What’s Happening at Evans HHS update

Looking for Mr. Evans

On Feb. 12, 2025, cultural heritage practitioner Jerome Bias and house restoration expert Bill Chapman presented a Zoom program titled “Looking for Mr. Evans: Exploring the Home and Furniture of Abolitionist and Cabinetmaker Wilson Bruce Evans.” Bias and Chapman on their findings during their December 2024 visit to the Evans House. This program was brought to the public with the support of the Oberlin College Bonner Center, the History Department, the Oberlin College Art History Department Baldwin Lectures, the Public Humanities Program and the Africana Studies Department, and the Oberlin Heritage Center. A recording of the Zoom has been posted on YouTube.