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Godman Guild Building on West Goodale Street

Submitted by rathke on April 2, 2010 - 1:58pm
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Original home of the Godman Guild, a settlement house located at 468 West Goodale Street in the Flytown neighborhood.

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Godman Guild Cooking Class

Submitted by rathke on April 1, 2010 - 10:05am
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The Godman Guild settlement house provided a variety of services and classes to Flytown residents. Pictured here are girls in a cooking class.

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Italian boys at the Godman Guild

Submitted by rathke on March 31, 2010 - 1:05pm
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Italian boys at the Godman Guild settlement house in Flytown.


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Godman Guild Leaders Basketball Team 1924-1925

Submitted by rathke on March 31, 2010 - 1:00pm
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Godman Guild provided Flytown youth team building activities such as basketball. This is a photo of the 1924-1925 Leaders Club basketball team.

Sitting left to right: Willie Boyer, Gus Young, "Chock" Ford and L. Anderson.
Standing left to right: John Lipkin, Coach Charley Cutchen and L. Donaldson.

The Godman Guild produced some star athletes: Hank Gowdy (Major League Baseball), and William "Plunk" Ford and Murray "Chock" Ford, brothers both played for the Harlem Globetrotters, and Archie Moore boxed Caccius Clay in the 1960's.

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Godman Guild Community Gardens

Submitted by rathke on March 31, 2010 - 11:39am
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The Godman Guild settlement house provided Flytown residents land for gardens. The land was located west of the Olentangy River and north of W. Goodale Street. Later, the City of Columbus built baseball diamonds on the property and called the park "Gowdy Field." Named after baseball great Hank Gowdy.

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Godman Guild Dance

Submitted by rathke on March 31, 2010 - 11:32am
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Flytown youth enjoy an evening dance at the Godman Guild.

Photo Credit: Godman Guild

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