The caption reads: “Hanby House, 150 West Main Street, Westerville, Ohio; Built 1848 [1846?]; Benjamin Russel Hanby (b. 1833–d. 1867).”  This watercolor was presented to my mother by Lora Robinson, who may or may not have painted it.  Hanby was a minister and composer, most noted for “Up on the Housetop.”  He was also active in the Underground Railroad.  This house in Westerville was a station on the Underground railroad.  See a brief biography of Hanby on Wikipedia.

The caption reads: “Hanby House, 150 West Main Street, Westerville, Ohio; Built 1848 [1846?]; Benjamin Russel Hanby (b. 1833–d. 1867).”  This watercolor was presented to my mother by Lora Robinson, who may or may not have painted it.  Hanby was a minister and composer, most noted for “Up on the Housetop.”  He was also active in the Underground Railroad.  This house in Westerville was a station on the Underground railroad.  See a brief biography of Hanby on Wikipedia.

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Bob is an Ohio native (Westerville [South] High School '62) and a graduate of The Ohio State University ('66, '68, '71) who has lived in southern California for 36 years.  He retired from the faculty of the University of Southern California in 2004.

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