacturing caskets in old C. & E. Shoe Factory Delaware 1941 Centennial Committee formed to celebrate OWU 100th -- consists of administrators, faculty, alumni, students, OWU and citizens of Delaware 3 3 1942 "National Study Conference on the Churches and a Just and Durable Peace" held at OWU March 3-5, 1942, OWU under auspices of Federal Council of Churches 1942 Eckels Lake begins operations on Pollock Road Delaware 1942 $1 million "Centennial fund" campaign begins at OWU with William F. Bigelow as Centennial fund chairman OWU 1942 First OWU commencement held at Selby Stadium location OWU 1942 Henry Hubbart's First Hundred Years is published for OWU Centennial celebration OWU 1942 OWU celebrates 100th birthday OWU 1942 OWU professors offer defense courses for Delaware citizens OWU 1943 General Casting Co. established Delaware 1943 "Vetville" established at OWU; temporary government housing built to house families of soldiers coming OWU back to school after WWII; located off Euclid Ave. 1943 Navy V-12 program -- OWU chosen as Navy Training School, July 1943 -- 360 apprentice seamen housed in OWU fraternity houses and take active part in academic and social life at OWU 1943 Navy V-5 program -- President Burgstahler contracts with Navy to establish pilot preparatory school at OWU; OWU 600 cadets housed in Stuyvesant; freshmen women transferred to Austin Hall; pilots remain apart and take separate classes Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1943 Quons-Hut Theatre built at OWU OWU 1944 "Centennial Curriculum" developed at OWU, guided by new Statement of Aims OWU 1945 U.S. Store bought by H.W. Kern and son H.E. Kern Delaware 1946 Brown Jug Restaurant begins to operate on North Sandusky Street Delaware 1946 Delaware County Historical Society incorporated Delaware 1946 First Little Brown Jug harness race Delaware 1946 Nicholas Zanetos opens Nectar Confectionary (later known as Nectar Candyland) in downtown Delaware Delaware 1946 Buckeye Athletic Conference is disbanded; OWU rejoins Ohio Athletic Conference OWU 1946 OWU begins holding summer school session OWU 1947 George Klee "Bun" Hoffman and wife Geneva tour U.S. in "bunmobile" Delaware 1947 Ben A. Arneson Institute of Practical Politics established OWU 1947 Clarence E. Ficken serves as interim OWU president OWU 1947 Golden Key begins as way to recognize older OWU alumni OWU 1948 Delaware Conservancy Dam completed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Delaware 1948 Arthur Sherwood Flemming (OWU Class of 1927) becomes president of OWU; first lay president OWU 1949 People's Building & Loan Association goes out of business Delaware 1949 Former President Herbert Hoover speaks at inauguration of OWU president Arthur Flemming OWU 1949 OWU football team beats University of Connecticut at Selby Field, 43-12, one of the biggest wins in OWU OWU football history 1950 Delaware County Bank chartered Delaware 1950 Greif Bros. moves its headquarters to Delaware Delaware 1950 L & K Restaurant opens at East William & Sandusky (former station of C.D. & M Interurban) Delaware 1950 Old North School abandoned after new North School constructed; later renamed David R. Smith Elementary Delaware School 1950 South School built; later renamed Laura Woodward Elementary School Delaware 1950 Orchesis dance troupe reestablished OWU 1950 OWU students leave to fight in Korean War (1950-53) OWU 1951 Allen Hotel is bought by new owners and renamed Fort Delaware Hotel Delaware 1951 Delaware Gazette moves to new building at 18 E. William Street Delaware 1951 Delaware Library becomes county district library Delaware 1951 FM radio station WSLN begins operation on OWU campus (approved by FTC in February of 1952) OWU 1951 Memorial Union Building (MUB) built on OWU campus and dedicated Oct 12, 1951 OWU 1951 Ohio Wesleyan Associates founded by Herman Shipps OWU 9 25 1952 Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower stops at a Delaware train station on his whistle-stop campaign Delaware and is met by crowd of 5000 people 1952 City Manager form of government is adopted Delaware 4 12 1953 Asbury Methodist Church dedicates new addition Methodist 1953 City municipal court established in Delaware; Henry Wolf is elected first municipal court judge for Delaware Delaware 1954 Denison Engineering Co. opens plant at 425 S. Sandusky Street (formerly the Cook Motor Co.) Delaware 1954 Women's City Club organized; acquire Reuben Hills home on N. Franklin Delaware 1954 Nine fraternity