Posts by Alan Wigton

NEW! Video Tour

  While it’s still uncertain when our tour season will resume [update: tours have resumed with precautions], we offer this...

The “ghosts”

The “ghosts” pose at sunset, before the Ghosts of Christmas Past gets under way.

Window Workshop at the Jonathan Coulter House

The Workshop The late 19th Century Jonathan Coulter house at 171 West First Street was the scene of a wood...

“Ghosts of Christmas Past”

At twilight on one evening in early December each year, the Cottage becomes a scene of chaos as former inhabitants...

City Mills

City Mills

Correcting the Build Date of Mansfield’s City Mills The engravings on an 1890 sales receipt and a woodcut illustration from...

Booth/Dr. Craig House, Revisited

A researcher with great interest in Mansfield’s architecture, Craig Bobby, has suggested the improbability of the commonly assigned build date...

Children’s Open House

Introducing summer Children’s Open Houses the third Saturdays in June, July and August from 1pm to 3pm. Free Admission. Children...

RichHistory Weekend May 4 and 5

Fifteen Richland County sites are participating in the third annual RichHistory Weekend May 4th and 5th. History for children is...

DMI Walks; Northwest Quadrant

Downtown Mansfield Inc. and Just Walk Richland collaborate with the Historical Society in presenting the fourth and last of the...

Ohio Open Doors; Afternoon Tea on the West Veranda

Ohio Open Doors; Afternoon Tea on the West Veranda

We are participating in Ohio Open Doors on Saturday, Sept 15. Brought to you by the Ohio History Connection. Ohio...