>>> NEXT, IT'S ALL ABOUT
WESTERVILLE.
FIRST A LOOK AT THE ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE.
>> THEN A FAMOUS HOUSE ON THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
>> AND LUNCHTIME BEER IN THE
HEART OF TEMPERANCE COUNTRY.
THAT'S NEXT ON
“COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS.”
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>> WE'RE ON THE CAMPUS OF
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY IN
WESTERVILLE.
NOW SOME WOULD SAY WE'RE ON
HALLOWED GROUND BECAUSE NATIONAL
BATTLES OVER SLAVERY AND SALOONS
WERE FOUGHT HERE.
>> IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT TIME.
OUR FIRST STORY FOCUSES ON THE
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
ALCOHOL WAS THOUGHT OF AS A
DESTRUCTIVE FORCE FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FOR THE HEALTH
OF THE FAMILY.
THE CALL OF PROHIBITION WAS
STRONGEST HERE IN WESTERVILLE,
WITH 1000S OF FLYERS, BROCHURES,
AND SONGS MAILED THROUGH THE
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ON A DAILY
BASIS.
>> OUR FIRST STORY TAKES A LOOK
AT HOW THE MOVEMENT BECAME
POLICY.
ONE DOCUMENT AT A TIME.
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>>> IN THE EARLY PART OF THE
1800S ALCOHOL HAD BECOME A HUGE
PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE WAS MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE
OF ALCOHOLISM AND AS WE GET PAST
THE CIVIL WAR AND WE'VE SOLVED
THE PROBLEM OF SLAVERY, SUDDENLY
PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK OF
ALCOHOL AS A CRISIS IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS
COME INTO BEING, IMMEDIALY AFTER
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, DEALING
WITH THIS ISSUE.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE
INITIALLY WAS THE WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
WHICH COMES INTO BEING IN 1874.
ARGUING IN FAVOR OF THE
TEMPERATE USE OF ALCOHOL, THEY
WILL ALSO BE STRONG ADVOCATES OF
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ALSO EQUAL
RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A WIDE
SPREAD SORT OF MOVEMENT.
A MORE DIRECT KIND OF MOVEMENT
EMERGES WITH THE ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE OF AMERICA.
>> THEY HAD ONE CAUSE AND THAT
WAS TO RID THE COUNTRY OF THE
SALOON LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED IN
1893 AT OBERLIN, BY THE REVEREND
HOWARD HYDE RUSSELL.
AND THEY CAME TO WESTERVILLE IN
1909.
THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A
PLACE TO BUILD THEIR OWN
PRINTING HEADQUARTERS.
SO THE CITIZENS OF WESTERVILLE
FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
AND THEY FORMED BOARD OF TRADE.
THE BOARD OF TRADE, THE BOARD OF
TRADE PURCHASED LAND ON SOUTH
STATE STREET, THAT HAD AN 1850S
HOUSE ON IT.
AND THEY THEN SENT THE POST
MASTER TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO
TAKE THE OFFERTO OF THIS GIFT OF
LAND AND A BUILDING TO THE
ANTI-SALOON LEADERSHIP TO
PERSUADE THEM TO BRING THE PRINT
HEADQUARTERS HERE AND IT WORKED.
HUGE CELBRATION IN THE CITY.
THE CHURCH BELLS WERE RINGING.
THE PEOPLE WERE POURING OUT IN
THE STREETS.
WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS THAT
THE LEAGUE WAS BRINGING THEIR
PRINTING OPERATION HERE.
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>> BY THE TIME THE ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE REACHES ITS PEAK IT IS
REALLY THE DOMINANT ORGANIZATION
IN THAT TOWN.
EMPLOYING LARGE NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE, WITH A RATHER LARGE
PRINTING PRESS.
SO IT HAD A MAJOR, ECONOMIC,
POLITICAL, SOCIAL IMPACT.
