Bexley, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Bexley is an affluent suburban city in Franklin County
, Ohio
. Founded as a village over a hundred years ago, the City of Bexley is an old, tree-lined suburb of Columbus
, the state capital of Ohio
, situated on the banks of Alum Creek
next to Driving Park
and Wolfe Park, just east of the Franklin Park Conservatory
. It is horizontally bisected by the National Road
(Main Street), serving as a reminder of Bexley's origins as a merger between the prestigious Bullitt Park neighborhood to the north, and the Lutheran college community of Pleasant Ridge to the south. This history of joining economic and educational privilege remains evident in Bexley to this day.
Bexley is considered one of the most desirable areas in Greater Columbus, with a diverse range of housing options, old and new, and a variety of excellent educational institutions. This historic suburb is perhaps best known, however, for its large houses and estates, located primarily in Bullitt Park. The most famous of these include the Jeffrey Park Mansion (aka "Kelveden"), the home of the president of The Ohio State University, and the Ohio Governor's Mansion
. Located in northern Bexley, the Governor’s Mansion — originally built as a private residence in 1925 and given to the state in 1955 — has been home to Ohio governors from 1957-2010 since Governor John Kasich controversially decided to live in Westerville.
Along with the municipalities of Minerva Park
, Whitehall
, Worthington
, Upper Arlington
, and Valleyview
, Bexley is considered an enclave of Columbus.
. The village of Bexley was incorporated in 1908 when prominent citizens of Bullitt Park along Alum Creek, including industrialist and former Mayor of Columbus Robert H. Jeffrey, agreed to merge with the Lutheran community of Pleasant Ridge near Capital University and the Lutheran seminary.
Bullitt Park had been founded in 1889, when Logan M. Bullitt of Philadelphia submitted his first plat for the area. Wealthy citizens of Columbus continued to build urban townhouses and country homes to the east along Broad Street and Town Road (now Bryden Road), extending to Franklin Park. By the 1890s, several large homes took root across Alum Creek in the Bullitt Park area, one of which becoming the original campus of the Columbus School for Girls, still an exclusive girls' private school in Bexley.
The onset of the Spanish-American War
was also instrumental in Bexley's history. In 1898, Ohio Governor Asa Bushnell
chose a cluster of unsold lots around Broad and Drexel in Bullitt Park as an assembly site for those headed for war. Camp Bushnell, as it was known, was home for three weeks to 8,000 Ohio volunteers headed for Cuba. This led to the development of water and sewer lines for the soldiers, thus preparing the area for later real estate development.
By 1908, the residents of Bullitt Park north of Main Street, and Pleasant Ridge south of Main Street, decided to merge their neighborhoods and incorporated as the Village of Bexley. The village reached the 5,000 population mark required by the state of Ohio to become a city in 1928 (still a requirement) and, on New Year's Day 1932, Bexley officially became a city. William A. Schneider was elected the first mayor of the City of Bexley in 1935. Mayor Schneider built the first city hall, and led Bexley through a long and profitable growth period. He remained in office for 32 years before retiring.
, U.S. Senator George Voinovich
, Bob Greene
--the former Chicago Tribune
columnist who wrote Be True to Your School, children's author R. L. Stine
, cartoonist Paul Palnik
, and Limited Brands
founder Leslie Wexner. Also significant is amateur meteorologist William Jefferson Hoyer, founder of Lakeside, Ohio and Michael Jeffries
, Chief Executive Officer of Abercrombie & Fitch
.
1992 Clinton presidential campaign
manager and 2008 Biden presidential campaign
senior advisor David Wilhelm
presently resides in the city.
Perhaps less prominent but certainly notable, Larry Flynt
, publisher of Hustler
, also lived in the city at one point, before moving to Hollywood. Other former residents include Frank Lesser, a writer for the Comedy Central
show The Colbert Report, and Nate Beeler, the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Examiner whose cartoons also appear in The San Francisco Examiner
; USA Today
; and The Los Angeles Times. Mr. Beeler is also internationally syndicated to more than 800 newspapers by Cagle Cartoons. Josh Radnor
, the star of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother
; Marco Arment, lead developer of the blogging website Tumblr
; and Laurie Lea Schaefer
, Miss America
of 1972, have also called Bexley home. Harvey Wasserman
, noted writer and leading anti-nuclear activist, lives in Bexley (the famous 1970s phrase "No Nukes" is partially attributed to him).
Singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon
, founder of the American rock bands Something Corporate
and Jack's Mannequin
, lived in Bexley from elementary school through 8th grade. The late poet and philanthropist Donna J. Stone
(née von Schoenweiler) grew up in Bullitt Park. The highly regarded Jewish scholar Stephanie Taylor is a current Bexley resident, and soccer player Seth Stammler
of the New York Red Bulls lives in Bexley during the off-season.
