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T H UR S D AY - A P R I L
16.1998
•
I
DAILY
N WS
i
WAYNE TWP.
MABY
L. COOK PUBLIC LIBHARY
S81 O LD STAGE RD .
WAYNESVILLE
OfflO 45068
5 1 3 / 8 9 7 - 4 8 2 6
1818house
back in
family
hands
^ For th e descendants of
abolitionist Moses McKay
Easter
Is a time to count
their many blessings.
This story is being reprinted after a
portion was omitted from the edition
of Aprii 9.
By
Rosalie
Yoakam
FORTHE
DAYTON DAILY
NEWS
Easter Sunday p la ys a s pe ci al
role in t h e l iv e s of th e Glaze fami
ly.
The day represents both a holy
day intheir religious faith and
t he t im e w h en
their
homestead
in
rural Wayne Twp. returned to the
family .
Travis
an d
Anne Glaze s home
radiates a family s love an d
strong religious
faith
that
ha s
kfept
them
strong through bad
times.
Th e h o u s e
wa s
built
by
Anne s
great-great-great-great-
grandfather Moses McKay in
1818
McKay
wa s a
Quaker
from
Virginia and a strong abolition
ist
Just before McKay left
Virgin
ia he freed the slaves he h ad p ur
chased. Twenty-two of
th e
freed-
men followed him to Ohio to help
biiild a b r i c k t r a n si t io n a l Greek
R e viva l farmh o u se.
A n
1836 a d d i ti o n i n c lu d e d a
two-story porch and a fireplace
with a false hearth which co n
cealed a r o o m l a r ge enough to
hideeight people. The house
became
a
station o n th e
U n d e r
ground
Railroad
In 1900 th e McKay
family lost
c o n t ro l o f th e
house
w h en t h e
Gons family bought it. I t was
later
purchased by the U.S.
Army
Corps ofEngineers and slatedfor
d e m o li t io n t o
make
w a y f or
C a e sa r C r ee k
Park.
Through the efforts ofseveral
pdople including McKayrela
tives the
house
was p la ce d on
th e
National Register of Historic
Places
Th e
c o rp s w a s
persuaded
to s p a re t h e house which was
sol d
v ia
s e a l e d b i d s .
\ f i ray
mn r p nwnp r s The
¥
Anne Glaze with sons
Eric
and Nathaniel who is holding the stick his family notched to mark each day
spent
in
the hospital
as a
premature infant
ehind
them is
a
false hearth
that
conceals
a
room
used
hide
escaping
slaves when the house was a stopon the
Underground
Railroad
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Established
May
1 1978
i m i
Valley
Bqx 592 High Street
Waynesville, Ohio.45068
McKay
House Restoration Possible
the house Moses McKay built (n 1818
has
led a
fuir
Hle;.;but
its
fu.ture
was
fn
doubt with the
development r of Caesars •Cree State
Park.
However,;a group of
librarians
is working to
save
the house whlch^at
one
time served as a station
on the undergfouhd railroad before the Civil
War.
'
The group has proposed
to:
theUS Army Corps of
Englneew.' rhich owns
the^^^^
that
the house
b6conie;^;jh0 site of; an.
interpretive library
of ,
culture
ofJhe C,aesar
Creek
Valley. iKe
house
facesdemolitibn
ifa
use
canrwt
be found for It.
Dennis ' Oaltdr 'ltbraFran ©t the Mary L Cook
Library
In Waynesvllle tfas been Instrumental in
researching the statistics ahd.insplring the group
efforts, bthec group
..mernbers
come
from
WItmtngton College.& Southern-State CoUage in
Wilmington
ftS
wetlas interested lay-people.
Few changes would,be required to suit library
jxirposee but necessary
li^provements In vvlring,.
Olurnbtng
heating:systems
would
cost an
estimated
$20,600,
:The Hbfary
would-be; staffed
by volunteers. Financing ie;tbe primary problern,
at the
present.
Whiid
there
may be grants qr
federal funds.;aviailable, finding
these sources is
the problem; end public donations to the cause
may
be the quickest salvation, The group (which
at presentIsnamelessl must
provide
the^orps of
engineers' with detailed 'financial
ptto
for
Wfifibfary. V
' f
The
MqKaYiW6u8.e-l8 a
;: story home
on
New
Burlingtdrifld, northeast ofWaynesvllte cpntain-
.
ing
8 rooms and is typed as a /'Virginia
Greek
Reviya
with
Quaker influences.
At
present the ,
house Is boarded up protected with locks
barbed wire — a sorry state for
the
former
harbinger of runaway slaves. Afalse hearth-tilted
back to reveal a circular hiding place
beneath th e
kitchen.
The
house was
probably
built by the
. slaves McKay brought with him when he .
brlginally
migrated
frotn
Virginia and Is. listed on .
the National Register of Historic Places.'^
/ if the
group
succeeds in funding this'ambitlous
cultural project, they hope to also acquire the 10
acres of land surrounding
the house
which
includes a barn several outbuildings a pond •
an d a cottage.
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D-2 METRO
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
Monday. March 26, 1984
The CiRCinnati Enquifer/Fred Straub
THE MOSES
McKay home, built
in
1818, will be renovated byits newowners.Thehome,which is listed
in
the National
Register
ofHistoric Places, was a stop on the underground railroad for escaping slaves.
Sale
Of
Historic Farmhouse
Recalls
Abolitionist
Settler
BY MICHELE
R2AN
Enquirer
Reporter
CORWIN,Ohio—It may look like any abandoned
farmhouse,
worn
and
forlorn,
but
mor e th an
100
years ago it
served as
a beacon
of
freedom fo r
slaves.
