Image of Griswold Inn Kitchen

This image of the interior of the Griswold Inn was obtained from a series of negatives converted to digital images. The Griswold Inn stood on the east side of High Street, just north of the Village Green, and was built by Ezra Griswold in 1811 to offer travelers a place to stop. Ezra operated the inn until 1816, when he passed it down to his son, George H. Griswold. The structure was later converted from a tavern and inn into a residence, where Ruth Griswold, the last of the family to occupy the building, lived. Though the Griswold Inn Historical Foundation attempted to raise funds to purchase and restore the inn to use it as the Worthington Historical Society Museum, the building was razed in 1964. Gilbert Coddington, an architect who ultimately helped the Historical Society restore the Orange Johnson House, captured this image series before the demolition of the inn.

This picture shows a 1920's "Quick Meal" gas range with a "Lorain Oven Heat Regulator" that has been placed in front of a fireplace in the kitchen. In the 1920s, Fondelia Ruth Griswold, widow of Worthington Franklin Griswold, and her daughter, Ruth, lived in the Inn, along with other family members on occasion as well as lodgers who lived in rooms that were converted to apartments to supply an income.