An important center for the arts and culture, Bexley is often considered to be one of the most iconic communities in Ohio. It is home to several churches and synagogues, numerous historic sites and pieces of outdoor sculpture, the original Drexel Theater and Rubino's Pizzeria, and several miles of Route 40, known as the National Road. Adjoining Bexley to the west is the beautiful Franklin Park Conservatory.
The 1930's era landmark Drexel Movie Theater (www.drexel.net) at 2254 E. Main Street in Bexley is a leading area movie exhibitor, featuring independent and international films on three screens. Owned for 30 years by Jeff and Linda Frank, as of Spring 2011 the theater is operated by Friends of the Drexel Inc, as a 501 c(3) non-profit foundation (www.friendsofthedrexel.com.) The Columbus Association of the Performing Arts (CAPA) manages the theatre.
Rubino's Pizzeria, mentioned in Be True to Your School, has become famous for barely changing since its opening in the early 1950s. Rubino's does not deliver, and only accepts cash or checks. The Main Street address is its only location and has always been independently run. Known for its thin crust pizza, carryout pizzas are packaged in paper rather than cardboard boxes. Interestingly enough, Rubino's was founded by a man named Rubin Cohen. Another long-standing family-run business is Johnson's Real Ice Cream just east of the pizzeria.
Bexley houses many works from well-known artists. For example, it is the home of a number of sculptor and Holocaust survivor Alfred Tibor
's creations, including those at the Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Saint Charles Preparatory School, and the Congregation Agudas Achim.
Bexley boasts several public and private educational institutions, including the Bexley City Schools; Columbus School for Girls; Saint Charles Preparatory School; Capital University and Law School; Trinity Lutheran Seminary; and Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary. Its public and private K-12 schools make Bexley a very sought-after city for families. It is reported that 95-100% of students graduating from Bexley City Schools, Columbus School for Girls, and Saint Charles Preparatory School go on to attend college. (See below for specifics and sources.)
Columbus School for Girls
(CSG), founded in 1898, is one of the oldest private schools in the city. Located for nearly 50 years in a stately Georgian mansion known as "Parsons Place", in 1946 CSG moved to a more modern mansion with larger grounds on South Columbia Avenue in Bexley. This remains the school's main campus, which today is one out of three total campuses. Columbus School for Girls resisted becoming a "finishing school
" from its inception. It boasted a college-preparatory curriculum early on and, unlike some exclusive all-girls schools at the time, actively encouraged its privileged students to seek a college education—preferably at equally prestigious colleges for women. Courses have always included many foreign languages, including an array of Latin
classes, as well as rigorous studies in literature, art, and history. Advanced math and science are required, as is participation in a community service program. There is also an extensive athletics program, which includes an award-winning field hockey team. The school reports over 30 adacemic and special-interest clubs, including the Latin club that is a chapter of the National Junior Classical League
, and participation in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
) Robotics Program that spans elementary through high school. CSG remains one of the only all-girls schools in the area. The Columbus School for Girls website states, "100 percent of the graduates are accepted into and attend four-year colleges and universities across the country."
Saint Charles Preparatory School
(St. Charles) is a Catholic
college preparatory school for boys, located just inside the Bexley city limits. It was founded in 1923 by the Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary. Today, St. Charles is an all-boys high school serving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. The Cardinals, as the athletic teams are known, have been soccer, golf, swimming, volleyball, water polo, and track individual state champions. St. Charles also boasts some of the best academic statistics in the city. In 2008, St. Charles reports it had the largest number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists per capita in the Columbus Metro Area (10 out of a total enrollment of 621), and was second overall only to Upper Arlington High School, an excellent public school in the neighboring city of Upper Arlington (18 out of a total enrollment of 1851). Courses include religion, English, math, science, social studies, fine arts, and foreign languages including an extensive Latin program. Its Latin club is also a chapter of the National Junior Classical League
. Of its graduating seniors, the Saint Charles Preparatory School website reports, "100% of the graduates go on to college or other further education."
Another prestigious all-boys private school, Columbus Academy
, was founded in Bexley in 1911 and housed in a stately mansion in Bullitt Park. During the first half of the 20th century, Columbus Academy and Columbus School for Girls, both populated primarily by Protestant students from wealthy Anglo-Germanic families, held most of their joint school activities and "mixers" with each other. As Bexley became more diverse, sectarian lines like these were softened, such that now Bexley is known as somewhat progressive for a city of similar history and socio-economic background. (However, relations between CSG and St. Charles are still described as strained.) Columbus Academy grew, and relocated to Gahanna (northeast of Columbus) in 1968. It became co-ed in 1991.
