In May of 1923, Grandview Heights. Mayor John Ryder (lower left) proposed a $30,000 bond issue which included $15,000 for a building “of brick construction and artistic design, in keeping with the other architecture of the village,” to be built in what was then the new community park at Goodale Blvd. and Grandview Ave.

1923 Girls Basketball: "For the second time Grandview holds the county title" read a quote from a Columbus Dispatch article, referring to the Grandview Heights girls’ basketball team of 1923.

The Roberts sisters (l to r): Anne Roberts Morgan, Margaret Roberts Hughes, Mary Roberts Price (Mrs. Timothy J. Price), and Catharine (Kate) Roberts Smith (Mrs. Benjamin Smith) were prominent in our local history.

The Brotherhood of the Rook was established by male students in Grandview Heights in 1915, as a boys' social club. Worried that they would have to disband without a clubhouse, they developed a plan to build a house. George Urlin donated $300 for a lot at 1347 Elmwood Avenue, and shares (inset) were sold. A frame building with wood siding and a large fireplace was completed by 1922 (drawing by Bill Arter).

This French-style mansion, located at 1599 Roxbury Road was built between 1908 and 1912 by influential Marble Cliff resident and Columbus businessman Butler Sheldon, son of Robert Sheldon (inset), founder of Sheldon Dry Goods. Butler Sheldon's sister, Flora, was the senior President Bush's paternal grandmother, who lived nearby at 1550 Roxbury.

An architectural design competition sponsored by the Columbus chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Columbus Real Estate Board asked architects across the U.S. to submit designs for a house that cost under $6000 for lots very much like those in the developing areas of Grandview and Upper Arlington. The winning two-story design, shown here, is from architect Fred Wells of Toledo, and was estimated at $5956 to build.

The Gloria is shown in this photograph, with the restaurant at the left and the club section at the right. This WWII era inset photo shows Sam Delewese with his signature cigar and six of the Gloria personnel standing in front of the door from the restaurant to the night club. The photos above the door are Gloria employees, and Delewese and DeVictor sons who were in the service. Many of the waitresses were also family members. Shown here are Helen, Flora, unknown, Sam, Dori, Mary and Jildie.

The “Dam Cars” were interurban carriages of the Columbus, Urbana, and Western Railway. The cars travelled nine miles from downtown Columbus to Fishinger Bridge at Dublin Pike and Fishinger Road, north of what is now Upper Arlington. There were three passenger cars, #101-103, built by the Cincinnati Car Company. Car #101 is shown at the top and at the bottom left. Car #103 is shown at the middle right. Car #102 was lost in the 1913 flood. The bottom right is a 1905 photo taken from the Miller Farm entrance from Dublin Pike.

The Grandview Heights Municipal Building is shown here in several views. The top right shows the building as it was completed in 1924, with the Seagrave fire apparatus parked in front. The top left is an aerial view showing the extra truck bays after the 1936 addition. The bottom two images show the facility after the 1963 additions were built.

Carl Hoster and his wife Mary Sheldon lived in the home at the lower left on Arlington Avenue in Marble Cliff. The expansive carriage house and stable is seen at the back of the property. The upper right photo shows the Hoster Brewing complex in the Brewery District just south of downtown Columbus. The lower right shows Carl Hoster as a student at Cornell, and the upper left is taken from a drawing by Billy Ireland from his book “Club Men of Columbus In Caricature”. He is holding a garland that would be given to the winner of his Hoster-Columbus $10,000 Stake horse race.