The Wayne County Historical Society has suspended public programming and office hours until further notice in order to support state and local efforts to protect public health and contain the COVID-19 virus. The opening of the historical society’s 2020 exhibit, […]
Proceeds from Overholt project fund new endowment
WOOSTER, Ohio, Feb. 26, 2020 – The members of Overholt House Preservation Project LLC have given $10,000 to the Wayne County Community Foundation to establish a new endowment benefiting the Wayne County Historical Society (WCHS). That sum represents the net […]
Artistry of Cased Images
The Documents and Archives Committee at the Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio recently completed an inventory of the Society’s cased images collection. The miniature case, is a little known art craft of the 19th century. It was an invention […]
Famous Wayne County Artist You Never Heard About
We invite you to watch a new series of videos posted on our YouTube channel about, The Famous Wayne County Artist You Never Heard About, and some of the portraits in the Society’s fine art collection. The videos present information […]
Visitor Services
The mission of the Wayne County Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and interpret artifacts as well as narratives that reflect the cultural heritage of the county. We strive for excellence in our tours, community involvement, and historical interpretation to […]
Aid The Collection
Do you have fine antiques that you cannot or do not wish to keep anymore? Please consider contributing them to the Wayne County Historical Society (WCHS). If you are interested, please contact the WCHS office via phone at (330) 264-8856, […]
From The Collection
Good Humor The Good Humor truck is one of the most recognizable early vending services in America. Started in the early 1920s, Harry Burt, Sr., the proprietor of an ice cream parlor in Youngstown, Ohio, created a chocolate-coated vanilla ice […]
Hand-crafted Meat Grinder
This month’s featured item from our collection is a new piece recently donated by a descendant of the Anthony Camp (Kampf) family. Anthony Camp (Kampf) was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1879 and died in Dalton, Ohio […]
Who Really Carved the Wa. Co. Courthouse Atlases
It has previously been speculated that unnamed itinerant Italian stonemasons carved the four exquisite stone telamones, or Atlases, that adorn the Wayne County Courthouse in Wooster, Ohio. However, there is another theory to present after finding an article in the […]
The Medal of Honor the Good the Bad the Ugly
On October 16, 2012 at 6:30 p.m., Harold George will appear in his Civil War era military uniform and speak on The Medal of Honor the Good the Bad the Ugly. In 1863, the nations first Medal of Honor was […]