The Bexley City School District
is one of the city's major draws. Bexley High School
is considered one of the top high schools in Ohio. It has been rated as one of the top 5% performing schools in the nation, was ranked in the top 2% of Ohio high schools for the Ohio Proficiency Test, and was listed in U.S. News & World Report
and Newsweek
as one of the top public high schools in the nation (U.S. News: Silver Medal, 2009; Newsweek: Top 1000 High Schools, 2005–2009). Further, the Bexley City School District website says of Bexley High School, "It offers one of the best college preparatory programs in Ohio, with a 2009 college matriculation rate of 95 percent." The school district also offers an illustrious athletics program. The Bexley Lions is the team name shared by Bexley High School and Bexley Middle School
. The Lions have been state champions in boys' basketball, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, and boys' and girls' tennis. And on a socially and educationally progressive note, in 1986, the Bexley City School District was the first school district in Ohio to abolish corporal punishment
. Today, only 15 school districts statewide use corporal punishment, and they are required by Ohio law to honor all requests by parents not to administer corporal punishment to their children.
Bexley is also home to three institutions of higher education. Capital University
is a private liberal arts university, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
. Founded in 1830, it is one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in the country. It boasts an impressive list undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as the Capital University Law School
. The law school has several preeminent faculty members (as does the university), and cites numerous prominent attorneys among its alumni. In 2008, the law school's graduates reported the highest pass rate of Ohio's nine law schools for first-time takers of the Ohio State Bar Exam. And by 2009, Capital's law grads ranked well above the state average for four consecutive years in passing the bar exam on the first attempt.
Like Capital University, Trinity Lutheran Seminary
was founded in 1830, and is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Trinity was initially called the German Theological Seminary of the Ohio Synod, then renamed to the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. The original campus was in Canton, Ohio
, but soon moved to Columbus. In 1974, the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary merged with the Hamma Divinity School, which itself dated to 1845, thus forming Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The combined seminary opened its doors in 1978. Trinity is a fully accredited school of theology, and remains affiliated with the ELCA.
Bexley Hall
is an Episcopal seminary founded in 1823 by Philander Chase
, the Bishop of Ohio. Most of the East Coast Episcopal leadership did not see the need for another seminary, and denied financial support to Bishop Chase. So he went to England and appealed to his Anglican colleagues, and won their overwhelming support. A victorious Chase returned to Gambier, Ohio, and founded Kenyon College
, an Episcopal liberal arts college. In conjunction with Kenyon, he opened the seminary on the same campus. Still in Gambier, Bexley Hall was eventually identified as a separate institution and named after one of Kenyon College's biggest benefactors, the retired English Chancellor of the Exchequer, coincidentally known as Lord Bexley. Bexley Hall remained affiliated with Kenyon College until 1968, when it broke ties with Kenyon and relocated to Rochester, New York, forming a new association with the Baptist seminary Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
. In 1998, Bexley Hall returned to its native Ohio, sharing a campus with Trinity Lutheran Seminary...coincidentally located in Bexley. The aptly named seminary remains a part of the Episcopal Church USA
.
was 5,398.4 people per square mile (2,080.7/km²). There were 4,974 housing units at an average density of 2,033.8 per square mile (783.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.45% White, 4.48% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races
, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population. Bexley is also home to a large Jewish American population, and is considered one of the major Jewish American communities in central Ohio.
There were 4,705 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples
living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $70,200, and the median income for a family was $83,363. Males had a median income of $56,573 versus $39,851 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $37,375. About 3.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Not surprisingly, the demographics of Bullitt Park, one of the oldest and most fabled neighborhoods in Bexley, has been the subject of further analysis. Here is a summary of one such example:
Bexley, Ohio, has remained a community of primarily White residents with above-average resources. Over the years, however, its demographic make-up has become more diverse. For example, it is no longer almost exclusively Protestant. Perhaps due in part to Saint Charles Preparatory School's long history in Bexley, Catholics have gained a solid and growing presence. As noted above, Bexley has become one of central Ohio's major Jewish American communities. Its proximity to The Ohio State University in Columbus, one of the largest state universities in the country, may contribute to Bexley's growing racial and ethnic diversity. And Bexley's other institutions of higher education, although sectarian in religious affiliation, have likely contributed to the city's increasingly progressive reputation.
