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The Norwood Historical Society
c/o Rodney Steele, Treasurer
887 Yarger Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

LAST UPDATE
May 24, 2013

Want to know what has been added to this web site?
SEE LIST OF UPDATES.

The sun was shining brightly and the air was on the cool side as the Norwood Historical Society celebrated its 35th birthday at Lindner Park on Cypress Way, this last Saturday, May 11. Hot dogs, snacks, soft drinks, cake and ice cream, games of cornhole and Norwood street-name Bingo combined with discussions on Norwood history by members, friends and visitors made for an enjoyable afternoon. Thanks to the members who donated the food, games and their time to making it a success.

Next business meeting - June 8 at Lindner Park

143 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1870

A news paper article wrote that the name of the railroad station and post-office recently had been changed from Sharpsburg to Norwood. The land with that name (Norwood Heights) was being developed under the direction of Mr. Strauch of Spring Grove Cemetery. A new avenue named Mound Avenue was being constructed by Herman Haerlein. It was said that from the summit of the namesake of this street, the Mound, one could see 17 villages and towns.

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LINKS to other sites	Previous UPDATES
CALENDAR of Society Events	MEETING NOTES (unofficial)
CURATORS' CORNER	Society ARCHIVES
PUZZLES & GAMES	NORWOOD's NAME
HISTORIC ADDRESSES	RESEARCH HOMES
"THE PIKE" in 1896	SUBDIVISIONS
CHURCHES	CLUBS
ALLISON HIGH SCHOOL GRADS	pre-1905 BOARD of ED MEMBERS
NORWOOD book - 1894	DIRECTORY 1896
THEATERS	BASEBALL

—MISSION STATEMENT–

The Norwood Historical Society was established on May 2, 1978 to promote the study and preservation of the history of Norwood, Ohio.
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The current mission statement is to collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret, publish and educate about the history of Norwood, Ohio.
This web site is part of that effort.

According to the United States Geological Survey, Norwood has the following geographical location: Latitude 39.1556149, Longitude -84.4596641.

The sections on this site are:

HOME - go to top of this page
SOCIETY - information directly related to the Norwood Historical Society, e.g., Society events and news, an event calendar and a link to Curators' Corner and Society Archives, both devoted to the Society's collections
PEOPLE - short bios and facts of some of Norwood's people referenced on this site and links to other Norwood people pages
COMPANIES - lists and histories of some of the many companies (and churches, clubs and other organizations) that have made Norwood their home
BUILDINGS — photographs and descriptions of some of Norwood's historic buildings and links to pages about other Norwood buildings, including homes
STREETS - a list and history of Norwood's streets
TRANSPORTATION - information on the omnibuses, street cars, buses, railroads, etc. that are a part of Norwood's history and development
BOOKS - The complete text of the 1894 book "Norwood, Her Homes and Her People", the 1896 Norwood Directory, excerpts from other books and a list of resource documents.
CLIPPINGS - "clippings," related to Norwood, from newspapers, books and other documents.
DATES - historical dates
GOVERNMENT - historic facts about Norwood's government
SCHOOLS - links and information about the history of Norwood schools
ODDS & ENDS - miscellaneous information about Norwood — mainly links to various Norwood related pages on and off this site

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