The
home, just east of Waynesvil le on New Burl
ington
Road, was
built
in 1818 by a Quaker from Vir
ginia, Moses McKay. But
the
house has been empty
since the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
built
Caesar
C r ee k Lak e i n t he l at e 1970s.
But now It has new owners. The U.S. General
Services Administration .sold
the
home by bid last
month to two Dayton area couples; Paul and Nancy
Purcell of Centervllle and
Jim
and Peggy Schtdecker
of
Dayton.
The
purchase price was S51,055.
.ACCORDING
TO
records,the home was built by
22 freed slaves who traveled to Waynesville with
McKay and his family. They wereprobably attracted
to Ohio because of its place In Underground Railroad
history,
says Denny Dal ton, curator
of
the
Ohioana
Collection at the Mary L. Cook Library in Waynes
ville.
Being Quakers, it was customary to buy up large
groups of slaves and
then
set them free, Dalton said.
The house was a stop along the (underground) rail
road because the McKays were very strong support
ers of
th e abolitionists.
In
1836
or
1837, a brick
addition
was built that
included a
kitchen
with a false hearth that
could
be
rolled back to reveal a room to hide escaping slaves.
The room still exits today.
These
people
were
no t j us t field
hands. I t s
well
built
and
well designed, Dalton said,
although
he
can
find
no r eco rd o f the builders
names.
Howard Hackney of Wilmington, great-great-
^^Being Quakers^ it was oi7s7o/iiar> to
buy up large groups
of
slaves and
th en s et th em free. The house was
a
stop along the
(underground)
railroad
because the McKays were
very strong supporters of the
abol i t ionis ts
—Denny Dalton
In
fact, Hackney himself lives on a piece of per
sonal
history tied
to
th e McKay
family. His
home
in
Wilmington
sits no t
far from
th e
site of a log house
bui l t
by
his other great-great-grandfather. Aaron
Hackney.
IT
W.AS
a very
modern house. It was connected
to
the other part
of the
house
by a breezeway, Hack
ney said, theorizing that as th e
family
grew,
Aaron
built
another s t ructure for
privacy.
One
of Moses
daughters
later
married
a
son
of Aaron Hackney.
•T have a notion th e two families
knew
each
other
In Virginia, he said, adding the McKay family
came from the Shenandoah area
of
Virginia.
Although
Hackney
only
visited
the
Waynesville
house once in the
mid-TOs,
the craftsmanship made I
a
lasting
lmpres.sion on him. He worked to
get t he
)
house
in
th e
NaUonnI
Register
of Historic
Places
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The Cincinnati Enquirer. Fred Straub
THE MOSES McKay
home
built
in 1818 will be renovatedbyItsnewowners. Thehome which is listed
the
National
RegisterofHistoric Places,was a stopon the underground railroad forescaping slaves.
Sale
Of
Historic Farmhouse
Recalls
Abolitionist Settler
BYMICHELEORZANO
Et>quirer Reporter
CORWIN, Ohlo-I t may look
like
any abandoned
larmhouse.
worn
and
forlorn, but more tha n 100
years ago it servedas a beacon of freedom for slaves.
The home, just east of Waynesville on New Burl
ington Road,was buUt in 1818 bya Quaker from Vir
ginia,
Moses McKay.
But the house has been empty
since
th e Army Corps of Engineers
built
Caesar
Creek Lake In
the late 1970s.
But now It ha s
new
owners. The U.S.
General
Services Admlnl.stratlon sold
th e
home
by bid
last
month to
two Dayton area
couples;
Paul
an d Nancy
Purcell of
Center\'me
an d
Jim
an d
Peggy Schldecker
of Dayton. The purchase
price
was S51.055.
ACCORDING TO records, t he h ome was bui lt
by
22
freed slaves who traveled
to
Waynesville with
McKay and his family. They were probably attracted
to Ohio because of i ts place in Underground Railroad
history says Denny Dalton, curator of the Ohioana
Collection at th e Mary L. Cook
Library
in
Waynes
vil le
Being Quakers, it was customary to buy up large
groupsofslavesand then set them free Daltonsaid,
The
house was a stop along the
(underground)
rail
road because th e McKays were very strong
support
ers of th e abolitionists.
In
1836
or 1837, a
brick
addition
was
built
that
Included a kitchen
with
a fal se hearth that could be
rolled back
to
reveal
a
room
to
hide
escaping
.slaves.
The
room st il l
exits today.
These peoplewere not just field hands. It s well
built and well designed, Dalton said, although he
can f in d no r ecor d
of
th e builders'
names.
Howard Hackney of
Wilmington,
great-great-
grandson of MosesMcKay, said he has heard stories
that th e male slaves left the homestead once th e
butlcllng was built; But whether it wa.s to strike out
on their
own
as free men or just
because
they
fell
their
obligation
was complete, is no t known.
FVE HEARD that
th e
women who
came
with
them stayed with the McKay family until their
death Hackney said. We know that McKay came
down the Ohio River on a flatboat and
then
worked
his wayup to the Waynesville area.
Hackney said his relative may have visited Ohio
before and sowa s able to givedirections to hi.s family
and
the rest of the freed slaves who were moving the
l ives tock overland.
*He owned 6,000 to 7,000 acres at
one time.
Hackney said, adding
McKay
must have been fairly
oldby the time he moved north. Onestorygoes
that
he was
almost
removed from the Society of Friends
(Quakers) during the Revolutionary
War
because he
was
seen
by Friends out doing (military) drilling
with boys with sticks.