Franklin County, Ohio
Franklin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. In 2010 the population was 1,163,414, making it the second largest county in Ohio and the 34th largest county in population in the United States. Franklin County is also the largest in the eight-county Columbus, Ohio...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. Founded as a village over a hundred years ago, the City of Bexley is an old, tree-lined suburb of Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, the state capital of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, situated on the banks of Alum Creek
Alum Creek
Alum Creek is long creek that runs north to south in central Ohio. The creek originates in Morrow County and then flows through Delaware County and finally into Franklin County, where it ends at Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River. In 1974, the Army Corps of Engineers completed...
next to Driving Park
Driving Park
Driving Park is an urban residential area on the Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio just south of I-70. It neighbors many notable areas including Livingston Park, Old Oaks Historic District, Bryden Road Historic District and the King-Lincoln Bronzeville District, all with the common thread of the...
and Wolfe Park, just east of the Franklin Park Conservatory
Franklin Park Conservatory
The Franklin Park Conservatory is a botanical garden and conservatory located in Columbus, Ohio. It is open daily and an admission fee is charged. Originally built in 1895, the Conservatory is on the National Register of Historic Places...
. It is horizontally bisected by the National Road
National Road
The National Road or Cumberland Road was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching...
(Main Street), serving as a reminder of Bexley's origins as a merger between the prestigious Bullitt Park neighborhood to the north, and the Lutheran college community of Pleasant Ridge to the south. This history of joining economic and educational privilege remains evident in Bexley to this day.
Bexley is considered one of the most desirable areas in Greater Columbus, with a diverse range of housing options, old and new, and a variety of excellent educational institutions. This historic suburb is perhaps best known, however, for its large houses and estates, located primarily in Bullitt Park. The most famous of these include the Jeffrey Park Mansion (aka "Kelveden"), the home of the president of The Ohio State University, and the Ohio Governor's Mansion
Ohio Governor's Mansion
The Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden is the official residence of the Governor of Ohio. The residence was built during 1923–1925 by industrialist Malcolm D. Jeffrey and has served as the official home of the governor since 1957...
. Located in northern Bexley, the Governor’s Mansion — originally built as a private residence in 1925 and given to the state in 1955 — has been home to Ohio governors from 1957-2010 since Governor John Kasich controversially decided to live in Westerville.
Along with the municipalities of Minerva Park
Minerva Park, Ohio
Minerva Park is a village in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2000 census.The communities of Minerva Park, Bexley, Whitehall, and Valleyview are enclaves of Columbus.-Geography:...
, Whitehall
Whitehall, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,201 people, 8,343 households, and 4,930 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,681.9 people per square mile . There were 8,997 housing units at an average density of 1,725.2 per square mile...
, Worthington
Worthington, Ohio
-Dissolution of the Company:By August 11, 1804 the plat maps were completed, payments or notes promising payments collected and deeds prepared for all sixteen thousand acres of the Scioto Company's purchase...
, Upper Arlington
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Upper Arlington is a suburban city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. The population was 33,686 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, and Valleyview
Valleyview, Ohio
Valleyview is a village in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 601 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Valleyview is located at ....
, Bexley is considered an enclave of Columbus.
History
Bexley, Ohio, was named at the suggestion of an early resident, Col. Lincoln Kilbourne, in honor of his family's roots in the London Borough of BexleyLondon Borough of Bexley
The London Borough of Bexley lies in south east Greater London, and is a borough referred to as part of Outer London. It has common borders with the London Borough of Bromley to the south, the London Borough of Greenwich to the west, across the River Thames to the north it borders the London...
. The village of Bexley was incorporated in 1908 when prominent citizens of Bullitt Park along Alum Creek, including industrialist and former Mayor of Columbus Robert H. Jeffrey, agreed to merge with the Lutheran community of Pleasant Ridge near Capital University and the Lutheran seminary.
Bullitt Park had been founded in 1889, when Logan M. Bullitt of Philadelphia submitted his first plat for the area. Wealthy citizens of Columbus continued to build urban townhouses and country homes to the east along Broad Street and Town Road (now Bryden Road), extending to Franklin Park. By the 1890s, several large homes took root across Alum Creek in the Bullitt Park area, one of which becoming the original campus of the Columbus School for Girls, still an exclusive girls' private school in Bexley.
The onset of the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...
was also instrumental in Bexley's history. In 1898, Ohio Governor Asa Bushnell
Asa Bushnell
Asa Smith Bushnell III was the first commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, serving from 1938 to 1970 , and was board member and secretary of the United States Olympic Committee, editing, co-editing and/or writing "Olympic Books" at least from 1948-65...
chose a cluster of unsold lots around Broad and Drexel in Bullitt Park as an assembly site for those headed for war. Camp Bushnell, as it was known, was home for three weeks to 8,000 Ohio volunteers headed for Cuba. This led to the development of water and sewer lines for the soldiers, thus preparing the area for later real estate development.
