of Chillicothe, Ross County & South-Central Ohio
of Chillicothe, Ross County & South-Central Ohio
Endangered Places |
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Let's keep an eye on these, and work towards their preservation! |
SAVED | Solid conservation underway | |
Hopeful | Owner trying to conserve | |
Bourneville Elementary | ||
| Upper Twin Road, Bourneville, Twin Township | ||
| solid early and mid-20thC school building left empty after replacement | ||
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new 9/07/04 IN USE 2004-05
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Dunlap-McCafferty House | ||
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| Infirmary Lane, Union Township | ||
| Two-part house dating to War of 1812 and mid-19thC stood abandoned for 7 years until current preservationist resident began to repair and stabilize it; old part still in barn-like condition since c1900 | ||
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new 7/16/05 IN USE 2003...
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Threatened | Troubled past and uncertain future | |
Sulphur Lick Hotel | ||
| Sulphur Lick Road at Steiner Road, southwest Union Township, Ross County | ||
| One of few surviving rural historic hotels | ||
| new 9/07/04 | ||
"Harley House" | ||
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| beyond end of Red Bird Lane, Scioto Township, in Buzzard's Roost county preserve | ||
| 'Gatehouse' to Buzzard's Roost preserve object of preservation attempt - see related article | ||
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new 7/16/05
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[Massie] Log House | ||
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| north side of US Route 50 about a quarter mile west of State Route 28 | ||
| iconic little settlement home by highway decaying rapidly | ||
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new 9/07/04
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McCafferty Cemetery | ||
| southwest of SR 104 and Infirmary Lane | ||
| unregocnizable family burials driven over for "207 Connector" work - see related article | ||
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new 7/16/05
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Lost | Irreplacable heritage gone forever | |
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| beyond end of Alum Cliffs Road, Scioto Township, in Buzzard's Roost county preserve | ||
| historic log house hit by tree in winter and burned by vandals in spring - see related article | ||
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new 7/16/05 LOST ca. 6/5/04
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Other than buildings and houses
Clusters of buildings, structures or sites
Locations with significance
Roads and geographic places
I have ranked these endangered places by my own professional reckoning, judging each's importance and endangerment, and then averaging the two appraisals. The ranking schema is in the "Endangered" webchapter introduction page.