houses built on Williams Campus 1954-1963 OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1954 Pfeiffer Natatorium built on OWU campus OWU 1954 Thomson Hall, men's residence, built at OWU; beginning of "Williams Campus" OWU 1955 Pennwalt Corp. is established in Delaware Delaware 1955 OWU faculty & trustees add "Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Responsibility" to Statement of Aims OWU 1955 Robert Strimer becomes OWU Director of Athletics OWU 1955 Writing Clinic established at OWU OWU 1956 Bashford Hall (men's residence hall) erected on OWU campus OWU 1956 Campus mace & seal created OWU 12 8 1957 New addition dedicated at hospital Delaware 1957 Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is dedicated Delaware 1957 Kroger moves from West William Street to S. Sandusky Street Delaware 4 19 1958 New OWU alma mater adopted -- derived from prize winning song of 1913 -- "Wesleyan Victory Song" OWU 1958 Delaware celebrates city Sesqui-Centennial (150 years) Delaware 1958 Stratford Methodist and St. Paul's Methodist announce plans to merge and build new church on U.S. Route 23 Methodist

1958 Air Force Reserve Officer Training program begins on OWU campus OWU 1958 Chapel requirements reduced for OWU students -- must attend 2 of 3 weekly chapel services OWU 1958 George W. Burns serves as interim OWU president OWU 1958 Phillips Hall erected on OWU campus OWU 1959 Flood causes major damage to city businesses Delaware 1959 Vincente Minnelli receives Academy Award Methodist 1959 David Alexander Lockmiller becomes president of OWU OWU 1960 Old North School renovated for used as City Schools Administration Building Delaware 1960 Methodist Theological School in Ohio opens south of Delaware on land donated by OWU Methodist 1960 Director of Religious Life becomes full time OWU Chaplain OWU 1960 Mills Early Childhood Center built on OWU campus OWU 1960 President's home, "Pritchard House," erected on OWU campus OWU 1960 SATC & TUB (Temporary Union Building) become OWU bookstore OWU 1961 Oberfield's Inc. (concrete) established at 528 London Road Delaware 1961 Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Hall of Fame created to recognize outstanding alumni in the world of sports OWU 9 4 1962 Rutherford B. Hayes High School opens Delaware 1962 Burger Chef opens as the first fast food restaurant in Delaware, located on S. Sandusky Street across from Delaware Pfeiffer Natatorium 1962 Bigelow-Rice Science Hall built on OWU campus OWU 1962 Elden Theodore Smith (OWU Class of 1932) becomes president of OWU OWU 1963 Big Ear Radio Telescope built Delaware 1963 Delaware Community Improvement Corporation established Delaware 1963 "Limited Course Plan" instituted at OWU with new Statement of Aims OWU 1963 First computer installed on OWU campus OWU 1963 Lucy Webb Hayes Hall (dormitory) built on OWU campus OWU 1963 President Herbert Welch Meritorious Teaching Award established at OWU OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1963 Roy Rike Stadium and Fields completed at OWU OWU 1963 Welch Hall (dormitory) built on OWU campus OWU 4 19 1964 OWU College Bowl team retires undefeated after 5 victories on television quiz show OWU 1964 Explosion at L & K Restaurant injures 6 people Delaware 1964 Reuben Lamb home razed Delaware 1964 Building of Beeghly Library begins on OWU campus OWU 1964 O'Neal Greenhouse completed on OWU campus OWU 1964 Sherwood Dodge Shankland Award for the Encouragement of Teachers established at OWU OWU 9 20 1965 Chapel attendance no longer required for OWU students -- President Smith announces decision by Board of OWU Trustees to end compulsory chapel 1965 Delaware Industrial Park begins operation Delaware 1965 Olentangy Expressway (U.S. 23 bypass) dedicated Delaware 1965 PPG Industries is first occupant of Delaware Industrial Park; make coatings and resins Delaware 1965 St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church is enlarged Delaware 1965 Tornadoes kill four people in northern Delaware County Delaware 1966 Beeghly Library building completed OWU 1966 OWU begins serving high school students in federally funded Upward Bound program OWU 1966 Student Scholar begins publication on OWU campus OWU 1967 Post Office begins operating in new building at 35 S. Liberty Street Delaware 1967 Fairbanks Gymnasium torn down at OWU OWU 1967 OWU Mixed Choir tours Europe OWU 1968 Crowning of Monnett queen ceases OWU 1968 Monnett Hall (women's dormitory) no longer used as a