By 1908, the residents of Bullitt Park north of Main Street, and Pleasant Ridge south of Main Street, decided to merge their neighborhoods and incorporated as the Village of Bexley. The village reached the 5,000 population mark required by the state of Ohio to become a city in 1928 (still a requirement) and, on New Year's Day 1932, Bexley officially became a city. William A. Schneider was elected the first mayor of the City of Bexley in 1935. Mayor Schneider built the first city hall, and led Bexley through a long and profitable growth period. He remained in office for 32 years before retiring.
Notable residents
Bexley has been the home of many prominent citizens, including the former governor of Ohio, Ted StricklandTed Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....
, U.S. Senator George Voinovich
George Voinovich
George Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was...
, Bob Greene
Bob Greene
Robert Bernard Greene, Jr. is an American journalist. He worked for 24 years for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, where he was an award-winning columnist. Greene has written books on subjects varying from Michael Jordan, to small towns, to U.S. presidents. His Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael...
--the former Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
columnist who wrote Be True to Your School, children's author R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine
Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...
, cartoonist Paul Palnik
Paul Palnik
Paul Palnik is a Jewish-American artist, writer and educator.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Palnik introduced kabbalistic, spiritual themes, into his cartoons in the 1980s-1990s His cartoons could be described as equal parts graphic design, drawing, poetry and literature. Palnik's images are pen and ink...
, and Limited Brands
Limited Brands
Limited Brands is an American apparel company based in Columbus, Ohio. In 2009 it reported 9.04 billion dollars in revenue for the last fiscal year.-History:...
founder Leslie Wexner. Also significant is amateur meteorologist William Jefferson Hoyer, founder of Lakeside, Ohio and Michael Jeffries
Michael Jeffries
Michael Jeffries or Mike Jeffries may refer to:*Michael Jeffries *Mike Jeffries , chairman and chief executive officer of Abercrombie & Fitch Co....
, Chief Executive Officer of Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....
.
1992 Clinton presidential campaign
Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992
Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. Initially viewed as an unlikely prospect to win his party's nomination, Clinton did so and...
manager and 2008 Biden presidential campaign
Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008
The Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008 began when Senator Biden announced his candidacy for President of the United States on the January 7, 2007 edition of Meet the Press. He officially became a candidate on January 31, 2007 after filing papers with the Federal Elections Commission...
senior advisor David Wilhelm
David Wilhelm
A former campaign operative who rose to prominence as chair of the Democratic National Committee in the 1990s, today Wilhelm is an entrepreneur and impact investor devoted to building sustainable jobs and wealth in small town America....
presently resides in the city.
Perhaps less prominent but certainly notable, Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
, publisher of Hustler
Hustler
Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...
, also lived in the city at one point, before moving to Hollywood. Other former residents include Frank Lesser, a writer for the Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
show The Colbert Report, and Nate Beeler, the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Examiner whose cartoons also appear in The San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th century.-19th century:...
; USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
; and The Los Angeles Times. Mr. Beeler is also internationally syndicated to more than 800 newspapers by Cagle Cartoons. Josh Radnor
Josh Radnor
Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor is an American actor, director, and writer, best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, for which he has received worldwide fame and recognitions.He made his writing and directorial debut...
, the star of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
; Marco Arment, lead developer of the blogging website Tumblr
Tumblr
Tumblr is a website and microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes ease of use. The site ranks as the 10th...
; and Laurie Lea Schaefer
Laurie Lea Schaefer
Laurel Lea Schaefer was Miss America 1972. A native of Bexley, Ohio, Schaefer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Ohio University in June 1971. Three months later she won the Miss America Pageant....
, Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
of 1972, have also called Bexley home. Harvey Wasserman
Harvey Wasserman
Harvey Franklin Wasserman is an American journalist, author, democracy activist, and advocate for renewable energy. He has been a strategist and organizer in the anti-nuclear movement in the United States for over 30 years. He has been a featured speaker on Today, Nightline, National Public Radio,...
, noted writer and leading anti-nuclear activist, lives in Bexley (the famous 1970s phrase "No Nukes" is partially attributed to him).
Singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon
Andrew McMahon
Andrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...
, founder of the American rock bands Something Corporate
Something Corporate
Something Corporate is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998. Their current line-up includes pianist and vocalist Andrew McMahon, guitarist Josh Partington, bassist Kevin Page and drummer Brian Ireland....
and Jack's Mannequin
Jack's Mannequin
Jack's Mannequin is an American rock band formed in 2004, originally hailing from Orange County, California. The band began as a side project of Andrew McMahon, the frontman for Something Corporate, and is composed of guitarist Bobby Anderson, bassist Mikey "The Kid" Wagner, and drummer Jay...