NOT JUST ON WESTERVILLE, BUT ON
CENTRAL OHIO.
THE LEAGUE PRINTED “THE AMERICAN
ISSUE” NEWSPAPER THAT WENT ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
THEY ALSO PRINTED STATE
EDITIONS.
THEY HAD THEIR OWN MAGAZINES,
FLYERS, BOOKS, THEY HAD POSTERS.
>> THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESSFUL MODEL
FOR HOW TO MARKET SOMETHING.
IN THIS CASE IT'S AN IDEA.
THE PROHIBITION OF THE
MANUFACTURE, SALE OR
DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL.
BUT IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE THE WAY
THEY GO ABOUT DOING THIS,
THEY'RE A FORERUNNER OF MODERN
MARKETING METHODS TO MOST OF THE
20th CENTURY.
>> THEY USE THE COLOR RED,
BECAUSE OUR EYES ARE ALWAYS
DRAWN TO THE COLOR RED.
THEY USE STATISTICS, NOW I CAN'T
TELL YOU WHETHER THOSE
STATISTICS WERE GATHERED USING
SCIENTIFIC METHODS WE WOULD
APPROVE TODAY, BUT THEY KNEW
THAT THAT WOULD FRAME OUR
OPINION OF THE INFORMATION THEY
WERE GIVING US.
SO WE'RE IN A ROOM OF THE 1850S
HOUSE, THAT WAS THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
WE HAVE TURNED THIS INTO A
MUSEUM TO SHARE THEIR HISTORY,
THROUGH THE PRINTED THINGS THEY
MADE.
AND ON THIS DESK WE HAVE A LOT
OF EXAMPLES OF THE FLYERS THEY
PRINTED.
WE HAVE ONE IN HERE THAT SAYS,
DADDY'S IN THERE ARE OUR SHOES,
AND CLOTHES, STOCKINGS AND FOOD
ARE IN THERE TOO, AND THEY'LL
NEVER COME OUT.
AND IT SHOWS THE YOUNG GIRL AND
BOY OUTSIDE THE SALOON WAITING
FOR THEIR FATHER TO COME.
THIS ONE IS REALLY AMAZING.
IT SAYS THE TITANTIC CARRIED OUT
1503 PEOPLE, DRINK CARRIES OF
1503 PEOPLE EVERY EIGHT DAYS IN
THE YEAR.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING THE TITANIC
WENT DOWN BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL,
BUT A YEAR AFTER THE TITANIC
GOES DOWN, SHOWING THAT THEIR
STATISTICS COMPARE TO HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE LOST ON THE TITANIC.
1913 WAS A KEY YEAR FOR THEM.
THEY DECIDED TO JOIN FORCES WITH
THE WCTU AND THE PROHIBITION
PARTY AND CALL FOR A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO STOP
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
IT'S AT THAT POINT THAT THEY
START SENDING SPEAKERS OUT IN
GREAT NUMBERS.
THEY'RE PRINTING ALL THIS
MATERIAL.
THEY'RE GOING ITNO THE CHURCHES
FOR FUNDRAISING.
>> WHAT BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER
IS WOLRD WAR I.
BECAUSE WORLD WORLD I PUTS IN
PLACE THE TEMPORARY OF THE SALE,
MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ALCOHOL.
WHICH WILL THEN BE PUSHED
FORWARD FROM WORLD WAR I MOVING
TOWARD AN ABSOLUTE AMENDMENT.
SO THEY GOT THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT PASSED.
AND I THINK THEIR FEELING AT
THAT POINT WAS, THEY WERE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO BE A FORCE IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT IN ACTUALITY, ONCE
THIS IS PASSED, THEY BECOME KIND
OF PASSE.
THERE STARTS TO BE A BATTLE BY
1925 BETWEEN TWO FACTIONS OF THE
LEAGUE.
ONE IS THIS ENFORCEMENT FACTION,
THE OTHER IS AN EDUCATIONAL
FACTION.
