BVHS News
Bay High's First Fifty Years
Recorded 'Zoom' discussion with Eric Eakin, of the Bay Village Historical Society, Jim Joyce, President of Bay Alumni Association and Jason Martin, Principal of Bay High School.
Note:... 01-29-2022

BVHS wins "Project of the Year" 2021
The Community Council of Bay Village has awarded its 2021 "Project of the Year Award" to the Bay Village Historical Society for its revitalization project.
The pandemic has had an effect... 02-04-2022

“Glimpse of the Past”
Dream Mansion Turned Hospital / Bay View Hospital
October 1948 marked the opening of the new Bay View Osteopathic General Hospital in the old estate of Washington Herbert Lawrence (b.1840, d. 1900). It was a dream home of this early... 05-15-2022

Bay Village Library, part 3 Bay Village Library on Cahoon Road
The following history of the library in Bay Village is taken from an article written by Bay Village Historical Society board member, Cynthia Eakin. It is part three of a three-part series... 05-01-2022

Bay Village Library, part 2 Post War
The following history of the library in Bay Village is taken from an article written by Bay Village Historical Society board member, Cynthia Eakin. It is part 2 of a three-part series that... 04-17-2022

Bay Village Library, part 1 Dover-by-the-Lake
As Bay Village prepares for the opening of its much-anticipated new library, we at the Bay Village Historical Society would like to share with you some library history from our... 04-03-2022

Wischmeyer Buggies
The mass influx of immigrants in the mid-to-late 1800’s included a German family in 1854 who would eventually bring a primary business adventure to Dover. Originally settling in Cleveland,... 03-20-2022

Ernie Olchon's Bay Service Station
Ernie Olchon’s Bay Service Station
Do you recognize the building below? It sits at the southwest corner of Dover and Wolf, across from Bay Village City Hall. Although currently occupied by... 03-06-2022

"Lincoln has got to Washington..."
In recognition of Presidents' Day, the Bay Village Historical Society would like to share the following letter from our collections, with spelling, capitalization and grammar recorded as... 02-20-2022

The Society's Repository 1870s
The Society’s Repository
By Julia Osborn
Peace on EarthGood Will to Men.
Spelling and capitalization have been recorded as in the original transcript.
We present our readers this... 01-22-2022

Winter Magic
Enjoy the magic of winter!
There are so many memories attached to snowfalls of making angels in the snow, climbing over mounds of snow at the end of the driveway, sledding down hills,... 01-02-2022

Welcome and Happy New Year!
Did you ever wonder what life was really like in Bay Village, formerly Dover, years ago?
Join the Bay Village Historical Society as we journey through the past, delving into our... 01-01-2022

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