Quilts displayed at Grove City museum span more than a century
The cloudy wintertime days are good opportunities for the Grove City Area Historical Society & Museum to share some of its quilts that represent over a century of quilt-making.
The oldest on display is a silk quilt given to Isaac Ketler, the founder and President of Grove City College, whose life of service spanned from 1853 to 1913. Hand-stitched onto the patches are the names of military leaders and battles in which they served, according to a news release from Grove City Area Historical Society & Museum.
Family names abound on the “Crazy Quilt” made in 1902 by Burton Walters’ sister.
In the doll baby carriage owned around 1931 by local historian Lillian Millsop, you will find a child’s quilt fashioned from sample linens sourced from the nationally-known Grove City linen manufacturer, Palmer-Smith Linens.