AND ONE OF THE PROPONENTS OF
THAT IS ERNEST SHERRINGTON AND
HE WAS HEAD OF ALL THE PRINTING
HERE, AND ERNEST LIKED TO SAY
THAT THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM WILL
NOT BE SOLVED IN THE NEXT
ELECTION, BUT IN THE NEXT
GENERATION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT
PEOPLE WON THAT STRUGGLE.
IN 1929 WHEN THE ECONOMY FAILS,
SUDDENLY THE CASE CAN BE MADE
THAT WE NEED THE JOBS THAT
PRODUCING ALCOHOL WOULD BRING
AND WE NEED THE TAX REVENUE THAT
TAXING ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS WOULD
BRING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO WHEN YOU GET TO 1932 BOTH
PARTIES ARE RUNNING ON A
PLATFORM OF GETTING RID OF
PROHIBITION.
>> THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE FINDS
ITSELF AT THE END OF
PROHIBITION, ESSENTIALLY A CAUSE
WITHOUT A POSSIBILITY.
>> HOWARD HYDE RUSSELL, THE
FOUNDER OF THE LEAGUE, THEIR
FATHER FIGURE, GOES ON NATIONAL
RADIO AND SAYS THIS IS A NOT A
DRY FUNERAL, THIS IS ONLY A
PERIOD OF MISTAKEN OPINION AND
IF WE CAN NOT HAVE THE WHOLE
LOAF, WE'LL TAKE A SLICE.
IF CAN'T HAVE A SLICE, WE'LL
TAKE A CRUST.
IF WE CAN'T TAKE A CRUST, WE'LL
TAKE A CRUMB.
SO HARD FAR HAVE THEY FALLEN TO
SUDDENLY BE WILLING TO TAKE A
CRUMB.
THE REMNANTS OF THE LEAGUE ARE
STILL HERE THE 70S TRYING TO
FIGHT THE BATTLE.
THEY CONTINUE TO PUBLISH FOR A
TIME, BUT THEN THE MONEY TOTALLY
DRIES UP FOR THAT.
SO IT'S RATHER A SAD STORY IN
THE END.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A GROUP LIKE
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE THAT HAS
BEEN SO INFLUENTIAL IN THE
COUNTRY, IT'S EASY FOR THEIR
THINGS TO JUST GO BY THE
WAYSIDE.
WAYSIDE.
BUT THIS STUFF IS REALLY
RELEVANT TODAY, WITH THE THINGS
WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY WITH
LEGALIZING CERTAIN DRUGS.
THE FIGHT ON TOBACCO.
YES IT'S OLD, BUT IT'S RELEVANT
TO WHAT GOES ON TODAY, AND THE
METHODOLOGY THAT THE ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE USED TO APPEAL TO OUR
SENSES AND THE LOBBYING THEY DID
FOR A SINGLE CAUSE IS MUCH LIKE
YOU SEE WITH GUN PROPONENTS,
ABORTION PROPONENTS.
PEOPLE WHO VOTE ON A SINGLE
ISSUE, IT'S THE SAME THING
TODAY.
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>>> NEXT THE HANBY HOUSE, A STOP
ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
>>> THEN LUNCH AT UPTOWN DELI
AND BREW, WHERE CRAFT BEER IS IN
DEMAND.
>>> TEMPERANCE AND ANTI-SLAVERY
SENTIMENT WERE STRONG HERE IN
WESTERVILLE.
AND AS THE QUEST FOR TEMPERANCE
HEATED UP, THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD SAW MANY HOMES OPEN FOR
ESCAPING SLAVES.
>> JEFF DARBEE VISITS THE HOME
OF WILLIAM HANBY, A TEMPERANCE
REFORMER, A STAUNCH
ABOLITIONIST, AND A CO-FUNDER OF
OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>>> WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN
WESTERVILLE, ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTH AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN
COLUMBUS.
