heritage ohio
OHPO updates and publishes Ohio’s Historic Preservation Plan
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office has updated and published the latest edition of its five-year preservation plan. A Future for Ohio’s Past: A Historic Preservation Plan for Ohioans can be accessed here. The plan dives right into big-picture preservation policy: the goals, challenges & opportunities for advancement in the coming years. The plan also highlights [...]
Sorg Mansion – a Top Opportunity in Middletown, Ohio – Part III
Third in a three-part series Having seen the exterior of the Sorg Mansion, I couldn’t wait to get inside to see whether it had been a lucky survivor as much as the outside. I’m happy to report that I was not disappointed. While the inside had been long ago broken up into multiple rental units, the [...]
Sorg Mansion – a Top Opportunity in Middletown, Ohio – Part II
Second in a three-part series I was not prepared for what I was about to see as Fritz and I walked up that gravel drive. Stunned might be a good word to describe how I looked with those first feelings of awe and excitement. As I continued gawking (staring? drooling?) what really struck me was [...]
Sorg Mansion – a Top Opportunity in Middletown, Ohio – Part I
First in a three-part series Earlier this year we had the chance to visit Middletown to do a site visit at the Sorg Mansion, one of our 2009 Top Opportunities. The Sorg’s nomination came courtesy of Adriane Scherrer, a downtown stakeholder active in small business incubation through the We-Can Business Incubator. The Sorg was certainly [...]
