Preserving the past of Powell and Liberty Township, inspiring our future
Program Details
Title
Divided by the Telephone
Presenter
Jose Prats
Date/Time
3/15/2027 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Summary
During most of the 20th century, an anomaly of America’s landline telephone system divided the Liberty Township community, shaping friendships and commerce in ways its residents rarely stopped to examine. An invisible line — precise, bureaucratic — ran down the center of Seldom Seen Road from the Scioto to the Olentangy. Calling across that boundary was difficult, time-consuming. and expensive.
Venue
Martin-Perry House
Street
103 E. Olentangy St.
City
Powell, 43065
Parking
Parking is available in a small lot west of the house and across the street in the large lot at the NE corner of Olentangy St. and Grace Dr. Do NOT park in the lot behind the businesses immediately west of the Martin Perry House (toward downtown).