dormitory due to safety concerns OWU 1968 New Science Hall built on OWU campus OWU 1968 OWU acquires former Post Office on at 60 S. Sandusky Street OWU 1968 Robert Lisensky serves as OWU interim president OWU 1968 Smith Hall (dormitory) built on OWU campus OWU 1968 SUBA (Student Union on Black Awareness) created on OWU campus OWU 10 15 1969 "Day of Concern" on OWU campus for Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia OWU 1969 Anti-war protests at OWU and Hayes High School Delaware 1969 Fine Arts department moves from Lyon Art Hall to Humphreys Art Hall [former Post Office] at 60 S. OWU Sandusky Street 1969 Thomas Eugene Wenzlau (OWU Class of 1950) becomes OWU president OWU 1969 Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs (W.C.S.A.) is formed; 3 students elected to serve on OWU Board of OWU Trustees 1970 Fire destroys William Street United Methodist Church; OWU students provide assistance OWU 1970 Memorial service held at OWU for students killed at Kent State University by National Guard OWU 1971 Wilbur Bills Central Fire Station built Delaware 1971 OWU plays in its first football bowl game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Game -- Samford University vs. OWU OWU -- score is 10-10; win eventually goes to OWU because Samford had used illegal players 1972 Gift from estate of Mary Grady to Jane M. Case Hospital. Name changes to Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1972 Humane Society of Delaware County founded Delaware 1972 Kroger opens new store at 165 S. Sandusky Street Delaware 1972 Chappelear Drama Center erected at OWU OWU 1972 OWU student newspaper Ohio Wesleyan Transcript is renamed The Transcript OWU 1972 Service Building at OWU completed OWU 1973 Delaware Arts Festival begins Delaware 1973 Western Auto Supply opens large distribution center north of U.S. 42 Delaware 1974 Flxible Co. announces that it will move headquarters from Loudonville to Delaware Delaware 1974 People's Store, Delaware's largest downtown store, celebrates 50th anniversary Delaware 1974 OWU calendar changes to 3 terms lasting 10.5 weeks each OWU 1974 OWU students provide assistance to victims of tornado in Xenia OWU 1975 Delaware City-County Joint Vocational School completed Delaware 1975 Delaware Inn closes, ending 130 years of a hotel standing at 40 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1975 Riverside School of Nursing begins at OWU OWU 1976 Delaware Optimist International chartered Delaware 1976 Delaware teenager Bill Rietz chosen as a full voting delegate to the Republican National Convention, the first Delaware 18 year old in America to be a delegate to a political party convention 1976 Mingo Park Pool Complex opens Delaware 1976 Branch Rickey Physical Education Center and Richard Gordon Field House built at OWU OWU 1976 CAP Center (Counseling, Advising, and Placement) formed at OWU OWU 1976 Computers placed in OWU dormitories OWU 1977 Closed Delaware Inn at 40 N Sandusky Street is razed to make way for new National City Bank building Delaware 1977 Goodwill Industries incorporates in Delaware Delaware 1977 Richard Gordon becomes OWU Director of Athletics OWU 1978 Blizzard of 1978 paralyzes city of Delaware Delaware 1978 Pennwalt Corp. severely damaged by explosion Delaware 1978 Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra established (COSO), comprised of OWU students and Delaware citizens OWU 1978 Monnett Hall (women's dormitory) is torn down after sitting vacant for a decade OWU 1979 Ruth Boardman Elementary School (once West) is razed Delaware 1979 New Statement of Aims at OWU, focusing on values, not religion OWU 1979 OWU Writing Clinic becomes Writing Resource Center OWU 1980 Alum Creek State Park dedicated Delaware 1980 People in Need (PIN) is incorporated Delaware 1980 Gray Chapel is remodeled and Rexford Keller Klais Concert Organ is installed OWU 1980 OWU establishes Achievement Citation for Alumni OWU 1980 Sanborn Music Hall is remodeled and Presser Rehearsal Hall built OWU 1981 Delaware County District Library board buys building at 84 E. Winter Street Delaware 1981 Fire causes $25,000 damage to L & K Restaurant; never re-opens Delaware 1981 Groundbreaking for Liberty Community Center at London Road and Neil Street Delaware 1981 Fallfest launched, as a merger of fall parents' weekend and Homecoming OWU 1982 County Commissioners buy Carnegie Library from Delaware County District Library for $200,000 Delaware Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1982 