The non-violent
religious
group apparently tooK
the Indiscretion under advisement but did not dts-
• miss the boy.Hackney said, who guessed
that
Moses
was born
in
the late
1750s.
Although Hackney said he ha.s never had the
lime to research his family, he has kept his eyes and
ears open along
the
way to pick up tidbits of his
hi s to ry
Being: Quakers^ it was
customary
to
buy up large groups of slavesand
then
s et them f ree. The
house
was a
stop along the (underground)
railroad because the McKays were
verystrong supporters
of
the
abolitionists.' '^
—Dtmny
Dallon
In fact, Hackney himself lives on a piece of per
sonal history tied to the McKay family. His home in
Wilmington sits not far from the site of a log house
built by his other great-great-grandfather. Aaron
Hackney.
IT WASa very
modern
house.
It
was connected
to the other part of the house bya breezeway, Hack
ney said, theorizing that as the family grew Aaron
built another structure fo r privacy, One of Moses
daughters later married a son of AaronHackney.
T
have
a
notion
the
tw o
families
knew each
other InVirginia. he said, adding the McKayfamily
came from th e
Shenandoah
area of
Virginia.
Although Hackney only visited the Waynesville
house once in
the
mid- TOs. the craftsmanship made
a lasting impression on him. He worked to get the
house in
th e
National Register of Historic Places to
preservethe architecture and history of the area.
These peoplewere highly skilled artisans. This
is one of the contributions they made that hasn't
been as well recognized. Hackney said.
But if th e new owners—the Purcelis and
th e
Schideckers-have their way, it will be recognized
and preserved as a link in the historical chain. They
f irst saw the house a few years ago while on a fishing
trip,
Paul Purcell .said.
There s a goodchance that J Imwillmove there.
We
both reallylike It but I vegot six kidsand they all
go to schoolhere in Cenlerville, Purcell said,adding
they are in the processof obtaining loans and Insur
ance. We saw a picture of It taken In
1910
it was
white with green trim.
HE SAID they
have
90days to
pay th e balance
on
the house, which sits on five acres and has five out
buildings. but estimates it will be longer than
that
before it Is renovated. , , ^ »
We ll lake our time, it will probably take about
two
years.
he said.
We
always wondered why the
state never fixed it
up
an d rented It.
Purcell said they have been get ting telephone
calls from other people who have restored homes In
the OregonDistrict InDayton offering their advice.
It s a charming old place, he said,
adding
the
house is .surrounded on three sides by Caesar Creek
park. It s only a mile from the lake.
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30,1984
McKay
Hoiise up for sale
By Mike
Agin
Po s tS t a f fRep o n er
WAYNESVILtE
No F or
sign
si ts
in
t h e f r on t yard
Moses McKay Hous e.
t
it
Isn t your normal house
t h e marke t e i t h er.
It
is o n e o f
t h e m o s t
historical s i tes
in
e
Caesars Creek
Valley,
says
al ton,Ohloana Room
a t
th e Mary L.
Publ icLibrary in
Th e McKay
house
bu i l t i n
became ama jo r stopping
fo r runaways l ave s on
e
undergroundrailroad
ugh War ren Coun ty f rom
1836 to t h e e n d of th e
l War , Dal ton
says.
Now
th e federa l government ,
h own s
th e house, wants
sel l
it .
Moses McKay
an d
hi s
wife
Vi rg in ia co lon i es t o
i n t h e
Waynesvil le area .
wereQ uakers, an d
opponents of slavery.
Th e
22
s l aves t h a t t raveled
th e ne w Ohio t e r r it o ry wi t h
had been
purchased
t h e Sou th a n d t h e n each
th e
cho ic e t o s t ay and
or l e ave—ei ther way as
men . .
Manyof
t h emen stayed
to
build th e
McKay s
ne w
from
th e
natural clay
in
„ . u . ^
an
hictru Sr. •
earea.ThesiteIsnear Runaway slaves once sought safety in this house an nistor ic s ite n
Rese rvoi r on
b e c ame New
Road.
housewas cons truc ted , an d
1A
McKayfamilyuntil aUout19
luTort.in
Gons
u rcha s ed
for sale.
^ Services
pdnstration
in an
to
allow
park personnel to
live
in it . b u t t h a t i dea
w as
l a t e r
packets
from th e
General
.Services Agency, sa id Dal ton.
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bttrtertf^iuikong'its'cliehts.
By
ban ter ing
an d bartering,
WyomlDf officials hope to save
moneylo hard times.
T h e Exchange ha s a
newslet-
i gr t o
le t
Its
members
know
who
h a swn a t
available
to
barter.
Fo r
rester
said. The
company does
all
Um adver t is ing and
lets
u s k now
M» y oo«ya«ncM.a> ^»
mr
va lue on t h e m a r ke t If we ba r t e r
these products,
we'll ge t
credits
from
other
member so f
th e
system
for
such
needed
th ings a s
tlres.for
ou r
trucks.
The bartering
is limited to only
th e numbe r a nd k in d of bus i
nesses
In
th e
group.
The city, for
example,
will
have
i— »
•M i l l . ^ w i u u -
Air you^ have
io
do L* eome In
at
night, pop in your diskette and do
your thing.
O t he r c it y office equipment
will
be avai l ab le fo r t rter,
too.
F o rr es t er b e li e ve s s om e sma l l
companies could save money
by
obtaining
use of it through barter
ing.
' erhVtutv«~eitrft i tock~td
Bu t
it
so imd s l i ke a
good
i d ea f o r
thecl^.