IT'S AN OLD COMMUNITY, ALMOST AS
OLD AS COLUMBUS ITSELF.
THE AREA WAS SETTLED ABOUT 1810.
IT ALSO HAD SOME UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD EXPERIENCE AND WE'RE
JUST ABOUT TO VISIT THE HANBY
HOUSE, BENJAMIN HANBY HOUSE HERE
ON WEST MAIN STREET IN
WESTERVILLE.
HOME OF BENJAMIN HANBY, WHO WAS
A --
WROTE MUSIC, HE WAS A LYRICIST
AND A MUSICIAN AND HE WROTE SOME
SONGS I THINK YOU'LL FIND
FAMILIAR.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>> HI, I'M JEFF DARBEE.
>> HI, I'M PAM ALLEN.
WELCOME TO HANBY HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE I
HAVE TO ADMIT.
AND I'M GLAD FOR THE CHANCE.
>> IT'S A TREASURE HERE AT
WESTERVILLE AND REPURCUSSIONS
FROM THIS HISTORY GO AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THIS
IS THE KITCHEN.
I SEE A BIG STOVE.
>> THIS, YES INDEED WAS THE
KITCHEN.
AND BELIEVE IT NOT, ONE OF THE
DAUGHTERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD SAID
THAT THEY ALWAYS PLANNED FOR
16 FOR DINNER IN THIS SPACE.
SO, THAT'S LIKE COOKING A
THANKSGIVING DINNER EVERY DAY.
>> YEAH, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
>> YES.
>> MY GOODNESS.
WELL, LET'S SEE MORE OF THE
HOUSE.
I CAN TELL ALREADY IT'S A GREAT
PLACE.
WAS THIS A PARLOR?
IS THIS WHERE THEY'D ENTERTAIN?
>> THIS IS THE PARLOR AND THE
PARLOR WAS FOR ENTERTAINING.
THAT WAS FOR THE HAPPY TIMES.
WE HAVE THE PATRIARCH AND THE
MATRIARCH ON THE WALL; BISHOP
AND HIS WIFE ANNE MILLER HANBY.
BISHOP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
GETTING OTTERBEIN FOUNDED TO
ADMIT WOMEN AND BLACKS ON A
EQUAL STATUS WITH WHITE MALES.
>> WELL, IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE
COMMUNITY.
IT HAD HISTORY IN THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
>> IT WAS VERY MUCH.
>> OF COURSE IT'S TEMPERANCE
HISTORY.
IT WAS A VERY PROGRESSIVE
COMMUNITY AND KIND OF OUT OF THE
FRONTIER AT THE TIME.
AT LEAST THE TIME IT WAS
SETTLED.
>> AND THE HANBY FAMILY HAD BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD WHEN THEY LIVED IN
RUSHVILLE AND CIRCLEVILLE AND
THEY CONTINUED THAT ACTIVITY
ONCE THEY MOVED HERE TO
WESTERVILLE.
AN IMPORTANT UNDERGROUND FEATURE
IN THIS ROOM IS THE VASE IN THE
WINDOW WITH THE THREE FLOWERS.
THAT WAS A SECRET SIGNAL SYSTEM
HERE IN WESTERVILLE.
THOSE THAT WERE A PART OF THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD KNEW THAT
THE NUMBER OF BLOSSOMS HERE IN
THE VASE REPRESENTED HOW MANY
SLAVES WERE CURRENTLY IN HIDING
HERE.
ANYONE ELSE JUST THOUGHT ANNE
HANBY HAD SOME PRETTY FLOWERS IN
THE WINDOW.
>> NOW BENJAMIN HANBY WAS A
MUSICIAN?
>> WHILE BEN WAS A STUDENT AT
OTTERBEIN, HE WROTE HIS FIRST
SONG THAT WAS PUBLISHED,
“DARLING NELLY GRAY.”