Winter Street Bridge closed due to safety concerns Delaware 1982 Elliott Hall placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings OWU 1982 Mary Parker, Assistant Director of Athletics at OWU, forms Centennial Athletic Conference for women's OWU teams 1982 XIVth Decade Capital Campaign ends with $33.6 million pledged OWU 1983 Central business section (Sandusky St.) of Delaware added to National Register of Historic Places -- Delaware "Sandusky Street Historic District" 1983 Groundbreaking for new wing at Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware 9 29 1984 David Liles Warren becomes OWU president; begins presidency by living for 90 days with students in OWU residence halls, called the "Live-In Presidency"; inaugurated September 29, 1984 1984 Delaware County District Library opens in renovated former store, 84 E. Winter Street Delaware 1984 Salvation Army Corps Community Center begins operations on Lake Street Delaware 1984 Austin Hall (dormitory for women) closes as a residence hall OWU 1984 Center for Economics & Business established at OWU OWU 1984 National Colloquium begins at OWU OWU 1984 OWU switches to a semester calendar OWU 1984 OWU withdraws from Ohio Athletic Conference and joins North Coast Athletic Conference OWU 1984 President's Ball begins as OWU tradition OWU 1985 Ezra Vogel, Delaware native, OWU Class of 1950, establishes and endows lecture series to promote Delaware OWU history 1985 John A. Martin becomes OWU Director of Athletics OWU 1986 Frances E. Mowry Memorial Alumni Center dedicated at OWU OWU 1986 Merrick Hall no longer used OWU 1987 Pilsner's 5 & Dime established at 30 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 1987 Five year $50 million Campaign for OWU begins OWU 1987 President David Warren is named Citizen of the Year by the Delaware Chamber of Commerce OWU 1988 Delaware County Cultural Arts Center opens at site of old Lyon Art Hall ('The Castle") Delaware 1988 Winter Street Bridge reopens as Veterans Memorial Bridge Delaware 1988 Austin Hall is renovated into apartments for intergenerational living, to be called Austin Manor OWU 1988 Men's basketball team wins NCAA Division III National Championship; received by President Reagan in OWU Oval Office 1988 OWU junior Thomas Schultz is killed by terrorist bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland OWU 1989 Delaware County Building and Trades Association established Delaware 1989 250 new trees planted on campus, and other trees labeled -- known as Jane Decker Memorial Arboretum (3rd OWU OWU planting) 1989 Ohio Wesleyan University is named Citizen of the Year by the Delaware Chamber of Commerce OWU 1989 WCSA constitution revised at OWU OWU 1989 Welch Hall (residence) is renovated OWU 1990 Stratford Ecological Center organized at 3083 Liberty Road Delaware 1990 Willow Brook Christian Village opens Delaware 1990 Elliott Hall restored with gift from Peter & Eleanor Kleist OWU Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1990 OWU establishes Tower Society to recognize those who include OWU in their estate plans OWU 1990 OWU receives NCAC (North Coast Atlantic Conference) All-Sports Championship Trophy OWU 9 6 1991 Hamilton-Williams Campus Center dedicated OWU 1991 150 Years of Excellence: A Pictorial View of Ohio Wesleyan University, by Barbara Mitchell Tull, is published OWU

1991 Board of Trustees votes to phase out OWU's Riverside School of Nursing over four year period, ending with OWU 1994-95 academic year 1991 First Branch Rickey Award given to Arthur Ashe OWU 1991 Noble Achievements: The History of Ohio Wesleyan From 1942 to 1992, edited by Professor Bernard OWU Murchland, is published 6 8 1992 Delaware County District Library opens new building to public Delaware 1992 Global Village opens on West Winter Street Delaware 1992 New Justice Center dedicated, 70 N. Union Street Delaware 1992 People's Store goes out of business Delaware 1992 End of Campaign for OWU OWU 1992 OWU funded by Corporation for National Service (Americorps) to develop Delaware Initiative (at risk OWU children) 1992 OWU Sesquicentennial Celebration -- 150th celebration held on campus April 22, 1992 OWU 1993 OWU students, faculty and staff volunteer to restore Andrews House, local community service center in OWU Delaware 1993 Dennis Davis becomes first black mayor of Delaware Delaware 1993 Jason Swallen Herbarium dedicated at OWU OWU 1993 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy