On Friday, June 18, members and friends of the Price Hill Historical Society (PHHS) gathered in the church hall of Holy Family parish to celebrate 20 years of successfully carrying out their mission “to promote Price Hill as a place of residence.” The society was formed when a handful of Price Hill residents met at Dunham Recreation Center’s library in June 1990 to discuss creating an organization to help preserve Price Hill’s past and ensure it a vibrant future.
Since that time, the Society acquired a permanent home at 3640 Warsaw Avenue, in a sandstone Art Deco building that was previously a Provident Bank branch, and has amassed an impressive collection of artifacts, photographs, and newspaper and document files that span the decades—and the centuries—since the neighborhood now known as Price Hill was originally settled in the late 1700s.
State Representative Denise Driehaus stopped by the 20th anniversary celebration to congratulate the membership on its achievements and present them with a proclamation from the Ohio legislature. Members of the board of directors of the Society spoke about the group’s many accomplishments, including assisting with the preservation of several properties in the community, publishing many books of Price Hill history and an award-winning monthly newsletter, opening a museum to showcase their collection, and gaining a membership of nearly 800 people across the United States and Canada.
The Society’s recording secretary, Janice Chaney, took time to enumerate the accomplishments of the PHHS in the past year, a tradition of the group at their anniversary meeting each June. Current PHHS coordinator Larry Schmolt, who is also one of the founders of the Society, spoke briefly before dinner, and the first coordinator of the organization, Deborah Horning, was also introduced. The evening included a fashion show of vintage clothing by Bonnie Owens and entertainment by the Cincinnati Dancing Pigs jug band, in addition to a display of quilts, raffles, door prizes, dinner, and good company.
To find out more about the Price Hill Historical Society or to plan a visit to their museum, call the Society at 513-251-2888 or visit the PHHS Web site.
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