Arrester agreed; Someof
om
produc t s have no value to us, bu t
people would be
Interested in
ha v
i n g t h em . Fo r
us
t he Idea is a low-
risk opportunity for a potentially
good payoff.
y w r WK l
orziVkMi
«U80
r v p o r c e a
w a i e r
usa^
ou
t s a it i c
deman^
Is being
met
FairfleldPublic Utilities Director TomSchwlng said
tucie
iiu
been no curtailment of ncn-essentlal water use in that city
b
Indicated
some restrictions
may be required if
the hot ,
dry weath
an d
heavyusage persist
A
banon sprinkling
of lawns,
washmgautomobiles
swimming pools imposed lastweekend in Union. Falrfield. Liber
and
Lemon Townships
will
continue
this weekend,
Ted
Whiiema
spokesman for
the
county water and sewerdepartment, reported
Action To Save Historic Home
A
LongTime Coming'
J IMROHRER
E.'>9urcr
Reporte' '
WAYNESVE.LE—The
r e c en t
history
of the 165-year-old Moses McKay
home
Is
nArty
as
interesting
as when the
build
ing
was a
stop
on
the
Underground Rail
road .
Th i s
ha s been
a
long
time
coming/'
s a id Denn i sDa l ton ,Waynesvllle historian
Rnrf a
founder
of the McKay-Gons Home-
Society.
We
founded the society
10
years
ago. an d we've been t ry in g t o g et
some action on the McKay home in all
t h a t
10
years.
After
10
years of
wh a t
Dal ton
de
s c ri b ed a s b a ck an d
f o r t h
b e t we e n t h e
U.S.
Array Corps
of
Engineers an d
th e
General Services Administration (GSA),
th e histor ic McKay
home
wil l b e s ol d as
surplus
government property,
probably
in
th e f a l l o r w in te r .
TH E HOME is a l re ady l i st ed on th e
Engineer Suggests
Nattonal
Register
o f Hi st o ri c Places , a
move iaken by the corps at the urging of
th e
Homestead Society to
prevent
th e
structure from being rased. Th e corps
owns thehome
and the
surrounding five
acres as
part
of th e Caesar's Creek state
park./
.
Tlte'hpme stands
on New
Burlington
Road on th e
park's
nor th s ide,
about
three mile s f rom
WaynesvUle, an d wa s
ortgiaally
Intended
to
be
a home
for
th e
park manager. That
never happened,
an d
in
th e
Intervening years
th e
Homestead
Society ha s proposed
several
uses, with-
our,
avail .
I talways
came
down to money, Dal
to n
said. Weha d
excel len t ideas
to
us e
it
as e i ther an
interpretive
l i bra ry fo r this
whole a r e a, wh i c h
ha s such
a heavy
Quake r
Influence,
or
as
a
genealogical
cen t e r . . .
The
home
was built
In 1818by freed
slaves who came west from Virginia
Moses McKay, a Quaker
an d
ftboiiliu
An addition was
buil t in
1836
includi
two^tory porch, an d tw o frame
ro
w e r e a d d e d
In
1915.
The GSA will sel l th e
land as sur
government proper ty ,
wi th
deed
res
t ions requir ing
th e buyer
to
resto re
home, D^ton said. Th e architectur
th e
home
Is
Greek
Revival.
l lncrease In Some
i|W
ater Charges
.
. •^|seYX)hWR. CLARK
Bu reau
Chie f
^
HAMILTON-Resldents in
the
/^ueer. .•\cres-Laure Estates area
^may soon be
charged abvoi 3.50
^ If moreon their water
bills.
Butler
County Sanitary Engi
n e e r J ame s Hlnchberger
recom
mended
t o county
commissioners
Thursday Uiat wa te r rat e s In
the
Qu e e n Acres -Laure l Es ta t es di s
trict
be
hiked
because
the
county
Is paying more to provide
water
fo e
t h e a r e a .
Th e
wholesale
rate
ch arg ed t o
th e
cotmty for the service will be
Increased f rom 75
cen ts
a thou -
Hlnchberger said th e
system
ha s
been losing about 5,000 a
year
u nd er t he present r a t e a nd
projected
th a t
without
th e
recom
mended
i n cr e a se t h e de f ic i t
would
be
I n c r e as ed t o
12,000.
Commissioner
V i ce P r e si d en t
Donald G.
C-'hlrmer
said although
there appears
to be
no
alternative
to the
increase
he also would like
Commiss ioner Pres ident
Ca le
Logsdon to be present when th e
board ac t s on th e
recommenv^-
t l on .
Nei the r
Hlnchberger nor
Logsdon
wer e a t
Thursday's scis
sion.
;
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it
during a 1982
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before
becoming
:r .
ecame president
Mormons have
i.3 mii lion to 5.2
l e r s
r en t E zr a Taft
president
of th e
elve, is expected
today.
itrick
O'DriscoIl
I
b r e a k
laction was total
jss, Moore said
tyjail.
ts to become a
gist.
rth Carolina to
s. Moore lived in
iT homes.
3,toughest hard
e heard in my
the
bench,
Fed-
iay. At least
he
oilobk back
and
er
gave
him
a
^ j
^ ^ A
S h e l l
nsw r
if c a l l e d
«San Francisco,Mayor
.planne Felnstein isfatalis
tic
about being
mentioned
- as a possible
Democratic
vice presidential candidate.
No
tine hasmore;ight
Itwasfate thatcatapulted
.
Feinstein
into the.mayor's
- when disgruntled for-
mef- city
Supervisor
Dan
. White murdered
Mayor
George Moscone and Su
pervisor Harvey Milk in
:. 1978. '
A half-hour before
the
shootings, Felnstein^ then
chairwoman of the Board of
Supervisors
— had an
nouncedshe wasgettingout
bfpoUtics.
