Hayden Helfrich Annex

Overview

The Hayden Helfrich Annex is the Galion History Center’s newest museum space!  This museum displays our large artifact collection with a focus on Galion’s industrial heritage, businesses, and schools. Exhibits feature a 1906 Galion Steam Engine, a 1922 steam roller and road graders from the Galion Iron Works, Peabody Manufacturing, Kunkel Carriage Works, the Galion City Schools, and more!

Location

331 E. Railroad St. Galion, OH 44833

Admission & Hours

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Galion History Center has been unable to open the Hayden-Helfrich Annex to the public. We remain hopeful that a grand opening event will be able to take place in late summer/early Fall of 2021! 

History

In October of 2019, the Galion History Center purchased a large storage building at 331 E. Railroad St. Galion, OH. This “Annex” was purchased with funds from the estates of Joice Hayden-Cating and Marta Helfrich Miller who both graciously remembered our organization in their estates. In November of 2019, the Galion History Center board moved to officially name the building the Hayden-Helfrich Annex in their memory. The Annex building was purchased to display our large artifact collection in accordance with our mission of preserving and promoting Galion’s history!