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 Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com Feature Article about Restoration of the Wilson Bruce Evans HouseTitled “Restoration of Wilson Bruce Evans House in Oberlin Offers Rare Look into African-American Abolitionist…
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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, The Nord Family Foundation, Bill Long Foundation, National Underground Railroad…
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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, The Nord Family Foundation, Bill Long Foundation, National Underground Railroad…

Staff
Carol Lasser, Emerita Professor of History, Oberlin College, serves as the Manager 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 Portrait—A Portal: How an antique store find unlocked a fascinating history

by: Bill Chapman Engravings of abolitionist John Brown are not commonplace in Virginia, so when Ispotted this one in an antique store in Gloucester County, Virginia in 2009, itimmediately caught…

09/04/2022
The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society

Dear Friends and Members, Please mark your calendar to attend the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society on Saturday, September 17, from 11 am to…

09/01/2022
Juneteenth in Oberlin

Oberlin has been celebrating Juneteenth for more than 30 years. In 1992, local merchantAdenike Sharpley made celebration of Juneteenth part of the city’s Oberlin Heritage Days. In2004, Oberlin City Council…

07/10/2022
Dorothy Viola Inborden Miller

Written By: Devin Grooms-Lee – Great Great Great Great Grandson of Wilson Bruce Evans and Great Great Grandnephew of Dorothy Viola Inborden Miller Early Life Dorothy Viola Inborden Miller was…

02/04/2022
Sarah Jane Evans Inborden

Written By: Devin Grooms-Lee – Great Great Great Great grandson of Wilson Bruce Evans & Great Great Great grandson of Sarah Jane Evans Inborden Early Life Sarah Jane Evans Inborden…

12/22/2021