. I was going to smell the ^
flowers for a while and se
lect a new career, she re
calls.
- 'I've come tobelieve that
the tlm« play a major role
in big decisions for people
or
a
nation, sh e
says.
Whatever wiij be will be.
If fate put
he r
into office
; under tragic circumstahceSi
ithasbeenblessing herever
since. ,
Feinstetn'easilywonelec- -
tion, then re-election, Her
city has a comfortablebud
get surplus enjoys a busi
nessboomand anticipates a ^
record tourist season that .
,includeshosting th t Demo
cratic National Convention
8y F^ogt^Roasmeyer
FEINSTEIN:
.'Whatever will
b e
will
be
this summer.
Feinstein takes a serene
view of
being
listed poten
tial vice presidential mateii.
al.with
the likes of Gov.
Martha Layne Coniris of
Kentucky
and
Reps.
Barba
ra Mlkulski of
Maryland.
Patricia Schrdeder of Colo-
radp, Geraldine
Ferraro
of
New York andLlndy Boggs
of Louisiana,
I am not a candidate,
she
insists. Now, would I
answer
the
phone if I
were
called?Ofcourse. And obvi
ously if I were asked, I
would
have
to make a
deci
sion, but I don't anticipate'
that would happen.
—
Vic Poilard
I Couples buy
h o u s e
with
s e c re t p a s t
An abandoned farmhouse
bought by
four
Ohio
hist^
buffsis biggerthan it
looks.
Paul and Nancy Purcell of
Centerville and Jim
and
Peggy
Sehldecker of
Dayton
paid the
U.S. General
Services Adminis
tration 51,055 for the house—
once
used to shelter slaves —
east of Waynesville.
The stop
on
the Under
ground Railroad was built by
Moses McKay,
a Quaker
who
supported
the abol i tion ist
movement. A false- hearth in
the kitchen conceals a room
usedfor hiding escaped
slaves.
Being Quakers, it was cus
tomary
to
buy up
large
groups
of slaves and then set them
free,:'
saysDennyDaltoni, a li
brary curator in Waynesville.
Purcell expects it willtake two
years to renovate the five-acre
estate,
which
they plan to use
as a
residence.
Update
• Air Force Lt. Gen.
James
A-
Abrahamson,
NASA's space
shuttle director, was named
Tuesday
to head the Penta
gon's Star
Wars
spacemissile
defense system. -
• Monson, Mass., voters
have
ousted
Dorothy Hanic~
the town clerk-treasurer-who
withheld the combination to
the TownHall vault in a Janu
ary dispute with selectmen.
Reported by Marta McCave
and J ohn Head
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told.
Tkhose
wh o
don t
should know that he is some
m n
We won t talk about his
years
in the
will have been 50
this
ADril-l ^'Wig®fSiftM
things just because;he IS home recovering iroin open,
heart surgery/thoughwewish hima
full
recovery.
Today a commit spark^iya re<^t n
release
out of
;the
General Ser^ic^
Administration
office in Chicago. The
item
said
sii|ip|y
t^ille couple Mr. and
.bought the
Moses
Mckay^ hOuife- on^^ife
BurHngtoh^Corwin Road
bj^iid
au<^iiti^|5i^5^
^
Howard
Hackney
fits in here Wausevvvithou^^^^
efforts over
the yedre
during
.and ^hoW^
struction of the Caesar Creek Lajke area there would
hav^ been
no historic
Mbse^
MOl^y housa^ o^
perimeter
of
thepailc
area. C : ^ ^
The Army 6orps
l
Engineers arrived here in^
late 70s to
buy
Jand surrounding
Cafflhrr
Creeki^he
for
a park, i^ter their
purchases/
li^eaand^
,
houses that
had
existed for generations
-
(hsai^^
.
peared
from theaarth. One of those
scheduled
to go
was theMcKayhouse.
Howard, being a
descendent
of Moses
MipKay;
began ^vork
to aave the property and
buildings,
especially
the house built in l818.t^^eKay w
settled
here
aftermdving from;\1rginia^ ; / ^
Through much work, the blessing of the Clinton
County Historidal
Sodiety, and
pVercoining what
,
appeared
at
times to be a losing,cause, Howard was •
able toget thehouse
placed
onthe
NatiPhal Re]gi^
of Historic Homes. With this
the
property, which was
then owned by the government, was off limits to
visitors and
those
who
ravaged abandoned
buildinigs
not
yet torndown in the area.
The Corps boarded
up
the stately house and it remained there/ gradually
decaying for more than a decade before th e
decided to put it up for sale and advertised for bids a
few months ago.
The new owners havp said they will take their time
in restoring the
house.
I would ^ess Howard willbe
happy to see themtake
plenty
oftime.
WhhtV
a fe^
more years before he and others can drive;by the
restored old farm hohie that bm;ely survived the
ravages of the modern lake
area..
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StattWriter
WAYNESVILLE —They didn t want to tear itdown
and
they
couldn t
give
it
away,
so
now the federal
government has decided to try
to
sell
a
pioneer
f^house
east
of
Waynesville,
on the
west side
of Caesar Creek
lake.
The
General
Services
Administration s
Disposal
Department in
Chicago
is accepting
bids
until 3
p.m.
(Chicago time) Feb. 29 on theMoses
^cKay^House.
hve
farm buildings, apond and
4.84
acres of land off New
BurlingtonRoad.
A
successful bidder will
get a
boarded-up. forlorn-
•
looking
house
that could be avery nice
home
itsomebody,
had the
interest
and money
to
fix itup, smd Steve
Lee,
a
Caesar Creek park ranger
with
the Army Corps of
Engineers.
