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" 2022
The Community Council of Bay Village has awarded its 2022 "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”
Bay Youth Brought the Community Together: The Early History of the Bayway Cabin
by Michele Yamamoto
This April, 2022 was bittersweet with the grand opening of the new Bay Village Library. Although there was great anticipation and excitement for the beautiful new... 08-07-2022

Fashion Diva Fun: Gloves
The following post about gloves was written by Bay Village Historical Society member and volunteer Marie Albano, who has been a tremendous help to the museum in her knowledge and interest... 07-23-2022

Victorian Virtual Reality
by Michele Yamamoto
In this week’s Glimpse of the Past, we are exploring our collection of stereographs and stereoscopes, credited by some as the very early precursor of modern day virtual... 07-10-2022

Fashion Diva Fun: Stockings
The following post about stockings was written by Bay Village Historical Society member and volunteer Marie Albano, who has been a tremendous help to the museum in her knowledge and... 06-25-2022

Beach Fun in Bay Village
Summer is almost here and many friends of the Bay Village Historical Society may have plans to visit our shoreline, if they haven’t already. The Lake Erie coastline is everchanging, both by ... 06-12-2022

Victorians Ruffled Feathers
The following article was written by Bay Historical Society Trustee Sue Jachnick. It was sparked, in part, by the discovery of an intact bird-of-paradise in the costume collection at Rose... 05-29-2022

Dream Mansion Turned Hospital / Bay View Hospital
by Michele Yamamoto
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... 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
by Michele Yamamoto
Do you recognize the building below? It sits at the southwest corner of Dover and Wolf, across from Bay Village City Hall. Although... 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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