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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.
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The Annual Meeting of the
Roundtown Conservancy will be held on August 19, 2008 at the
Pickaway County Welcome Center. 326 W Main St. Refreshments will
be available beginning at 6:30 with the meeting commencing at
7:00. The meeting will recap what has been accomplished during
the past year and what lies ahead in the exciting and
challenging work to save our architectural history. Franklin
Conaway will share what steps have been taken toward saving the
Octagon House, including a visit from a representative of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C.
Recognition will be given to those who have sought to keep the
integrity of the architectural history intact in the buildings
and establishments of Pickaway County.
New officers will be
introduced.
We plan to carry on such work
that will cause visitors to proclaim "You have some wonderful
buildings here!"
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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.
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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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electronically!
Read the newspaper article featuring
the Octagonal House from the Columbus Dispatch, Saturday, January 31,
2004.
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Preparations for the Octagonal House move.
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The Roundtown Conservancy:
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Encourages
the implementation of public and private initiatives that protect
significant buildings, preserve neighborhoods and furthers their
rehabilitation.
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Advocates
sound planning and land use practices which establish an objective
concern, through the planning process, for protection of important
green spaces.
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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@gmail.com)
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