Moving the Old Rectory

Basic details

Moving the Old Rectory is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 3.44 in. x 4.94 in..

It was created July 7, 1978.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

The Old Rectory, which currently houses the offices, gift shop and doll museum of the Worthington Historical Society was moved to its present location at 50 West New England Avenue in July of 1978. It is pictured here being transported southbound on High Street through the business district by BRH Inc. Movers. At least 200 spectators turned out in the middle of the night to watch the event.

Subjects

It features the organization Worthington Historical Society.

It covers the topics buildings and Old Rectory.

It covers the Worthington neighborhood Old Worthington.

It features the addresses 50 W. New England Avenue, 667 High Street, 669 High Street and 673 High Street.

Record details

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

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0468.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 78-G-477.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on April 2, 2002. It was last updated October 31, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Moving the Old Rectory 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 Moving the Old Rectory. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.