Home of Orville "Doc" Wilcox on Smokey Row Road

Basic details

Home of Orville "Doc" Wilcox on Smokey Row Road is an image, with genre photograph, historic buildings and group portraits.

Its dimensions are 2.75 in. x 4.75 in..

It was created sometime in 1930.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Pictured in this photograph is the home built by Orville “Doc” Wilcox (b. 1893, d. 1989) at 6956 Smokey Row Road, now located just north of Snouffer Road in Perry Township. According to the 1930 census, Orville Wilcox lived in Perry township with his wife Irma Webster Wilcox and their two daughters Atha (b. 1921, d. 2015) and Aldean (b. 1922, d. 2018). Orville was employed in maintenance at a Ford Auto Plant. The girls stand in front of the home in this photograph. They attended North Perry School, now home to the Linworth Alternative Program.

Subjects

It features the people Orville J. Wilcox, Atha A. Wharton and Ada A. Alexander.

It covers the topic homes.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1166.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2019.01.022.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 2, 2020. It was last updated November 3, 2025.

Copyright

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Home of Orville "Doc" Wilcox on Smokey Row Road 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 Home of Orville "Doc" Wilcox on Smokey Row Road. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.