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🎟 : Open Mon-Sat, Closed Sunday
🛍 : Gift Shop
🌳 : Historic & Beautiful Grounds
📸 : Photographers Welcome
Tag us: #woodcountymuseum

We're back out in our beautiful communities for #T

We're back out in our beautiful communities for #TBT! This week, we will be highlighting Custar! Custar was originally called Lewisburg after its proprietor, Mr. Fredrick Lewis. The Village was platted in 1865 and incorporated as Custar in 1881, after the name of its post office.

Photo 1: Postcard of the CH & D Train Depot, n.d. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (CH & D) was a railroad based in Ohio that existed between 1846-1917.

Photo 2: Custar House, a Hotel, n.d. In a newspaper article we found, it stated that the Custar House had “first class” rooms for $1 per day back in 1900. Today, you can see that this building has been torn down and is now greenspace.

Photo 3: A large building on Superior Street, n.d. The building still stands today, with just the small tower on top missing.

Photo 4: E.H. Robinson Blacksmith Shop, n.d. This shop specialized in horse shoeing and repairs. As you can see, it is still standing today!

Where should we go next? Let us know in the comments!

📷: Wood County District Public Library/Ohio Memory

See history come alive! Make your plans for a week

See history come alive! Make your plans for a weekend of living history at the Wood County Museum!

Early Ohio on the Portage Schedule:
📍 Wood County Museum Grounds
• Friday, May 1 | 9AM–4PM (Schools & groups)
• Saturday, May 2 | 10AM–4PM
• Saturday, May 2 | 5:30–8:30PM (Lady Brandeberry Ball)
• Sunday, May 3 | 10AM–4PM

🎟 FREE admission
🚗 Free parking
🍴 Food trucks all weekend

History, food, and fun—what more could you ask for?
For more information, visit: www.woodcountyhistory.org

🌟EXHIBIT UPDATE🌟 Curator, Holly Kirkendall, is ge

🌟EXHIBIT UPDATE🌟

Curator, Holly Kirkendall, is getting everything clean and ready for the new "Past! Into the Future" exhibit. That includes the objects themself! She uses a special conservation soap (photo 2) to gently clean each object. For wooden objects, they get a wax polish.

"Past! Into the Future", Explore objects that tell stories about Wood County community members. America’s 250 years of transformation and growth would not have been possible without the contributions of everyday people.

Thursday, May 7, 2026
Ribbon Cutting - 3:30PM
(courtesy of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce)
Open House Reception with refreshments to follow - 3:45PM-7:00PM

FREE EVENT - Please RSVP to visitus@woodcountyhistory.org or 419-352-0967

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This week’s #WhatIsItWednesday is a watercolor pai

This week’s #WhatIsItWednesday is a watercolor painting of The Grand Kerr House in Grand Rapids, painted by Rebecca Wooster.

The Grand Kerr House is located on Beaver Street in Grand Rapids, Ohio. It was built in 1880 by Benjamin and Ann Kerr who worked with E.O Fallis as the architect/builder for the home. It took three years to complete the house with exterior walls that are four bricks thick, interior walls that are three bricks thick, and trim that was hand-carved from white oak, red oak, cherry, butternut, hard rock maple, and ash. The house contains two hand-crafted staircases, 34 carved doors, four ceramic tiled fireplaces, marble sinks, a copper bathtub, and stained glass windows.

Benjamin Franklin Kerr and wife, Ann Pratt Kerr, had seven children and their descendants occupied the home for nearly 100 years. In 1977, Laurie Hostetler purchased The Kerr House and spent two years restoring the Victorian mansion to its original grandeur where she offered a health and wellness spa for 35 years.

Today, The Grand Kerr House is a private residence.

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