Preserving Photographs Preserving photographs is an important part of our mission to document local history. Photos help us to remember the people who built and lived in our community. In an ongoing effort, our volunteers scan donated photos and store the originals in archival packaging to preserve them for future generations. Our collection to date…
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A Need for Speed This Saturday, August 27th from 10 AM until 4PM we will showcase our Top Gun Naval Aviator display at the Ealy House in New Albany. I am honored to say that long time New Albany resident Jim Bryant will be joining us throughout the morning. Mr. Bryant is the last WWII…
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Open House The Ealy House will be open to visitors on July 4th 2022 from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Stop by to tour the house or just to say hello! The address is 6359 E. Dublin Granville Road in New Albany, OH.
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New Albany & Plain Township: The Early Years A presentation by Dennis Keesee at the November 18, 2021 meeting of the New Albany-Plain Township historical society. This hour-long presentation covers the original surveying of Plain Township, the founding of New Albany, the Hope Post Office, New Albany’s role in the American Civil War, local landmarks, historic photos,…
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DON RANNEY INTERVIEW 2020 On October 23, 2020, I asked Don Ranney to join me at Eagle Pizza for a photo shoot in front of the 75th Anniversary of the end of WWII commemorative mural I had placed on the side of our building. The Peace at Last Mural was featured on the front cover…
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Heck of a Ride We as a nation have been on one heck of a ride this year. Major historical events are happening so fast no one can keep up mentally. When looking back in time, however, we easily see that all these experiences in 2020 are nothing new. During the winter of 1894-95, when another pandemic swept…
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Passionate illustrator, Author, Designer, Animal Rights Advocate. Have you ever wondered how difficult it might be to have your story turned into a book and published? And how do you go about marketing your book when it’s finished? Thursday, November 7, 2019, I’m going to be the featured speaker for the New Albany-Plain Township Historical…
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New Albany Firefighter Firefighter Bob Westbrook will be the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society’s guest speaker this Thursday evening at Wesley Woods 4588 Wesley Woods Blvd, New Albany. The funny yet serious look at being a volunteer firefighter will be a part of our 7.00 meeting. Bob was a volunteer firefighter with Plain Township starting…
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Students Visit Ealy House On behalf of Gabe, Erin, and I, we want to thank you for the wonderful experience the NA Historical Society provided for our 8th graders at the Ealy House last week. It is always a great kickoff to our year and the students love the experience! Please share this with the…
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For a number of years, the New Albany-Plain Towship Historical Society has followed member Pamela Sconiers Whitelock’s search for her uncle, Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers. Lt. Sconiers was a WWII hero and Distinguished Service Cross recipient who mysteriously died while imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, the German prison camp made famous by the movie The…
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For the fourth straight year, the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society was asked to share presentations on the early history of New Albany with the third grade classes of the New Albany Primary School. This year’s presentations were scheduled for the mornings and afternoons of May 8 and 10. All sixteen third-grade classes participated, with…
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The Historical Society has been very busy the last few months and hopefully our doings have impacted the community and brought attention in a positive way. At our April 4th meeting, we shared a 2016 video created by Mark Easton with Dennis Keesee detailing the military career of Pearl Harbor survivor Milton Mapou, who passed…
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Grant Awarded March 2019. We are very grateful to the City Council for approving a $10,000 grant for the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society from the City of New Albany. THANK YOU!
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Archaeological Finds This spring Danny Dean, son of Robert and Debbie Dean, brought his metal detector to the Ealy House and scanned the grounds surrounding the house. He found three interesting items that we can now add to the Ealy House collection and which tell us a little more about the Dorans who lived in…
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The 75th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6 1944-2019 On June 6, the Historical Society hosted a D-Day 75th Anniversary event at the New Albany United Methodist Church. A heartfelt thank you goes out to Monica Morgan for procuring the church including the rental fees; Helen Pestel for letting us in early and hurriedly helping to…
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“FINDING SCONIERS” Wins Documentary Competition The New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society has shared the journey of member Pamela Whitelock as she worked with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) for ten years to recover her uncle, Lt. Ewart T. Sconiers. Sconiers was a WWII B-17 bombardier who earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism…
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New Albany Cemetery Restoration Almost Complete Under the supervision of its Cemetery Restoration Advisory Board, the City of New Albany has almost completed restoration of the New Albany Cemetery (1854-1881). Located behind Village Hall, the cemetery is the burial place of Noble Landon and William Yantis, the Founders of New Albany, and their families, as…
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ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES OF NEW ALBANY . presented by Richard Whitelock on March 7, 2019 DAYS GONE BY As our nation expanded and grew in population, so did our educational system in the U.S. Here in Plain Township, the first school was built in 1820. The first teacher, Jacob Smith, taught the students for $1.50 each,…
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New Albany in the 1860s The Ealy House was a very exciting place to be on May 19th as the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society launched a new event – Living History: New Albany in the 1860s. For the most part, the rain held off, the sun came out, and it was a beautiful day.…
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