Itlooks
better in summer, when
the
trees,and
roses
are out, said Susan Shirey, aOSA realty specialistm
Chicago.
THE CORPS of Engineers acquired the property ,m
1970 when they were buying up land InAVarren and^
Greene counties
to
construct
the
CaeSar
Creek
dam an
r^ s rvoir
1
Lee
said
Corps officials at Louis\nlle initially
to
tear
down the
fam buildings to
make
the
land available
for
recreation. ,
On second
look,
they decided
it
was
historically
valuable and had it nominated,
mFebruary
1978,
National Register
of Historic Places.
That means we
cannot
tear
itdown, but italso
means
we cannotrpenH
money
on
it. Lee
said.
We ve
tried to
give
it
to various historical societies
and
groups but had no
takers.
So
we turned
itover
to
GSA
to
sell
It.
According
to
government records. Moses I^cKay
was
Virginia
Quaker
who
freed his slaves and
came to Ohio in
to
*
The story is that the
freed
slaves helped hu^dd the
house to
repay
hlpi, Shirey said.
It
later was part of
^e
Underground Railroad and there is a
secret
room
cellar.
THE
MODIFIED Greek
Revival
style
house hqs five
rooms downstairs, four rooms bd
a
bath
upstairs, and
contains 2,498 square
feet of space,
Shirey, and Lee said. ^
Bricks used in its construction were dug
and
fired,on the
,
site.
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DAYTON DAILY
NEWS
Sunday,
February
12 1984
Page
13-C
Pioneer farmhouse
awaits a new
owner
s
It
has enough
significant historical
features
that it .
would be worth
renovating.
Shirey said. When layers of
wallpaper
started
to
peel
off,
we found
the
original
1818 ^
stenciling on the
walls of three
rooms.
,-
The Army
Engineers, which
sometimes receives bad
publicity for things
it
demolishes, helped ^
Vas
worthwhile
from
Moses McKay
splace: Mantelpieces,
doors
and
original hardware were
put
in storage, removing
those temptations
from
vandals.
It s been vacant
since
the
mid- 70s
and
it
does need
work,
but
it has potential, / Lee
said.
He4s
showing the
property
to Potential
bidders. He
can
be reached
at
Caesar Creek
Lake s
office,
897-1738.
SHIREY SAID
the government
does have
an estimated
/ minimum value
for
the
property but
the figure is
confidential. •
As an added
incentive
to possible buyers, Moses
McKay s
house is probably more
protected
from
intrusions
X
thanU
was
when
he
built
it in
the
wilderness:
It
is
surrounded
on
three
sides by
government
park
land.
V
Stenciling
found
beneath
old wallpaper
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been
named to the National Register ofHistoric Places
The back of. the modified GreekRevival style farmhouse located near Waynesville
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uilding
code
change^^
By
benjamin
KLINE
Staff
Writer
They
don t build
em like they
used to
construction
workers
are
fond of
saying It s a
comp iment to
the
sturdy, often good-IiSikTng
AmencT
downtown
to put up
flnri ° stiff
safety
rnt. r
of
modern
building
odes. As a
consequence,
scores
of
good old
buildings stand
empty in
urban
areas
because
developers
too
much to bring
,K^ nth standards for new
se. Others just gettorn down.
OWo S® » n«
hio
had any
mandatory
building
code the
document gets revised and refined every year
People involved
in
rehabilitation say it heLiiv
avors new
construction
- avacant lot
wUh
a
hole
in
the
ground —and works against
the
otherwise sensible re-use of-exi.sting
buildings.
In recognition of the growing
trend
toward
Ixnm building
xperts
have
come up
with
aproposed
atnendment to the model code used in Ohio
(since 1979)and
several
other states AU
convention
of the
Building
Officials
and
Code
Administrators International, or BOCA in
organization s
code-
^A
W®?®
approved the proposed
Article
25
for
the model
code.
IT WILL GO
before
the group s annual
conference this summer In Philadelphia If
approved
there, itcould be in
use
in Ohio and
other BOCA states
by
1985.
rnnn?v
®Hamilton
ounty
deputy chief
building inspector,
said
Sfl
^
to state House
todeterJnton^^^^^^
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president of the Ohio
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Building Sciences,
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a
task force
headed
by architect Wayne M.
Meyer
code
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Cincinnati. In
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result
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eqmya ent
safety
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re safety, means
of egress and
general
safety.
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code has hundreds
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Mr. W E. Leegan
Re:
Cont rac t No. DACW27
Ch l e f o f Plann ing D iv i s io n
75-C-0034
U
S.
Corps o f
Enginee rs
P . 0 . Box 59
Lou isv i l l e
Kentucky
^0201
Gentlemen:
At
th e r e q u e s t o f Mr.
C h a r l e s
P a r r i s h
I
visited
th e
C a e s a r
Lake area on the 6th and 7th of
November
197^1 fo r
the
purpose
o f
in sp ec t in g th re e e ar ly 1 9 t h
Century r e s i d e n c e s th e Plumrner
McKay
and Conkl in
Houses . I was
asked
to
make r e p o r t s
on each
c o n c e r n i n g t h e i r
a r c h i t e c t u r a l and h i s t o ri ca l q u a l i t i e s .
M r. Parrish a n d
M r.
C o n n o r s t o o k me to the various sites
and t h e i r know.ledge and c o o p e ra t i o n was o f g r e a t a s s i s t a n c e to
me fo r
which I am g r a t e f u l . My
r e p o r t s
on
each b u i l d i n g
a re
d e s i g n a t e d
a s f o l l o w s :
P l u m m e r H o u s e .
