Friday, December 21, 2007

Old Ohio House Gets New Life In New Location


Ohio College Town Saves 1880 House

I would rather see these houses saved used by families, especially those with children, but at least it was saved.

While attending university I believe I was first attracted to the idea of saving old homes because I saw them being destroyed by students and others that chose to live within the university area. It was quite tragic even for a hard partying very busy student such as I (or me, whatever).

There was a wonderful old brick Italianate home that was lost to a new (and ugly) dorm because some local "preservationists" blocked the house from being moved (and saved) because separating the house from the land violated their historical senses. They were wrong.