AND HE CONTINUED IN HIS MUSICAL
CAREER AFTER COLLEGE.
AND WHEN HE LIVED OVER IN NEW
PARIS, OHIO IS WHEN HE WROTE HIS
CHRISTMAS SONG, “SANTA CLAUS”
THAT WE KNOW TODAY AS “UP ON THE
HOUSETOP.”
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>> SO, I KNOW THERE'S MORE
HOUSE.
I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER ROOM
ANYWAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
SHALL WE LOOK AT SOME MORE?
>> NOT A LOT OF HOUSE, BUT I'M
HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE
GOT.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>> WELL, THERE'S A BIG BED HERE,
SO CLEARLY IT'S A BEDROOM, BUT
I'M GUESSING MAYBE IT WASN'T ITS
ORIGINAL USE.
>> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD GUESS.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN OF
THE HOUSE.
THIS FRONT WINDOW WAS ORIGINALLY
A DOOR INTO THE KITCHEN.
>> OKAY, SO THERE WERE TWO FRONT
DOORS.
ONE OF THE KITCHEN, ONE TO GO TO
THE PARLOR WHERE GUESTS WOULD
COME IN SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
PASS THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
>> CORRECT.
SO, THIS WAS THE BEDROOM FOR
BISHOP AND HIS WIFE ANNE AND THE
YOUNGEST SON SAMMY WAS ONLY
18 MONTHS SO HE PROBABLY SPENT
SOME TIME HERE.
>> AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE
UPSTAIRS.
>> YES.
>> SO, LET'S GO SEE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
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>> SO, THIS WAS ANOTHER BEDROOM.
THERE ARE TWO ROOMS UP HERE,
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> AND THIS IS ANOTHER BEDROOM.
>> THIS WAS THE GIRLS' BEDROOM.
>> AND YOU HAVE THE HISTORICAL
DISPLAYS IN THIS ROOM NOW.
>> WE DO.
IT'S MORE OF A MUSEUM ROOM NOW.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF BEN HANBY'S
SHEET MUSIC ON THE WALL.
AND OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT IS ABOUT
THE DESCENDANTS OF THE HANBY
FAMILY.
SO, IN THIS CASE ARE THE
DESCENDANTS OF BEN AND KATE.
>> WAS THIS HIS FLUTE?
>> THIS WAS HIS FLUTE.
HE SAVED UP MONEY FOR THIS AND
BOUGHT IT.
AND HE CRAFTED THE CASE HIMSELF.
>> WELL, THERE'S ONE MORE ROOM.
>> UM-HMM.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>> SO, THIS WAS THE BOYS' ROOM.
>> YES.
FOUR BOYS GREW UP IN THIS ROOM.
IN THIS CORNER THERE IS A DESK
THAT WAS MADE BY BEN WHEN HE WAS
A STUDENT HERE AT OTTERBEIN
BEFORE HIS FAMILY HAD MOVED TO
WESTERVILLE.
>> HE REALLY WAS A SKILLED
WOODWORKER.
>> HE WAS VERY SKILLED.
AND WHEN YOU THINK THEY ALSO
KNEW LEATHERWORK, ETC.
YOU KNOW, HE HAD QUITE A FEW
TALENTS.
>> WELL, THE HOUSE IS SO WELL
PRESERVED.
IT'S REALLY IN ITS HISTORICAL
CONDITION WITH HISTORICAL
FURNISHINGS.
BUT, HOW WAS IT SAVED?
WHEN DID THE HANBY FAMILY LEAVE
AND WHO WERE SOME OF THE LATER
OWNERS?
>> THE HANBY FAMILY MOVED OUT IN
THE 1870s AND THEN IN 1889 A
LOCAL MAN NAMED SQUIRE FOUSH
PURCHASED THE HOUSE.
AND HIS STORY IS INTERESTING
BECAUSE SQUIRE FOUSH WAS A SLAVE
IN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE
END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
AND THEN HE CAME TO WESTERVILLE
AND HE ENDED UP BUYING THIS
HOUSE WHICH HAD HARBORED
FUGITIVE SLAVES.
