Local Landmark Received Money To Help Support its Relocation Effort
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:57 AM
WCLT News Staff
The Licking County Foundation has awarded almost $12,900 to support the relocation expenses of the Captain Scott House in Alexandria.
The grant, awarded to the Licking County Historical Society, will pay for expenses of the basement and associated work needed for the initial stabilization of the house in its new location on the west edge of the village.
Donna Herring, chair of the Friends of Captain Scott committee says "The Licking County Historical Society has supported our effort to save the house from the very beginning, including some early financial support and restoration expertise. The officers and curator helped us hang in there when things looked tough. They agreed that someone needed to save this house, and that Alexandria would have to make it happen if anyone could."
The house was built circa 1870 for Joseph M. Scott, an outspoken abolitionist and prominent farmer and local historian who earned his captainship in the Civil War.
The house had to be moved to make way for a highway interchange project of the Ohio Department of Transportation, at the intersection of state routes 37 and 161 and now sits on land donated by Brookside Materials/Kurtz Brothers on the northside of Alexandria.
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