Worthington Township Hall/Sharon Township Hall

67 East Dublin-Granville Rd.

Image: Worthington Town Hall, c. 1890

This is the oldest public building in Worthington and is the oldest surviving "Union School" in Ohio. It was built in 1856 with two schoolrooms on the ground floor for beginning and intermediate classes and space for growth on the second floor that was initially rented to the I.O.O.F. Lodge.

In 1873, the building became the joint Worthington Town Hall and Sharon Township Hall -- serving Worthington Council until 1928 and the township for nearly a century.

St. John’s Episcopal Church purchased the property in 1975 and renovated for church related programs.

The building retains the character of the 1856 school with arched windows with six over six sashes, and arched entries at both ends leading to stairs which allow direct access to meetings on the second floor. The stone I.O.O.F. nameplate on the façade commemorates that organization’s long-term use of the second story, but disguises the importance the buildings many uses through Worthington’s public history.

Open by arrangement with Church office