AND THE FOUSH FAMILY LIVED HERE
LONGER THAN THE HANBYS DID.
>> AND THE WHOLE HOUSE IS JUST
FULL OF TERRIFIC STORIES.
>> THE STORIES GO ON AND ON.
THE MORE RESEARCH WE DO, THE
MORE INTERESTING STORIES WE
FIND.
>> SO, THE STORY'S CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING AS WE LEARN NEW THINGS.
>> IT IS.
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY WELL, I WAS
AT HANBY HOUSE 20 YEARS AGO, I
KNOW.
AND I GO YOU DON' KNOW WHAT
WE'VE LEARNED SINCE THEN.
>> TIME TO VISIT AGAIN.
AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT IT'S
DONE --
THE HOUSE IS RUN IN COOPERATION
WITH THE WESTERVILLE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WESTERVILLE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY IS THE MANAGEMENT
PARTNER WITH OHIO HISTORY
CONNECTION.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE TOUR.
AS I MENTIONED EARLY ON, I
HADN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE MUCH TO
MY SHAME, BUT I'VE SEEN IT NOW
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
>> WELL, WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS
THROUGH THE YEAR, SO PLEASE COME
BACK.
>> AND I HOPE EVERYBODY IN TOWN
WILL DO THE SAME THING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE TOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>>> NOW, IN THIS NEXT STORY YOU
GOT TO EAT LUNCH AT A BREWERY
ALONG TEMPERANCE ROW, RIGHT?
>> I SURE DID AND IT WAS GREAT.
TIMES HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED MY
FRIEND, BUT “UPTOWN DELI AND
BREW” IS VERY PROUD OF ITS LINK
TO THE PAST.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>>> WE'RE IN HISTORIC
WESTERVILLE TODAY AT “UPTOWN
DELI AND BREW.”
I'M HERE TO TALK WITH TONY --,
OWNER OR TEMPERANCE ROW BREWING.
HE'S GOT SOME GREAT STORIES
ABOUT USHERING CRAFT BREWING
INTO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE
NATION'S TEMPERANCE MOVMENT.
BREWING IS DONE AT THE BACK OF
THE BUILDING WHERE YOU'LL FIND
PILSNERS, IPAs, AND ALES BREWED
RIGHT ON THE SPOT.
YOU'LL FIND THE DELI AT THE
FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
THERE ARE SIGNATURE SANDWICHES
WITH ITALIAN COLDCUTS AND HOUSE
FRIED POTATO CHIPS.
THE THING ABOUT IT WITH
PROSCIUTTO, FIG JAM, AND GOAT
CHEESE IS MY CHOICE MY LUNCH.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS A FUN ONE.
COMING UP WITH THEM IS KIND
OF --
WHERE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU
LOVE AND PUT IT TOGETHER IN A
SANDWICH, RIGHT?
SO --
>> OH YEAH.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IS TO
BRING CRAFT BREWING BACK TO THE
VERY PLACE WHERE THIS COUNTRY'S
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT GOT STARTED.
>> UM-HMM.
>> WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> IT WASN'T NECESSARILY BECAUSE
OF THAT, BUT ITS HERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT UPTOWN, IT'S
A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN DRAWING TO
WESTERVILLE SINCE 2005.
AND BEFORE THAT, IF YOU CAME
INTO TOWN ON A THURSDAY OR EVEN
A WEDNESDAY AFTER 7:00, THERE'S
REALLY NOTHING GOING ON AFTER
THE SHOPS CLOSED, RIGHT?
SO, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS HERE.
>> WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER
HURDLES THAT YOU HAD DEAL WITH
BECAUSE I MEAN ALREADY YOU'RE IN
FOOD BUSINESS SO THAT'S A
CHALLENGE.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT, YOU'RE BRINGING ALCOHOL
TO A DRY AREA.
