A visit to the Columbus suburb of Reynoldsburg takes you further from the city than you would think. Here, it’s an old fashioned good time with all the amenities of a well-appointed stay in the city. Whether your interests lie in sports, shopping, museums or hometown festivities, you’ll find it here.
Shop at quaint boutiques on East Main street or at Discount retailers on Taylor square. New shops are lined up on East Broad street as well, giving you a wide variety of shopping options.
Located at 1792 Graham Road, the Alexander W. Livingston House is owned by the City of Reynoldsburg, administrated by the Livingston House Society and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in in 1864-1865 by Livingston, a horticulturist, who is world famous as the developer of the tomato into a stable commercial crop.
On the property the Livingston’s grew not only tomatoes, but sweet corn, cabbage and other vegetables that Livingston brought to perfection for the seed industry.
The house has been restored as nearly as possible to its original look and finish, and is being finished with period objects, furniture, and clothing, on loan to the Livingston House Society.
For more information or to schedule a tour, please contact the City of Reynoldsburg by calling (614) 322-6800.
RTHS Museum is located at 1485 Jackson Street in a part of John D. French’s 1831 town plat. Here you will find an increasing collection of tools, costumes, photos, household furniture, farm items, and published materials relating to historic Reynoldsburg and Truro Township.
The Museum is open the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm January through November, and we participate in ‘Christmas on the Town’ in December. For tour information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mary Stoots at (614) 902-2831.
Twenty-two interested people met at Graham Road School on April 30, 1975, to discuss the idea of forming a Reynoldsburg area historical society. Temporary officers and committee members served until the first Annual Meeting in September 1975. Following the Ohio State Historical Society guidelines, the committee drew up a constitution. Stated aims of the Reynoldsburg-Truro Historical Society are to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the history of Reynoldsburg and surrounding areas while supporting the Reynoldsburg community; and to illuminate past lives, events, and activities.
Our museum is located two blocks south of Main Street, across from the Hannah Ashton School in Old Reynoldsburg. One initiative of RTHS is the preservation and display of composite photographs of the Reynoldsburg High School graduating classes. Reynoldsburg High School (organized in a little town as Reynoldsburg Union Academy in 1868) was the first public high school in Franklin County (excluding Columbus’s Central High School, organized in 1847). People frequently visit the Museum to see the photos of their parents, grandparents, or other relatives individually displayed within the class composites. The Museum has most of the class photo composites from 1899 through 1970. We also recently acquired composites from 1985-89 and 1994-98.
Anyone interested in the history of our area is welcome to attend our meetings, visit during an open house, tour our facility, join our organization, and visit our website at www.rths.info.
1485 Jackson St, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068Shop at quaint boutiques on East Main street or at Discount retailers on Taylor square. New shops are lined up on East Broad street as well, giving you a wide variety of shopping options.
1470 Davidson Drive, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
These are some of the more than 200 motorcyclists who are enshrined into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, one of the museum’s main galleries. A walk past the long wall honoring them will help you conjure the sights and sounds of these motorcycling’s greats.
In addition to the Hall of Fame, the Museum has three major exhibition halls. Museum staff in consultation with collectors, curators and other experts, define exhibition topics. But the motorcycles in the Museum are just the beginning. Riding gear, photos, literature, sculpture, race-track reconstructions, dioramas, posters, awards, quality casework, graphics and more are used to tell the stories of motorcycling, bringing our heritage to life.
Museum operations are overseen by the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation Board of Directors. Minutes from the board’s meetings are available online.
13515 Yarmouth Dr, Pickerington, OH 43147
Blacklick Woods is part of the Ohio Metroparks. It features 643 acres of woods, fields, seasonal swamp ponds, a small prairie and a golf course. It has one of the best remaining beech-maple forests in Central Ohio along with a buttonbush swamp. It has playgrounds, picnic areas, reservable shelters and lodges.
Visit the park website for more information
6975 E. Livingston Ave. Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
- 1520 Davidson Drive
- 42 acres
- 1600 Davidson Drive
- 5 ball diamonds
- Restroom facility
- Playground
- .68 Mile of Blacklick bike path / walking trail runs through Huber Park connecting JFK Park (Main Street) with Livingston Ave.
- 7232 East Main Street
- 26 acres
- 10 ball diamonds (3 lighted)
- 4 tennis courts (lighted)
- Restroom facility
- Gazebo
- Skatepark
- Large playground area
- Picnic area
- .56 Mile of Blacklick bike path / walking trail runs through JFK Park connecting this park with Huber Park.
- 6800 Daugherty Drive
- 137 acres
- 4 softball diamonds
- 13 soccer fields
- 2 outdoor basketball courts
- Restroom facility
- Concession stand
- Playground
- 1.1 Mile bike path / walking trail encompass the entire Civic Park connecting Windriver neighborhood with Daugherty Drive.
- West end of Kingsley Drive there is a small parking lot
- 39 acres
- Hiking trails / bike trails throughout the park
- Natural areas throughout the park
- Trail/reference map
- 1792 Graham Road
- 5 acres
- Playground with portable restrooms
- Picnic tables
- Historical home and museum, which is available to rent
- 7300 Rodebaugh Road
- Rodebaugh Road east of Lancaster
- 4 acres
- Playground
- Picnic area
- The Park at Waggoner (Take right off of Waggoner) (Park on Left Side)
- 22 acres
- Open space
- .22 Miles of walking path connecting New Rodebaugh neighborhood to Waggoner Middle School.