, lived in Bexley from elementary school through 8th grade. The late poet and philanthropist Donna J. Stone
Donna J. Stone
Donna J. Stone was an American poet and philanthropist. Several of her poems were published individually, both before and after her death, as well as a book of poetry entitled Wielder of Words: A Collection of Poems. Wielder of Words, edited by Ms...
(née von Schoenweiler) grew up in Bullitt Park. The highly regarded Jewish scholar Stephanie Taylor is a current Bexley resident, and soccer player Seth Stammler
Seth Stammler
Seth Stammler is a retired American soccer player.-College:Stammler attended Gahanna Middle School East and Gahanna Lincoln High School, and played four years of college soccer at the University of Maryland, captaining the team in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons...
of the New York Red Bulls lives in Bexley during the off-season.
Local landmarks
The 1930's era landmark Drexel Movie Theater (www.drexel.net) at 2254 E. Main Street in Bexley is a leading area movie exhibitor, featuring independent and international films on three screens. Owned for 30 years by Jeff and Linda Frank, as of Spring 2011 the theater is operated by Friends of the Drexel Inc, as a 501 c(3) non-profit foundation (www.friendsofthedrexel.com.) The Columbus Association of the Performing Arts (CAPA) manages the theatre.
Rubino's Pizzeria, mentioned in Be True to Your School, has become famous for barely changing since its opening in the early 1950s. Rubino's does not deliver, and only accepts cash or checks. The Main Street address is its only location and has always been independently run. Known for its thin crust pizza, carryout pizzas are packaged in paper rather than cardboard boxes. Interestingly enough, Rubino's was founded by a man named Rubin Cohen. Another long-standing family-run business is Johnson's Real Ice Cream just east of the pizzeria.
Bexley houses many works from well-known artists. For example, it is the home of a number of sculptor and Holocaust survivor Alfred Tibor
Alfred Tibor
Alfred Tibor is a Holocaust survivor and sculptor. His artwork can be found in nearly 500 private collections and museums throughout the world, including the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.- Tibor's life :...
's creations, including those at the Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Saint Charles Preparatory School, and the Congregation Agudas Achim.
Education
Columbus School for Girls
Columbus School for Girls
-History:Columbus School for Girls was founded in 1898 by Mary Bole Scott and Florence Kelley, answering the need for a private school for girls in the wealthy Columbus neighborhood of Bullitt Park...
(CSG), founded in 1898, is one of the oldest private schools in the city. Located for nearly 50 years in a stately Georgian mansion known as "Parsons Place", in 1946 CSG moved to a more modern mansion with larger grounds on South Columbia Avenue in Bexley. This remains the school's main campus, which today is one out of three total campuses. Columbus School for Girls resisted becoming a "finishing school
Finishing school
A finishing school is "a private school for girls that emphasises training in cultural and social activities." The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the educational experience, with classes primarily on etiquette...
" from its inception. It boasted a college-preparatory curriculum early on and, unlike some exclusive all-girls schools at the time, actively encouraged its privileged students to seek a college education—preferably at equally prestigious colleges for women. Courses have always included many foreign languages, including an array of Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
classes, as well as rigorous studies in literature, art, and history. Advanced math and science are required, as is participation in a community service program. There is also an extensive athletics program, which includes an award-winning field hockey team. The school reports over 30 adacemic and special-interest clubs, including the Latin club that is a chapter of the National Junior Classical League
National Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
, and participation in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
FIRST is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields...
) Robotics Program that spans elementary through high school. CSG remains one of the only all-girls schools in the area. The Columbus School for Girls website states, "100 percent of the graduates are accepted into and attend four-year colleges and universities across the country."
Saint Charles Preparatory School
Saint Charles Preparatory School
Saint Charles Preparatory School is a four-year college preparatory school in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1923 by the fourth Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary...
(St. Charles) is a Catholic
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
college preparatory school for boys, located just inside the Bexley city limits. It was founded in 1923 by the Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary. Today, St. Charles is an all-boys high school serving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. The Cardinals, as the athletic teams are known, have been soccer, golf, swimming, volleyball, water polo, and track individual state champions. St. Charles also boasts some of the best academic statistics in the city. In 2008, St. Charles reports it had the largest number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists per capita in the Columbus Metro Area (10 out of a total enrollment of 621), and was second overall only to Upper Arlington High School, an excellent public school in the neighboring city of Upper Arlington (18 out of a total enrollment of 1851). Courses include religion, English, math, science, social studies, fine arts, and foreign languages including an extensive Latin program. Its Latin club is also a chapter of the National Junior Classical League
National Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
. Of its graduating seniors, the Saint Charles Preparatory School website reports, "100% of the graduates go on to college or other further education."