>> FOR MOST RESTAURANTS TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE IT SELLING BEER, OR
LIQUOR, OR WINE ACTUALLY IT
HELPS A LOT BECAUSE THE MARGINS
ARE SO SLIM IN THE FOOD SIDE.
SO, WESTERVILLE IS REALLY
INTERESTING THAT IT'S STILL
TECHNICALLY A DRY TOWN.
SO EVERY PLACE THAT SERVES
ALCOHOL OR LIQUOR HAS TO GO ON A
BALLOT AND GET VOTED WET.
SO, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS
YOU GO ON THE BALLOT, YOU'RE NOT
SURE IF THE COMMUNITY WILL SAY
YES OR NOT.
FORTUNATELY, THEY SAID YES FOR
US.
>> LOOKING AROUND AT YOUR DÉCOR,
YOU ACTUALLY CELEBRATE THE
TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU LOOK, IT'S A CELEBRATION
OF BOTH SIDES OF THE MOVEMENT.
BECAUSE IF YOU READ ABOUT IT OR
WATCH ANYTHING ABOUT
PROHIBITION, THERE'S TWO
DRAMATIC TAKES ON IT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE MORAL SIDE,
THERE'S A FINANCIAL SIDE AND
WESTERVILLE WAS IN THE HEART OF
THAT DEBATE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY WE LEAN ONE WAY,
BUT WE CELEBRATE BOTH SIDES
HERE.
>> WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
LEARNED ABOUT PROHIBITION AND
THE WAY IT CHANGED AMERICAN
CULTURE THAT'S BEEN ESPECIALLY
MEANINGFUL FOR YOU?
>> WELL, IT'S JUST FASCINATING
AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO IT LIKE
THE INCOME TAX.
PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE
INCOME TAX IS WHEN PROHIBITION
FIRST STARTED, THERE'S A REVENUE
STREAM THAT WAS LOST BECAUSE NOW
THERE'S NO MORE LIQUOR TO TAX.
AND THEN THAT PIVOTED AGAIN WHEN
THE DEPRESSION HIT, THE INCOME
TAX BECAME A LOT LESS BECAUSE
THERE WAS A LOT LESS WORK.
SO, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON
PROHIBITION ENDED WAS BECAUSE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS
LOOKING AT A WAY TO BOOST
REVENUE SO THEY ALLOW THE SALE
AGAIN, RIGHT?
SO, EVEN HERE, WESTERVILLE'S A
REALLY GOOD MICROCOSM OF THAT
SAME PHILOSOPHY BECAUSE FOREVER
WE WERE NO ALCOHOL AND THE
UPTOWN AREA IS THRIVING NOW JUST
BECAUSE OF A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT?
SO, THAT BALANCE I THINK IS
REALLY INTERESTING.
>> YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAD TO
BECOME A HISTORIAN HERE?
>> YEAH, I KIND OF BECAME A
PROHIBITION NERD DOING SOME
RESEARCH HERE, TRYING TO PUT IT
ALL TOGETHER, YEAH.
WESTERVILLE IN PARTICULAR HAD A
GENTLEMAN, HENRY CORBIN, THAT
OPENED A SALOON IN 1875 AND THE
TOWNSPEOPLE ACTUALLY BOMBED THE
SALOON ON THE FIRST NIGHT.
SO, HE REBUILT AND THEY BOMBED
AGAIN.
AND FOUR YEARS LATER, HE BUILT
AT ANOTHER SITE AND THEY TOTALLY
DESTROYED THAT BUILDING.
AND THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS THE LAST BEER SERVED IN
WESTERVILLE UNTIL 2005.
SO, IN HONOR OR MR. CORBIN, WE
HAVE A BEER CALLED HERE CALLED
CORBIN'S REVENGE BECAUSE WE'RE
JUST TRYING TO GET BACK A LITTLE
BIT FOR --
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I HEAR YOU HAVE ANOTHER
INTERESTING ONE THOUGH.