2 . McKay
House .
3 . C o n k l i n
H o u s e .
Yours very s i n c e r e l y .
0
Walter M. M a c o m b e r
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M O N T K O S S
VaT
7 0 3 4 9 8 4 7 6 9
1 . T h e P l u m m e r H o u s e
The purpose of
Architectural Restoration
i s to preserve a
wa y
o f l i f e o f p a s t g e n e r a t i o n s and th e evidence o f t h e i r s k i l l s
V7hich are so rapidly being l o s t through neglect
accident
an d in
d i f f e r e n c e . I f Williamsburg d id
nothing
e l se i t has
made
us
more
conscious
o f
our a r c h i t e c t u r a l
h e r i t a g e .
I have
never
f e l t that a building
being
considered for pre
s e r v a t i o n
n e c e s s a r i l y
r e q ui r e d th e r o m a n t i c a s s o c i a t i o n o f
an
h i s t o r i c a l
c h a r a c t e r
t o e a r n
i t s
r i g h t t o s u r v i v e .
That a s s o
c i a t i o n a l o n e w o u l d b e its i n s u r a n c e .
A fte r
examining
th e
Plummer House
during my
r ecent
v i s i t
to
the Caesar Lake
project
w ith Charles Parrish and Tony Connor I
had
mixed
emotions concerning the b u i l d i n g .
Those
two w e l l - i n -
formed
gentlemen were
c a r e f u l not to attempt
to influence
my
Judgement
i n any manner which I a p p r e c i a t e d and I
did not
r e a d
t h e C a s e R e p o r t u n t i l later.
I n u n d a t i o n o f th e
s i t e
would d e s t r o y t h e h i s t o r i c s i t e com
p l e t e l y , bu t
moving
th e
b u i l d i n g
in some manner
would
preserve a
p a r t
o f its life
a t
l e a s t .
The q u e stio n i n
my
mind was whether it was vjorthy
o f
th e
e f f o r t
and
c o s t .
In
my
Judgement
a f t e r
examination
th e
house
was a
b o r d e r l i n e
s u b j e c t
f o r N a t i o n a l
R e g i s t e r
a s it had
no o u t
standing
a r ch i te c tu r al q u a li ti es .
I t
was
J u s t
a good sound
q u i t e t y p i c a l house o f th e p e r i o d b u i l t by a c a r p e n t e r with a
r a t h e r
i n v e n t i v e t u r n o f min d evidenced
b y
th e u n u s u a l e x t e r i o r
w o o d detail.
Reading
th e Case
R e p o r t however
I
had
th e
f e e l i n g t h a t
it
wa s i n f l u e n c e d by a r a t h e r n eg ativ e a t t i t u d e as to
th e
p o s s i b i l
i t i e s o f i t s
preservation.
I
have
moved buildings suc c e ssful l y
i n t h e p a s t t h a t w e r e i n much w o r s e c o n d i t i o n .
T he
b r i c k w o r k i n
t h e Plummer
House i s i n
its
p re se n t c on d i t io n
b e c a u s e o f its
poor
q u a l i t y
lime
J o i n t
r a t h e r
than
th e
q u a l i t y
o f th e
b r i c k
which
a p p e a r s
t o b e
p e r f e c t l y s o u n d .
There i s U t t l e
i n t e r i o r wood tr im
o f
i n t e r e s t
e x c e p t
th e s t a i r
and i t s f l o o r s . One room
has
trim
o f
Greek Revival i n f l u e n c e th e
i n s p i r a t i o n f o r
which
could have come from
one
o f Ashur B e n j a m i n s
b o o k s commonly
u s e d by
c a r p e n t e r s
a t
t h a t t i m e .
I
f o u n d m y s e l f
r e t u r n i n g
t o t h e e x t e r i o r
t o
r e - e x a m i n e t h e
i n t e r e s t i n g
d e t a i l f e a t u r e s o f
th e
f r o n t e l e v a t i o n .
Apparently
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th e
r e c e s s e d
porch
is
n o t u n u s u a l
i n
Ohio as th e McKay
House
h as
th e same f e a t u r e . B ut
th e
elliptic l a r c h e d o p e n i n g s
o f
th e f r o n t
en t r an ce an d th e d o u b le H a l l window above w i t h t h e i r u n iq u e s a w
t o o t h e d
d e n t i l t r e a t m e n t
k e p t h o l d i n g
my a t t e n t i o n .
T h i s d e s i g n
fol lov^ed
t h ro u g h i n th e Po rch d e s ig n as v /e l l . T h i s work is e v i
dence o f th e
i n v e n t i v e
mind o f th e b u i l d e r which
in
itself
would
make
th e
b u i l d i n g
an
i n t e r e s t i n g o n e . The b r i c k
is soun d and
a
r o s y re d c o l o r which
I
do
b e l i e v e co u ld
be
s u c c e s s f u l l y s a l v a g e d
by t u mb l in g th e w a l l s
fter ll o t h e r
m a t e r i a l h a s
b e e n r emoved .
I am
l e a d i n g up to
my
c o n c l u s i o n t h a t th e f e a t u r e s
I
have
ment ioned
a re worth
s av in g
if
p o s s i b l e . I ag r ee
wi th
th e
r e p o r t
t h a t
th e
h o r r e n d o u s
c o s t o f moving th e b u i l d i n g i n t a c t c o u l d
n o t
be
J u s t i f i e d
b u t c a r e f u l
d i s m a n t l i n g and r e e r e c t i o n
is
q u i t e
p r a c t i c a l an d would c o s t no
more
t h a n a new b u i l d i n g o f e q u a l
q u a l i ty i n
my
Judgement .
