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

Vikram Perry presents online talk on “Mr. Evans’ Neighborhood” on May 23 Click here to access video recording Contents of photograph albums from the Evans Home posted online The Oberlin…
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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

“A Peek Beneath: What We Learned from Historical Archeology at the Wilson Bruce Evans House”

Saturday, April 5, 2025 11 am – 12:30 pm Oberlin Public Library David Klinge, Historical Archeologist and Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of ASC Group, Historical and Environmental Consultants, will talk…

03/23/2025
Recording & Presentation Slides: “Looking for Mr. Evans”

Cultural heritage practitioner Jerome Bias and historic home restoration expert Bill Chapman present “Looking for Mr. Evans: Exploring the Home and Furniture of Abolitionist and Cabinetmaker Wilson Bruce Evans”, reporting…

03/03/2025
Black History Month Events

Celebrate Black History Month with the  Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society**Three programs to put on your calendar** “Awakening to Justice”  Film Screening and Discussion Saturday, Feb. 8, at 2:00 p.m.…

01/16/2025
Holiday Wishes

01/05/2025
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
Tour of Evans House Under Renovation (YouTube)

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