Dashing and determined, Bob Livingston was the Grandview Heights police officer pictured here riding the Police Department’s 1926 Harley Davidson. The photograph is undated but presumably from the 1930’s. The Grandview Heights High School building is in the background. He was named chief in 1943 and was known for his trademark white Stetson cowboy hat, which he wore most of the time. This photograph certainly captures the essence of his high school nickname “Rancho” and evokes images of a tough, no nonsense, focused public servant.

On May 4, 1920, Standard Oil purchased the property on the corner of West Fifth Avenue and Cambridge Boulevard, and Marble Cliff then had the first "filling station" in the area. The Sohio Station remained for 54 years. The property also housed Tompkins Ice Cream, operated by Gary and Freda Russell in the 1930s. The property currently is occupied by a number of businesses, including the Cambridge Tea House.

The Society has documentation of various community and school organizations and clubs, including the Friendly Book Club, the Black Mask Club, Grandview Civic, the Garden Club etc. It appears from the logo shown in the inset in this photo that at some point there was also a "Grandview Badminton Club". Badminton was added as a Girls Athletic Council intramural sport at the high school in 1937 and was second in popularity to basketball. The photo shows Emily Peterson, GHHS Girls Athletic Director, demonstrating proper badminton form. If anyone can provide additional information regarding the "Grandview Badminton Club" please contact us at ghmchs@gmail.com.

The 1924 Franklin County champion Grandview High School girls basketball team is pictured above, with their coach Stanton Jones. It was the third consecutive championship for the team due in large part to the athletic prowess of the team’s captain, Marie Grubbs, seated in front of Coach Jones. The local press referred to her as the team’s mainstay and star scorer. During the 1924 season she scored a total of 184 points during the 14-game season.

The first church in Grandview Heights was a Methodist Sunday school building erected in 1892 at 5th and Grandview Avenue. In 1902 the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church (inset) was built on the northwest corner of Fifth and Starr Road (North Star Blvd.). The church was later relocated to Oakland Avenue near First. In 1910 the Grandview Heights residents decided they needed an additional church in the community, and voted to make it a Congregational church, not affiliated with any single denomination. The Grandview Congregational Church was dedicated in 1911 (photo above), which would later become First Community Church.

This house is referred to in several historical references as the Inn at Arlington, or Arlington Inn. It was located in Marble Cliff and is speculated to have been razed for the construction of the Samuel Bush residence, which became St. Raphael's Home for the Aged (editing note: now Prescott Place) on Roxbury near Cardigan. References indicate that it was the meeting place for the Arlington Riding and Golf Club before the establishment of their Arlington (Aladdin) Country Club.

In 1916, Grandview resident Stephan Stepanian (top left) developed the plans for a revolutionary piece of equipment, designed to carry concrete from the plant to the job site, and keep it mixed en route. His design (actual patent drawing, bottom) for the first motor-truck concrete mixer has resulted in his designation as the father of the ready-mix concrete industry.

This 1923 photo shows the Red Crown Gasoline station, located near First Avenue and Oakland. The site is adjacent to what at the time of publication was a coin laundry and specialty market. The building behind the station was the home of the Grandview Methodist Church.

Julius Stone House. Mr. Julius F. Stone was an influential Columbus industrialist and entrepreneur who lived in Grandview Heights. His home at 1065 Westwood, which he and his family lived in until the mid-1940s, was razed to develop the current Stonegate Village homes. Mr. Stone (upper right) was the owner of Ohio Buggy Works and the Seagrave Co., turn of the century makers of Seagrave fire engines. Mr. Stone was a trustee of The Ohio State University and President of the OSU Research Foundation.

Aladdin Country Club in Marble Cliff. This aerial photo was taken in the late 1950s, looking east, and shows the former site of the Aladdin (Arlington) Country Club at the lower right. The club started in 1895 as a riding club, and later developed a 4-hole golf course on the site. It expanded to nine holes and operated until 1925.

This 1909 photograph shows ten-year-old Francis Paddock (right), his sister Elizabeth, age 3 (center), and their dog Fritz sitting pensively on the back porch of their new home at 1085 Westwood Avenue. They had just moved from their home in Fort Collins, Colorado because their father, Wendell Paddock, had accepted a position as a Professor of Horticulture at OSU.

Razing the Urlin Mansion. George and Alice Urlin built their home on the hill overlooking the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers in 1890. George, one of the earliest residents of what is now Grandview Heights, was an influential businessman and entrepreneur in Columbus and was responsible for the platting and development of Grandview Heights. This 1944 photo shows the home being razed. The property was later acquired for the development of the Summit Chase residential tower.

The city-owned land on the east side of Oxley Road was designated as a public park and playground. It was later named Pierce Field in honor of Grandview's eighth mayor.

Sledding has always been a popular winter activity in Grandview Heights. The composite photo above shows a cartoon drawing from a 1928 Community News paper (above left) and former Grandview Mayor Wyman's assistant preparing to push him down the hill from the Municipal Building into the park named for him.

George Linn graduated from Grandview High School in 1952, having excelled in 4 sports (baseball, football, golf, and basketball). It was his abilities in basketball that caught the attention of new University of Alabama coach Johnny Dee, who recruited several players from Ohio to play at the SEC school. Linn went on to achieve first-team All American honors in 1956, and was honored in January of this year as an Allstate SEC Legend.

This photo, circa 1922, was taken from a card labeled "Merry Christmas Dude, from the Lindenbergs". Dude, shown sitting in front holding the stuffed toy, was Dude (Frank) Higgs, who lived on Lincoln Road. The Lindenbergs were from a prominent Marble Cliff family that lived in what was known as the Country Club Subdivision, now Tarpy Woods.

The Lindenberg family was a prominent Columbus family that had a large impact on the Grandview area. Charles Lindenberg was the owner of the Columbus Brass Company and hired famous architect Frank Packard to design his West Broad home, which he later donated to the State of Ohio for use as the Governor's Mansion. He spent summers in Grandview, and his sons Carl, Frank and Paul built their homes here.