Hannah Bishop House

Basic details

Hannah Bishop House is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 6.25 in x 8.25 in.

It was created sometime in 1900.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

The Hannah Bishop house, built 1817-1818, is shown at its original location on the north side of West Dublin Granville Road. Built on land originally owned by Bishop Philander Chase, the house was the residence of the Bishop family for many years. Hannah Bishop lived there for over seventy years. In 1921, the house was moved to 782 Hartford Street.

Keary J. Mabra, an African American businessman, ran a barbershop there for many years. His wife Maude maintained that she was the first woman to vote in Worthington when women got the vote in 1920. An August 30, 1974 "Columbus Dispatch" article, "Worthington Woman Broke Ice at Polls," describes her recollection of entering Worthington City Hall at 5 am on November 2, 1920, to cast the first vote by a woman. She said that she and her husband voted so early so that he could get to work on time as the town's barber.

The Hannah Bishop house has since been restored and remodeled.

Subjects

It features the people Philander Chase, Hannah Bishop, Maude Mabra and Keary J. Mabra.

It covers the topics women's suffrage, buildings and African Americans.

It covers the city Worthington.

It features the address 44 W. Dublin-Granville Road.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0352.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 92-U-521.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on March 12, 2002. It was last updated October 20, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Hannah Bishop House from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Hannah Bishop House. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.