Witteman and Miller Coal

In 1920, the Witteman and Miller Coal and Feed opened for business and was operated by Ollie Witteman and Otto Miller, according to Lewis Garrison.  The business was located at West Grant Street at the railroad tracks.   Their business occupied a...

Breck’s Market Opened

Ned Breckenridge was the first person to open a grocery store west of Grove City’s railroad tracks in June 1953 on Grove City Pike.  The grocery, operating as Breck’s Market, offered meat and dairy products and a refrigerated section of fresh fruits and vegetables. ...

House On Mill Street

It’s interesting to look back into history.  You’ll never know what you might find.  Mill Street, what we know today as the westward extension of Columbus Street by the library, shows up on an 1872 map.  What’s more interesting is that the home of William Nichols sat...

George M. Haughn

Born on South Broadway, George M. Haughn is retired from Columbus Gas of Ohio, spends time with family and is a big fan of Grove City parades.  Haughn, a former Grove City mayor, grew up on South Broadway. As a youngster, he remembers walking Greyhounds at the...

Grove City in 1920s

Orin Breckenridge, superintendent of Grove City schools, said he felt one day Grove City would be a part of Columbus.  Breckenridge, at the time, was the Grove City postmaster.  A. A. McEndree, the high school principal, told the Columbus Citizen “Grove City has a...