The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society – Historic Oberlin, OH home of Wilson Bruce and Sarah Jane Evans

About Evans HHS

The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society (aka Evans HHS) honors the legacy of Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), Sarah Jane Leary Evans (1829-1898) and their descendants. The Society seeks to…
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What’s Happening at Evans HHS

The Ohio Senate has issued an official commendation saluting the memory of Wilson Bruce Evans on his 200th birthday and applauding the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society for its…
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Our Funders

In addition to our members and private donors, we thank our institutional funders for their financial support: Nordson Corporation Foundation, Nord Family Foundation, Bill Long Foundation, National Underground Railroad Network…
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The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue

Adapted with permission from Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio by Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser (LSU Press, 2018) From the mid-1830s forward, Oberlin gained…
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Our Mission
The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the conservation of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home and provision of public space that serves as…
Life & Times
African American Wilson Bruce Evans was born free in the Piedmont region of North Carolina in 1824. His mother was Fanny Evans, a free woman of color who owned property…
Our Funders
In addition to our members and private donors, we thank our institutional funders for their financial support: Nordson Corporation Foundation, Nord Family Foundation, Bill Long Foundation, National Underground Railroad Network…

Staff
Carol Lasser, Emerita Professor of History, Oberlin College, serves as Executive Director of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society. Carol has lived in Oberlin since 1980. For nearly four…
Meet Our Board
The Board of Trustees is composed of descendants of Wilson Bruce Evans and Sarah Jane Leary Evans, members of the Oberlin’s African American genealogy and history community, members of Oberlin’s…
Become a Member or Renew
The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society offers several membership options, which are renewable yearly. You can also donate without becoming a member here. Tax Information: The Wilson Bruce Evans…

Recent Posts

Ohio Senate salutes Wilson Bruce Evans on his 200th birthday

10/29/2024
Fall 2024 Newletter published

10/24/2024
All are invited to Evans HHS 4th Annual Meeting on Sept. 14th!

The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society (Evans HHS) invites the public to their 4th Annual Meeting on Saturday, September 14, in Oberlin’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Park. The gathering…

08/18/2024
Trustee Wilson Inborden Hughes shares a family story for Juneteenth 2024

Includes with permission excerpts from Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio by Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser (LSU Press, 2018) Every year as Juneteenth approaches,…

06/19/2024
Wilson Bruce Evans House Renovation Status

June 9th, 2024

06/09/2024
Publication of Spring 2024 Evans HHS Newsletter

The spring 2024 issue of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society Newsletter has been published and can be found under the “News & Events” menu of this website.

06/05/2024
Poets Against Racism & Hate to present in Oberlin on May 4 as part of Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour

The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society in Oberlin is proud to partner with Poets Against Racism & Hate in bringing their Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour to the…

04/28/2024
Save the date: Evans HHS Zoom on Sun., April 21

On Sunday, April 21, Katie King, a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, will present a Zoom presentation titled “The Exodus from Antebellum North Carolina: ‘Sell Out, Pack Up…

03/23/2024
Evans HHS co-sponsors talk on “Oberlin’s African American Pioneers” at the Oberlin Public Library

On Saturday, March 2, Evans HHS Trustee Gary Kornblith gave an illustrated lecture titled “Oberlin’s African American Pioneers: Stories of the First Generation” at the Oberlin Public Library as part…

03/04/2024
Dedication of Ohio Historical Marker for Evans House Draws Crowd

On the chilly afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, over fifty people gathered in front of 33 East Vine Street in Oberlin to witness and celebrate the unveiling of an…

02/17/2024