History on Tap at Jackie O’s Taproom
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
5:00 to 7:00 PM

Are you visiting Athens during August? There is no better time to take an Asylum Walking Tour with George Eberts! His history of mental health treatment throughout the Asylum’s 150-year existence is peppered with stories and personal anecdotes. You will even get to see hidden locations throughout the grounds. Tours meet on the steps of the Kennedy Museum of Art and last about two hours.

September 15, 2019 2:00PM

Tickets are $18 for History Center members, $20 for non-members ages 12 and up. Please call Heather at 740-592-2280 ex 100 to purchase your tickets!

Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the state. The barnbuilders have left an architectural legacy throughout rural Ohio that can help one understand much about the heritage of the region. The geographic distribution of the various barn types is due to routes followed into the state, geographical influences, or cultural affinities. In any case, one can identify regions settled by people of Pennsylvania German descent, those settled by migrants from the upland south, or those migrating to Ohio from New England by the type of barns and other buildings on farmsteads remaining on Ohio byways. These artifacts of timber frame construction house the remnants of Ohio’s primeval forests.

This event is part of the Southeast Ohio History Center’s Landscape of Community Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.