TELL ME ABOUT 40 TON PORTER.
>> AFTER THE INITIAL BOMBING OF
CORBIN'S SALOON, THE ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE MOVED THEIR NATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS HERE.
AND ON OTTERBEIN'S CAMPUS NOW
THEY HAD ABOUT 11 ACRES WHERE
THEY BUILT HOMES AND APARTMENTS
FOR THE HIGHER-UPS OF THE
MOVEMENT.
WELL, THEY STARTED PRINTING AND
IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF
PROPAGANDA, A LOT OF IT WAS
PRINTED HERE IN WESTERVILLE.
THEY PRINTED AND MAILED OUT
40 TONS OF PROPAGANDA AGAINST
ALCOHOL OUT OF WESTERVILLE.
WESTERVILLE IS ONE OF THE FIRST
TOWN TO HAVE A FIRST CLASS POST
OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE SHEER
VOLUME THAT WAS COMING OUT.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT 40 TON,
CIRCLING BACK AGAIN ON THE
HISTORY, OUR PORTER IS CALLED
40 TON PORTER.
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>> I GOTTA GIVE YOU CREDIT.
YOU'VE BEEN REALLY IMAGINATIVE
INCORPORATING ALL OF THIS INTO
YOUR BUSINESS AND MAKING THIS
PLACE A TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORY
OF THIS AREA.
>> WELL, THE HISTORY IS SO RICH
HERE WHICH YOU'VE TOUCHED ON.
THAT'S WHAT WE DRAW OUR NAME
FROM.
AND ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.
AND YOU SEE ONE PICTURE AND YOUR
READ ONE STORY AND IT TAKES YOU
DOWN A PATH THAT YOU WEREN'T
EXPECTING AND THE NEXT THING YOU
KNOW YOU JUST FIND SOMETHING
THAT'S TRULY FASCINATING.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY
PLEASED HERE.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
>> BEAUTIFUL.
NOW, JUST TELL ME QUICKLY WHAT
DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> THIS IS OUR SUMMER WHEAT, OUR
PILSNER, THIS IS AN IPA, OUR
SCOTTISH ALE WHICH IS OUR
BIGGEST SELLER, AND OUR PORTER.
>> HERE'S TO PORTER.
THIS IS REALLY AN INTERESTING
TASTE.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SAMPLE FIVE
DIFFERENT FLAVORS HERE.
HOW MANY TOTAL DO YOU OFFER
HERE?
>> IN A YEAR'S PERIOD OF TIME,
WE PROBABLY HAVE 20 VARIETIES OF
BEER, FIVE OR SIX IPAs.
WE DO A CHRISTMAS ALE,
OKTOBERFEST.
SO, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW
20 DIFFERENT STYLES.
>> HOW MANY BATCHES DO YOU TURN
OUT IN SAY A MONTH?
>> OUR BREWERY CAN MAKE FOUR OR
FIVE BATCHES A MONTH.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE
PEOPLE OF WESTERVILLE HAVE BEEN
REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLACE.
WE --
THERE'S TIMES WHEN WE STRUGGLE
TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND, SO
IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
THAT'S A COMMON QUESTION, YOU
KNOW, WHAT IS A MICROBREWERY?
THE LOCAL ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWERY
ON TRUCK ROAD, THE AMOUNT OF
BEER THAT THEY MADE LAST YEAR,
IT WOULD TAKE ME 11,000 YEARS IN
MY BREWERY TO MAKE AS MUCH BEER
AS THEY MADE LAST YEAR.
>> INCREDIBLE.
BUT, YOUR PRODUCT IS ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT
PRODUCT.
CHEERS.
>> THANK YOU.
!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
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NEXT WEEK ON “COLUMBUS
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!!musiC@!!!musiC@!
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