Another prestigious all-boys private school, Columbus Academy
Columbus Academy
Columbus Academy is a selective, independent college-preparatory school for students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. The private school is located on a large, secluded campus surrounded by wooded areas in Gahanna, Ohio in the United States, 8 miles from downtown Columbus. The Academy was...
, was founded in Bexley in 1911 and housed in a stately mansion in Bullitt Park. During the first half of the 20th century, Columbus Academy and Columbus School for Girls, both populated primarily by Protestant students from wealthy Anglo-Germanic families, held most of their joint school activities and "mixers" with each other. As Bexley became more diverse, sectarian lines like these were softened, such that now Bexley is known as somewhat progressive for a city of similar history and socio-economic background. (However, relations between CSG and St. Charles are still described as strained.) Columbus Academy grew, and relocated to Gahanna (northeast of Columbus) in 1968. It became co-ed in 1991.
The Bexley City School District
Bexley City School District
The Bexley City School District is located in Bexley, Ohio and contains five schools. The largest school is Bexley High School which is the only high school in the city of Bexley. There is also one Middle School attached to the high school called Bexley Middle School. There are a total of three...
is one of the city's major draws. Bexley High School
Bexley High School
Bexley High School is a public high school located in Bexley, Ohio, an affluent suburb of Columbus, Ohio. It is in the Bexley City School District. In school year 2008-2009, BHS earned the second highest Performance Index score of any public high school in the state of Ohio. The graduation rate...
is considered one of the top high schools in Ohio. It has been rated as one of the top 5% performing schools in the nation, was ranked in the top 2% of Ohio high schools for the Ohio Proficiency Test, and was listed in U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
and Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
as one of the top public high schools in the nation (U.S. News: Silver Medal, 2009; Newsweek: Top 1000 High Schools, 2005–2009). Further, the Bexley City School District website says of Bexley High School, "It offers one of the best college preparatory programs in Ohio, with a 2009 college matriculation rate of 95 percent." The school district also offers an illustrious athletics program. The Bexley Lions is the team name shared by Bexley High School and Bexley Middle School
Bexley Middle School
Bexley Middle School is a public middle school located in Bexley, Ohio, an affluent suburb of Columbus, Ohio. It is in the Bexley City School District. The current principal is Harley Williams. There are currently 47 staff members.-Athletic Department:...
. The Lions have been state champions in boys' basketball, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, and boys' and girls' tennis. And on a socially and educationally progressive note, in 1986, the Bexley City School District was the first school district in Ohio to abolish corporal punishment
Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable...
. Today, only 15 school districts statewide use corporal punishment, and they are required by Ohio law to honor all requests by parents not to administer corporal punishment to their children.
Bexley is also home to three institutions of higher education. Capital University
Capital University
Capital University is a private liberal arts university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Bexley, Ohio, founded in 1830. In addition to its rigorous liberal arts program, the university also offers a reputable adult degree program in Columbus, Ohio. It is one of the oldest...
is a private liberal arts university, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4,543,037 baptized members, with 2,527,941 of them...
. Founded in 1830, it is one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in the country. It boasts an impressive list undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as the Capital University Law School
Capital University Law School
Capital University Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The law school is affiliated with Capital University, the oldest and largest independent college in Central Ohio...
. The law school has several preeminent faculty members (as does the university), and cites numerous prominent attorneys among its alumni. In 2008, the law school's graduates reported the highest pass rate of Ohio's nine law schools for first-time takers of the Ohio State Bar Exam. And by 2009, Capital's law grads ranked well above the state average for four consecutive years in passing the bar exam on the first attempt.
Like Capital University, Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Trinity Lutheran Seminary is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seminary located in Columbus, Ohio.-Background:In 1830, the German Theological Seminary of the Ohio Synod, later known as the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, was founded to meet the need for educating pastors in the...
was founded in 1830, and is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Trinity was initially called the German Theological Seminary of the Ohio Synod, then renamed to the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary. The original campus was in Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, but soon moved to Columbus. In 1974, the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary merged with the Hamma Divinity School, which itself dated to 1845, thus forming Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The combined seminary opened its doors in 1978. Trinity is a fully accredited school of theology, and remains affiliated with the ELCA.
