Godman Guild
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Original home of the Godman Guild, a settlement house located at 468 West Goodale Street in the Flytown neighborhood. -
The Godman Guild provided team building activities for youngsters. Pictured here are one of their basketball teams, the Wolverine Junior Champions. The Godman Guild was located on Goodale Street in Flytown. Photo provided by the Godman Guild. -
Italian boys at the Godman Guild settlement house in Flytown. Photo provided by the Godman Guild. -
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. -
Flytown youth enjoy an evening dance at the Godman Guild. Photo Credit: Godman Guild -
This group of women are assembled in front of the Godman Guild. Women took part in clubs and meetings, social affairs and entertainment. The Guild found employment for many women who came to the Guild for health services, league advice and other kinds of service. This picture is possibly from the early 1930's. -
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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Godman Guild provided team building activities, such as basketball, to Flytown residents. Photo provided by the Godman Guild
The first Neighborhood Guild Association began when Miss Anna B. Keagle, both a high school teacher and Sunday school teacher in the Flytown neighborhood, discovered all her 8-10 year old charges were in jail one Sunday. In November of 1898, she and fourteen others of the Association became neighborhood activists and rented half a double on West Goodale Street. By June 1899 they outgrew the house. In 1900 The Association set out to build a commodious settlement house. Various Trustees raised $6,000 to buy land, and Henry C. Godman of the Godman Shoe Company gave $10,000 for the building fund. Construction began in May 1900 and was completed in November.
Information provided by the Godman Guild.