OWU 9 16 1994 Delaware townies of today and yesterday gather at OWU to celebrate the Delaware OWU connection OWU 1994 Delaware Community Plaza opens; houses Kroger, Sears, Wal-Mart Delaware 1994 First Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast held in Delaware Delaware 1994 James A. Young Memorial Walkway (JAYwalk) opens at OWU OWU 1994 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy OWU 1 27 1995 Dr. Thomas B. Courtice becomes president of OWU; inaugurated January 27, 1995 OWU 1995 East School #2 razed; James A. Conger Elementary School built Delaware 1995 Little Brown Jug celebrates 50th anniversary Delaware 1995 Delaware native, Sherwood Rowland, OWU Class of 1948, receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry OWU 4 1996 Ceiling of Gray Chapel damaged by water leak in April of 1996 OWU 1996 New Science Hall at OWU renamed Stewart Hall OWU 1997 "The Marketplace" grocery store (formerly U.S. Store), 19 N. Sandusky Street, closes Delaware 1997 Andrews House, a non-profit community center, begins operating in Delaware Delaware 1998 Fire destroys building at corner of William & Sandusky Street, home to four businesses Delaware 1998 First phase of downtown Delaware Streetscape project Delaware 1998 Dedication of new University Hall/Gray Chapel roof following "Raise the Roof Campaign" OWU 1998 Men's soccer team wins NCAA Division III National Championship, beating Greensboro, NC at Roy Rike OWU Field Our Shared History Timeline 1000 B.C.-2009

M D Y EVENT HISTORY 1998 President Courtice becomes founding director of Delaware Community Foundation OWU 1999 Delaware named a "Main Street Ohio" community Delaware 1999 Major fire at Deltaplex Industrial Complex; 11 businesses destroyed Delaware 1999 Midge Glendening Emergency Center is completed at Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware 1999 Second phase of downtown Delaware Streetscape project Delaware 1999 Renovated Roy Rike Field is rededicated during Homecoming OWU 8 8 2000 R.W. Corns building dedicated OWU 10 6 2000 Wellness Center (Mary Hanlon Moore Health Center & Arthur A. Belt Fitness Center) dedicated OWU 2000 Dempsey Middle School opens Delaware 2000 OWU students, staff, alumni, and Delaware citizens join together to build Habitat for Humanity house on Park OWU Avenue 2000 President Courtice travels to Japan to sign sister college agreement with Kwassui Woman's College OWU 9 11 2001 Three OWU graduates killed in September 11, 2001 Trade Center terrorist attacks--Ann Campana Judge, Ted OWU Luckett, and Doug Cherry 2001 Campaign for OWU ends, with $100 million goal exceeded OWU 2001 OWU Women's soccer team defeats Amherst (MA) 1-0 at Roy Rike Field, winning NCAA Division III OWU National Championship 2001 Renovated Edgar Hall as Fine Arts Center & Haycock Hall dedicated OWU 2002 Major fire destroys Bun's Restaurant Delaware 2002 Rutherford B. Hayes County Services Building opens at 140 N. Sandusky Street Delaware 2002 Dedication of Richard M. Ross Art Museum (former Sally Humphreys Art Hall) at 60 S. Sandusky Street OWU 2002 OWU purchases Delaware's 86 year old Strand Theater OWU 2002 OWU Women's soccer team wins second NCAA Division III National Championship, defeating Messiah OWU College 1-0 2003 Archives of Ohio United Methodism dedicated at Beeghly Library following merger of archival collections of OWU the West and East Ohio Conferences of The United Methodist Church at OWU 4 2 2004 Mark Huddleston becomes president of OWU; inaugurated April 2, 2005 OWU 2004 "Remembering Rickey Campaign" begins--$22 million campaign to improve athletic and recreational OWU facilities on OWU campus 2004 Conrades-Wetherell Science Center dedicated OWU 2004 Sulphur Spring renovated by Class of 1954 OWU 2006 Branch Rickey Way dedicated during Homecoming OWU 2006 Class of 1959 takes on restoration of Memorial Gateway, to be dedicated during Alumni Weekend 2009 OWU 2007 David Robbins serves as interim OWU president OWU 2007 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy OWU 4 19 2008 Marge Sagan Softball Field dedicated OWU 10 10 2008 Rev. Rockwell Jones becomes president of OWU; inaugurated October 10, 2008 OWU 2008 Delaware celebrates city Bicentennial Delaware 2008 Justice Center at 70 N. Union Street expanded and renovated Delaware 2008 Historical marker placed on campus at site of first OWU-OSU football game in 1890 OWU 2009 Groundbreaking for Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center OWU