Cottage Home Neighborhood History: Street by Street

Established in late 1860s.

Where was Bedbug Row? Why did residents call the area Rat Town? Where were John, Campbell, Archer and Hanna Streets? Did you know that Cottage Home had over a dozen grocery stores, bars and restaurants and even a nickelodeon? This 76-acre neighborhood was developed in the late 1860s by the families of Governor Noah Noble and General Robert Hanna. Early residents, working-class people of German, Irish and African descent, occupied primarily shotgun and gingerbread cottages constructed between 1870 and 1910.

Presentation via Zoom Meeting

This history will be the subject of a Zoom presentation on Thursday, May 13, 2021, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Register for free at https://bit.ly/3cVtQSW to get the program link. Neighbor Joan Hostetler, a photo historian and archivist who has gathered Cottage Home’s history since the 1980s, will take us on a street-by-street virtual tour showcasing historic photographs, documents and maps in a then-and-now format.

Event Schedule