Restored Morgan Street Bridge Railings
Installed at the Oberlin Heritage Center
Between 2008 and 2009, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteers, including Walter Edling, Bert Latran, Dick Holsworth, Charles Pope and George Clark, rescued and refurbished the century-old iron railings that had been removed from the Morgan Street bridge over Plum Creek. This was a huge undertaking which took several months and included some heavy lifting help from members of the Oberlin High School football team. The refurbished railing has been installed along the Oberlin Heritage Center brick heritage trail, just south of the Jewett House at 73 S. Professor Street.
This project received a History Outreach award from the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums in 2009.
We are still searching for photographs that show the bridge at its original location. If you have any and are willing to lend them to be scanned, please let us know!