Benjamin Hanby

Benjamin Hanby

Benjamin Hanby American Composer Hanby wrote approximately 80 songs, the most famous of which are “Darling Nelly Gray” and the Christmas song “Up On the House Top”. Benjamin Russell Hanby is buried in Otterbein Cemetery in Westerville. Shop...
Hanby Magnet School gets new windows

Hanby Magnet School gets new windows

Workers are in the middle of a project to replace the windows at Hanby Magnet School on South State Street. The new windows will more closely match the original windows when the school was Westerville High School. Latest news (Added June 20,...
Santa and Mrs. Claus greet kids

Santa and Mrs. Claus greet kids

Santa and Mrs. Claus wave to the collection of children gathered along the Sertoma Children’s Christmas Parade route Sunday in the annual event that this year honored Benjamin Hanby’s 150th anniversary of writing “Up on the Housetop,” a perennial Christmas favorite.