Program
Speaker: Robin Heise
Yellow Springs Heritage
2:00 p.m. in the Senior Center Great Room

What does heritage mean to you?  Is it something tangible that you can touch?  Does our heritage make us who we are today? According to The Oxford English Dictionary (1997), one definition of heritage is, "valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions, unspoiled countryside, and historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations".

What do the historical buildings of Yellow Springs tell us about the people that played a role in building the village that we know and love? On January 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Yellow Springs Senior Center Great Room, Robin Heise, a second year graduate student in the Public History program at Wright State University will present Yellow Springs Heritage. This program will give an overview on her recent research on some of the historical properties in the Village of Yellow Springs and provide tips on how to research your own historical property.
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The gathering is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Sunday
January 29, 2012

Sunday
April 22, 2012

Program Speaker: Dave Neuhardt
"Taking the Waters: The Resort Hotels of Yellow Springs"
2:00 p.m. in the Senior Center Great Room

From a log tavern in the early Ohio wilderness to a grand resort hotel intended to rival the Greenbrier, for nearly 100 years Yellow Springs was celebrated as a place for visitors to come rest, relax, and take the waters, while enjoying the extraordinary beauty of the "wild and romantic" scenery along Yellow Springs creek and the nearby falls of the Little Miami River. At 2:00 p.m. on April 22 in the Great Room of the Yellow Springs Senior Citizens Center, Yellow Springs Historical Society President David Neuhardt will present the history of the several hotels and associated recreational facilities that enticed visitors to our far-famed springs–and some of the characters that made them memorable.
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The gathering is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

 

Sunday
September 23, 2012

 

 

Sunday, September 23, at 2:00 p.m. in the Great Room of the Senior Center Antioch College archivist and one of the Yellow Springs Historical Society's most engaging presenters Scott Sanders will give an illustrated talk on "Architecture by Era: The Development of the Antioch College Campus." Using historic images, Sanders will trace how the campus came to be as we know it, contextualizing each period of construction and discussing aspects of individual buildings and developments.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

 

Program cancelled due to scheduling conflict and will be rescheduled in 2013

Sunday
November 18, 2012

 

Program Speaker: Robin Heise
"Glen Forest Cemetery: Yellow Springs' Buried History"
2:00 p.m. in the Senior Center Great Room

Cemeteries are not only acres of reverence — our forgotten history is written on the stones of those who have gone before us.

Come join local historian Robin Heise as she unearths some of Yellow Springs' forgotten history.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.