Weaver Park (Grandview) School
4100 Columbia St.
Hilliard, OH 43026
Visitors can take a step back in time in the 1800s at the Historical Village in Weaver Park located in Hilliard, Ohio. The village includes Hilliard’s Station, Signal Lights, Grand View School (one room school house), log cabin, chapel, gazebo, granary, museum, barn, covered bridge, and WPA outhouse. The chapel can be rented for weddings and accommodates up to 110. The Hilliard Ohio Historical Society and Museum was incorporated November 11, 1966. The society’s main objective was to create a historical village and museum which would preserve the early pioneer life of the community of Hilliard, Ohio and the northwest section of Franklin County. The society was given a lease of a part of Weaver Park on which to build a museum and establish a historical village. The Hilliard Ohio Historical Society is a non-profit, 501©(3) organization which relies heavily on private contributions to supplement public funds. Through the generosity of individuals, local area businesses, grants and fund raising the society is able to maintain the upkeep and restoration of the numerous exhibits and buildings in the historical village.
The Village Chapel was originally the Colwell Methodist Church built in 1876 at the corner of Alton Darby Road and Roberts Road in the community of Mudsock. Its size is 1,053 sq. feet of frame construction and seats 110 people. The last service held in the church was May 3, 1964. It was vacant from this time until 1983 when it was moved to the Northwest Franklin County Historical Village. The one room school known as Grandview was part of the Norwich Township School District as early as 1814, the year after the township was formed. All one room schools were closed when the Consolidated Elementary School at Main and Cemetery Roads was built in 1917. The Grandview school was built in 1891 and was located on Cosgray Rd. It was moved to the Historical Village in 1977.
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