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Oberlin History Timeline
1920-1939

• 1923: The first "talkie" movie in Oberlin is shown in the Apollo.
• 1924: The Oberlin Flood of 1924
• 1925: Allen Memorial Hospital opens.
• 1927: The last buildings in Tappan Square are removed, making it a "proper" town green as stipulated in inventor Charles Martin Hall's will.
• 1929: Influenza epidemic sweeps through Oberlin.
• 1929: Oberlin’s Apollo Theatre plans an "all-talking week"--showing all "talkies."
• 1930: Janby Gas and Oil, now Midas Muffler, is built: at the time, it is the only canopied gas station between Pittsburgh and Detroit.
• 1934: Oberlin's Federal Post Office is built (see photo below). Before this, the location of the post office changed with the whims and preferences of each post master.
• 1935: Daniel Chapin Kinsey, winner of the gold medal in hurdles in the 1924 Paris Olympics, completes his master’s training in physical education at Oberlin.