"Saving Our Future"


The Roundtown Conservancy is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Circleville area through the protection and enhancement of the physical environment.

P. O. Box 501
Circleville, Ohio 43113
dorothycooper360 at verizon.net
 

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Please stop by the Welcome Center when you visit Circleville
Lots of information here:
http://www.pickaway.com/

See the lovely planter in the Verizon-Atwater Plaza here.

A Message from Dorothy Cooper, our President is here.

A Roundtown Conservancy Update:

The Roundtown Conservancy will be conducting Bicentennial walking tours of downtown Circleville every Saturday in July.

Saturday -- July 10, July 17, July 24 and July 31.

Cost will be $20 per person (family rates will be offered), includes a two hour walking tour and lunch.

Walkers will meet at the Tuscan Table 10:00 a.m.
Call for reservations 740.474.6418
Group size will be limited, more than one group may be offered.


The Roundtown Conservancy Bicentennial Coloring Book will be on Sale in July

The coloring book will include about 30 drawings of historic buildings throughout the county with short descriptions. Pages will be one-sided for coloring and framing.

The July date is tentative. Hopefully the coloring book will be available when the Circleville Sidewalk Sales event takes place in July.

The Roundtown Conservancy always welcomes new members.

Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month. Our meeting place is located on the second floor office in the Peck block.

A Message from our President is here.


Be sure to check out the Archives for old content. We try to keep everything...


Meet Dorothy Cooper, Roundtown Conservancy's President.

The 2008 Calendar

The Roundtown Conservancy pooled the talents of several members to create a 2008 calendar...Read more

OCTAGON HOUSE FUTURE ASSURED

The new Zieger Marker has been dedicated...See the newspaper account here...

The Octagon Quilt....

On this page:

Pictorial views of Pickaway Historical Markers is a new feature of the Roundtown Conservancy web site. Be sure to visit often for updates.


 

Work being done on the foundation of the Octagonal house, photos here.

New photos of the Verizon™ Park.

The Herald ran a feature article May 18 citing the Circleville's historic Octagon House being named to a list of the state's most endangered historic sites. A reprint is here.

Photos of the Octagonal house on the move!

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Read the newspaper article featuring the Octagonal House from the Columbus Dispatch, Saturday, January 31, 2004.

Preparations for the Octagonal House move.

 

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The Roundtown Conservancy:

  • Encourages the implementation of public and private initiatives that protect significant buildings, preserve neighborhoods and furthers their rehabilitation.

  • Advocates sound planning and land use practices which establish an objective concern, through the planning process, for protection of important green spaces.

  • Fosters through special programs, an understanding of the importance of enhancing the visual environment as a means for encouraging the economic, cultural and social development of the community.

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Atwater house at Court & Pinckney
Looking south.
(Presently the courtyard in front of Verizon)

Caleb Atwater Day
An Outstanding Ceremony

An interested and enthusiastic crowd gathered on Saturday morning, August 23 to pay tribute to Caleb Atwater, "Father of Ohio's Public Schools." A minister, lawyer, author and Ohio legislator, Atwater also helped to encourage the Ohio-Erie Canal System. The day was bright and fair. Children and teenagers from the high school band, the grade school chorus and the scouts took part. Roundtown Conservancy wishes to thank Ty Ankrom, Circleville School Superintendent; Mayor Ron Wunsch, Carmelita Boyer and Ula Jean Metzler, Bicentennial chairpersons, as well as Louis McFarland and his crew, Jack Pontious, Nelson Embrey, Mike Pratt. Local organizations who helped were Fitzpatrick's Printery, Wittich's Candy Store, the Elks, and Michael E. Clark and Associates. Thank you all for a splendid dedication ceremony, which several have called "outstanding."

Many Photographs of the "Caleb Atwater Day" celebration are here.

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This web site was donated by Bud Sauer, In loving memory of his grandparents, Blanche Fell and George E. M. Sauer, Sr.

Mary Sauer - Webmaster (mary.sauer at gmail.com)

 

Home   |   Saving Our Future   |   Circleville Historic District   |   Octagonal House   |   Newsletter  |   Who We Are
Caleb Atwater   |   Projects     |  Archives  |   Events   |  Dorothy Cooper  |  Sign-Up!  |  Merchandise
Pickaway County Historical Markers   |   The Story of the Octagon  | "Zieger" is the name  | Calendar Pictures