If today happens to be Monday, it’s “wash day” in Southwest Franklin County. For many years, that’s the day a week’s worth of clothing was sorted for the washing machine. Check this out at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum Tuesday-Friday 10-4 and Saturday from 9-Noon. The washer is made out of wood. Note the clean clothes in a basket ready for the clothes line. At right is a cold-water tub to rinse clothes taken from the washer.

The Fred Kunz Saloon was located on the east side of Broadway in a building that was torn down in 1902. Elias White built a storefront at the location. Pictured are, from left, Edward Hensel, Fred Kunz and Edward Corzilius. This building was located between Civic Drive and Park Street. This picture was taken in 1901.

Does this bring back memories? It was the Grove City Library on Park Street, now the site of the Town Center Park and stage. The first library in town was a private club in 1891 located in Harsh’s Drug Store on Broadway just north of Kingston Avenue. Members pooled their book collections and paid $2 for an annual membership.

When visiting Century Village at Fryer Park on Orders Road be sure to take a few minutes and read the various plaques throughout the settlement and learn about where the buildings came from and a bit of local history.

Myron Haughn is pictured with his prized greyhounds he used to race at the Greyhound Race Track in Grove City. The facility was located where OLPH School sits today. Haughn had a kennel and raced his dogs at numerous tracks back in the 1920s.