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College Town Featured as Family Vacation Spot!

Oberlin served as an active stop in the Underground Railroad, eventually helping thousands of people to freedom. At the Oberlin Heritage Center, a local museum and historical society, visitors can get a glimpse of this storied past with tours of historic sites, including the 1866 Monroe House, the 1836 Little Red Schoolhouse and the 1884 Jewett House. While adults learn about Oberlin’s role as a hotbed of the abolitionist movement, women’s activism and scientific discovery, kids will love being transported back to the 19th century with the hand’s on, one-room period schoolhouse.

-Joe D. Babcock, “College-town Bound: You don’t have to be a student to love campus life,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, June 21, 2009.  Read the more about Oberlin in the full article at the Chicago Tribune website.

Visit the Oberlin Heritage Center to experience the authentic and celebrate the past. This award-winning museum complex includes three beautifully preserved historic sites, the Monroe House (1866), Jewett House (1884) and Schoolhouse (1836).  

Ring the school bell. Celebrate the past. Climb the winding stair case. Stroll through time. Connect your kids to the past. Preserve your family treasures. Share your stories.  Help people save places that matter. Lend a Hand. Preserve Oberlin's history for tomorrow.

• Accredited by the American Association of Museums
• A National Trust for Historic Preservation Local Partner organization
• A Preserve America Steward (designated by the White House and the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)
• Part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (designated by the National Park Service)
• The recipient of numerous awards from the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, Heritage Ohio, the Cleveland Restoration Society, the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry, and others
   
• Oberlin is a Preserve America Community
• Oberlin is one of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations

• The Community Foundation of Lorain County
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services
• The Richard R. Hallock Foundation
• The National Endowment for the Humanities
• The Nord Family Foundation
• Nordson Corporation Foundation
• The Oberlin Area Chamber of Commerce
• The Ohio Humanities Council
• The Stocker Foundation