Join us August 1, 2026 at 10am at the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society at 123 West George, as we host a Victorian themed tea with guest Larry Wright. Larry descends from the Ivester-Kepner family. His grandmother was Bernice Helen Kepner who married Harold Theo Wright Sr. There son was Harold Theo Wright, Jr. who
Category: Arcanum Library
The Ivester Home…Past and Present
1971 oil by Josephine Dunlap In August I had the pleasure of visiting the Arcanum Public Library and was given a tour by Linda Mancz. I regularly visit the library to use their services but this was a up front and personal tour to compare the original and different additions with the blueprints and history
Those “Little Buildings”…Summer Kitchen?
1975 Located behind Arcanum Public Library-once part of Ivester House Recently we posted this question on our AWTHS FB page regarding “What are those little buildings sitting behind a main house”? What was their purpose or what were they called? We received a variety of comments among them: summer kitchen, smoke house, root cellar, storage
Marj Heyduck and the Arcanum Library
Marj Heyduck Involvement with Arcanum Library Taken from the Arcanum Chronicles Vol. 2 by William Gunder as well as various notes in the AWTHS library files including interviews and articles by Marj and the “Third And Main” articles. Dayton Journal Herald columnist, Marj Heyduck, wrote extensively in her daily “Third And Main” column about the