Delaware in Delaware County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Andrew Wilson

Back Porch
2021

— Concrete and Corten Steel —

Andrew Wilson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 24, 2022

1. Andrew Wilson Marker

Inscription. This sculpture recreates the dimensions of the back porch on the original Butler A. Jones House of Black Culture. This was a space of respite, socializing, and community for Black students at OWU. Back Porch is intended to serve as a new performance and gathering space that honors Black lives and resists the erasure of Black history at Ohio Wesleyan.

Erected 2021 by Ebb and Teena Haycock Public Art Fund.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Education.

Location. 40° 17.755′ N, 83° 3.954′ W. Marker is in Delaware, Ohio, in Delaware County. It can be reached from South Sandusky Street 0.1 miles north of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 79 S Sandusky St, Delaware OH 43015, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley

and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Elliott Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Cherry, Judge, Luckett Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Plan of the Town of Delaware (within shouting distance of this marker); Wesley Branch Rickey (about 300 feet away, measured in

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a direct line); The Sulphur Spring (about 300 feet away); University Hall and Gray Chapel (about 400 feet away); The Harrison Trail (about 400 feet away); This Tablet and Beech Tree (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delaware.

More about this marker. On the grounds of the Ohio Wesleyan University.

<i>Back Porch</i> sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 24, 2022

2. Back Porch sculpture

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 7, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Andrew Wilson

Back Porch2021

— Concrete and Corten Steel —

Back Porch
2021