Please note: The Bexley Public Library will close today, April 2nd, at 3:30pm due to the impending inclement weather.
Join us to learn more about the lives of African Americans that lived in what is now Bexley, during the turn of the 19th century.
Join us as Cecelia McFadden, of the Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society, and Bryan Drewry, of the Bexley Historical Society, share records used to learn more about the lives of African American residents of Marion Township, the geographic region that predates Bexley, at the turn of the 19th Century.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Genealogy and Local History |
TAGS: | Marion Township | local history | history | Cecelia McFadden | Brian Dewry | Black History | bexley public library | bexley ohio | bexley library | bexley | African Americans | African American History |
Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.
The library is located at 2411 East Main Street, at the intersection of East Main Street and Cassady Avenue. Parking is available in our parking lot on Euclaire Avenue and in front of the library on Main Street. Main Street is a No Parking Tow Zone from 4:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays.