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Church Auction a Success
Church historian Mike Roberts reports on our congregation’s first modern church auction in 2003.
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Turbulent Times Lead to Church Move
Church historian Mike Roberts reports on the factors that led our congregation to sell its building on Plum Street in 1890, prior to the move to our Essex Street location.
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Rev. Josiah Crosby Waldo
Church historian Mike Roberts writes about our congregation’s minister from 1828 to 1832.
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Church Budget from a Simpler Time
Church historian Mike Roberts shares our congregation’s budget from the 1933-34 fiscal year.
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Heritage’s Response to Anti-LGBT Ordinance Issue 3, 1993
On the ballot of the November 1993 election in the city of Cincinnati was Issue 3, which if passed would have prohibited the city from giving legal protection against discrimination to gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church gave its opinion opposing the measure.
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John Hilton
In 1922, the Cincinnati Enquirer identified John Hilton, a member of our congregation, as the father of public education in Cincinnati.
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Fire at Essex Place, 1901
As reported in an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1901, a neighbor’s refusal to allow an organ tuner to use their telephone to report a fire in the church resulted in increased damage at our Essex Place building.
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Rev. Ulysses S. Milburn
Church historian Mike Roberts recounts the life of Rev. Milburn. He served the Cincinnati church in the late 1800s and was a proponent of a new church building outside of the downtown area, resulting in the building of the Essex Street building.
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Items from the October 1993 Heirloom
Church historian Mike Roberts shares a selection of items from the Heirloom newsletter.
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A Letter of Thanks to the Women’s Missionary Alliance, 1934
Church historian Mike Roberts shares a letter expressing appreciation for the charitable donations of our congregation’s Women’s Missionary Alliance.