Bexley Hall
Bexley Hall
Bexley Hall is a seminary in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.It is one of 11 official seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America,and identifies itself as liberal Anglo-Catholic in orientation.-History:...
is an Episcopal seminary founded in 1823 by Philander Chase
Philander Chase
Philander Chase was an Episcopal Church bishop, educator, and pioneer of the United States western frontier in Ohio and Illinois.-Life:...
, the Bishop of Ohio. Most of the East Coast Episcopal leadership did not see the need for another seminary, and denied financial support to Bishop Chase. So he went to England and appealed to his Anglican colleagues, and won their overwhelming support. A victorious Chase returned to Gambier, Ohio, and founded Kenyon College
Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
, an Episcopal liberal arts college. In conjunction with Kenyon, he opened the seminary on the same campus. Still in Gambier, Bexley Hall was eventually identified as a separate institution and named after one of Kenyon College's biggest benefactors, the retired English Chancellor of the Exchequer, coincidentally known as Lord Bexley. Bexley Hall remained affiliated with Kenyon College until 1968, when it broke ties with Kenyon and relocated to Rochester, New York, forming a new association with the Baptist seminary Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is a theological college of Baptist origins. The present day school, which sits on the top of a hill in the beautiful setting of Highland Park in Rochester, New York is a product of several mergers....
. In 1998, Bexley Hall returned to its native Ohio, sharing a campus with Trinity Lutheran Seminary...coincidentally located in Bexley. The aptly named seminary remains a part of the Episcopal Church USA
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
.
Government & Police
The current mayor of Bexley is John M. Brennan, elected in 2008. In his first year as mayor he saved the city over a million dollars. Before becoming the mayor of Bexley Brennan served with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1967 to 1969. From 1972 through 1984, Brennan worked for the City of Bexley in the Recreation and Parks Department and became the Recreation and Parks Director. He has been the past Recreation and Parks Director for both the City of Dublin and the City of Hilliard. He was awarded “Parks and Recreation Director of the Year” for the State of Ohio for his outstanding service as a city employee while serving in Hilliard, 2004. John Brennan served as a member of the Bexley City Council from 1988 to 1995. He served as President of City Council from 1994 through 1995. Law enforcement in Bexley dates back to 1908 when Bexley officially became a village. At that time the laws of the village were enforced by one Village Marshall. In 1931 Bexley became a city and the police department had grown to six officers. Today the department has twenty-eight sworn officers. On April 30, 2007, Lawrence L. Rinehart became the ninth Chief of the Bexley Police Department. Chief Rinehart had served previously with the Gahanna Police Department for thirteen years, rising to the rank of Deputy Chief of Police. On November 17, 2008, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Bexley Police Headquarters at 559 North Cassingham Road. The building features expanded capabilities for emergency operations, training, and fitness. On December 31, 2009 Bexley police personnel officially moved into the new Bexley Police Facility at 559 North Cassingham Road.Demographics
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 13,203 people, 4,705 households, and 3,387 families residing in the city. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 5,398.4 people per square mile (2,080.7/km²). There were 4,974 housing units at an average density of 2,033.8 per square mile (783.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.45% White, 4.48% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population. Bexley is also home to a large Jewish American population, and is considered one of the major Jewish American communities in central Ohio.
There were 4,705 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $70,200, and the median income for a family was $83,363. Males had a median income of $56,573 versus $39,851 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $37,375. About 3.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Not surprisingly, the demographics of Bullitt Park, one of the oldest and most fabled neighborhoods in Bexley, has been the subject of further analysis. Here is a summary of one such example:
According to urban geography professor Stephen R. Higley, Ph.D., and his website, The Higley 1000, the Bullitt Park section is ranked number 79 of the 100 highest-income neighborhoods in America, with a mean household income of $322,700. Higley lists the racial composition of Bullitt Park as 0.4% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% Hispanic, and 98.9% White (non-Hispanic). This data is reportedly based on the 2000 Census. More info about Dr. Higley's research methodology, including his use of "social registers" and zip codes, can be found on his website, and in his book, entitled Privilege, Power, and Place: The Geography of the American Upper Class.
Bexley, Ohio, has remained a community of primarily White residents with above-average resources. Over the years, however, its demographic make-up has become more diverse. For example, it is no longer almost exclusively Protestant. Perhaps due in part to Saint Charles Preparatory School's long history in Bexley, Catholics have gained a solid and growing presence. As noted above, Bexley has become one of central Ohio's major Jewish American communities. Its proximity to The Ohio State University in Columbus, one of the largest state universities in the country, may contribute to Bexley's growing racial and ethnic diversity. And Bexley's other institutions of higher education, although sectarian in religious affiliation, have likely contributed to the city's increasingly progressive reputation.
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