There
a re many problems
in
t h i s p ro p o sa l o f which
I am
n o t
fu l l y aware
a t th i s
t ime . Also I
know
my op in ion i s
i n f lue nc e d
by
my
g r e a t d e s i r e to p r e s e r v e th e e v i d e n c e o f c ra f t s m a n s h i p so
i n h e r e n t
i n th e p a s t ; b u t I
do
f e e l t h i s
e f f o r t
is wor thwhi le
and
would
be r e w a r d i n g
t o
f u tu re g en e ra ti o n s.
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2 .
T h e
McKay H o u s e
It i s my u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h i s b u i l d i n g i s
t o
become t h e
r e s i d e n c e
f o r
t h e
manager o f t h e
Cassar Lake
P r o j e c t so t h e r e
is
a p p a r e n t l y no p r o b l e m
a s t o
its f u t u r e .
We
examined
t h i s
b u i l d i n g q u i t e
t h o r o u g h l y th rough
t h e kind
c o o p e r a t i o n o f
t h e o c c u p a n t
Mrs . R o b i n s o n .
T h i s b u i l d i n g i s a f i n e example o f e a r l y
1 9 t h
Century Ohio
Farm Rouse
and
has
a s i m i l a r
r e c e s s e d p o r c h
a s t h a t
on t h e
Plummer
House.
The
f r o n t
e n t r a n c e
w i t h
its
p a n e l l e d
jambs
and
its
l e a d e d
g l a s s t r a n s o m
a p p e a r s
t o
be
o u t o f one o f Ashur B e n j a m i n s Car
p e n t e r s A s s i s t a n t p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g t h e
e a r l y
1 9 t h
Century .
I n t e r
e s t i n g l y enough most
o f t h e
window s a s h a p p e a r t o
be
o r i g i n a l and
by
and
l a r g e t h e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n o f t h e e x t e r i o r o f t h e
b u i l d i n g
f o r
its p r o p o s e d
u s e
can be a c c o m p l i s h e d r a t h e r s i m p l y .
The
t e r r a c e r a i l i n g a l o n g t h e
f r o n t
s h o u l d I would t h i n k be a l t e r e d
b r i n g i n g its a p p e a r a n c e
into
p r o p e r p e r i o d .
T h e r e
is
one
o r i g i n a l
m a n t l e t h e
o t h e r s
b e i n g later
and
o f
a m o s t s i m p l e d e s i g n . T h i s one
c o u l d
be moved
i n t o
t h e f r o n t
room
o r
p a r l o r
c r e a t i n g
a room c o m p l e t e
i n p e r i o d
f o r m . A stair
l e a d i n g
from t h i s
room
t o t h e
room
above
h a s
s i d e
p a n e l l i n g
ex
t e n d i n g f r o m f l o o r t o c e i l i n g i n t h e same c h a r a c t e r a s
t h e
e x t e r
i o r
e n t r a n c e
d o o r p a n e l l e d j amb.
One o f
t h e
bedroom.s on t h e 2nd
f l o o r
h a s b e e n r e c e n t l y
p a p e r ed b u t Mrs .
R o b i n s o n
k i n d l y
c o n s e n t e d
t o remove a
s m a l l
s e c t i o n o f t h e p a p e r n e a r t h e c e i l i n g u n c o v e r i n g a s t e n c i l l e d
b o r d e r that no d o u b t g o e s a r o u n d t h e
e n t i r e
r o o m .
1
f e e l
s u r e
this
stencilling
is
p a r t
o f t h e
o r i g i n a l
d e c o r a t i o n
w h i c h
i n c l u d e s
c o n s i d e r a b l e v/ood g r a i n i n g on many o f t h e
d o o r s .
The
site
is
l o v e l y a n d t h e many q u a l i t i e s o f
t h e
h o u s e
w i l l
u n d o u b t e d l y p r o v i d e a n
a t t r a c t i v e
a n d p l e a s a n t a b o d e f o r t h o s e
who o c c u p y it.
A s i d e f r o m
this
a n o t h e r
rural home o f t h e
e a r l y
1 9 t h C e n t u r y w i l l b e p r e s e r v e d .
Walter
M.
M a c o m b e r
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3- The Conk l l n House
I t
is
sad Indeed that the
qualify
of th is
digni f ied
l i t t l e
farm house was not recognized at f i r s t and protected. I t has
been
vandalized
to
a
great
extent although a t the time of
our
inspect ion enough of the or ig ina l i n t e r i o r s remained to in dica te
how it appeared and
how
wel l
it
was con s t r u c t ed .
This house
is
ear l ie r
than
the
other
two
and
1
would
place
its date
about I8l0 1820 The main house and
the wing
which
was
added
soon
a f t e r
the
other was completed have dent i led br ick
cornices
the
denti ls
formed by placing the bricks at ^5® angles.
This produces a very
interesting effect that
matches
the
early
cha r a c t e r
o f
th e window and door frame
d e t a i l .
The
sash a re
replacements
as
the orig inal ones had
6
panes
of glass
in the
u p p e r an d lo v ;e r s a s h e s .
The
building would adapt i t s e l f to most any use
business
or
domestic and
should
remain
in
i t s present
se t t ing if possib le
Mr
Connors
suggested
a
poss ib i l i ty
of re ga in in g th e
mater ia l
removed from th e b ui ld in g
as
he
though t he
knew th e man who
re
moved interior woodwo r k .
lter
M.
Macombe r