Worthington Ohio real estate

The Mystery of the Missing Cornerstone

The cornerstone of the Flint School disappeared in March 2011 according to the  Worthington Suburban News, (SNP.)

In "Flint School now just a memory" Bret Liebendorfer of ColumbusLocalNews.com (Suburban Newspapers online) wrote: 

"A memorial was to include the well-known pillars, but they were pushed over by vandals; similarly, the school's 800-pound cornerstone also was to be included, but it was stolen."

800 pounds? 

Worthington area history

The village of Flint was down the road from the village of Worthington, Worthington was itty bitty until the 1950s.  Northern Franklin County was rural.

There is a great photo of the pillars standing in front of the rubble after the Columbus Parks and Recreations crew demolished the old school building on the corner of Flint Road and Park Road in Far North Columbus in the SNP Online story of the old building being torn down.  The article also lends some history I can never remember.  The village of Flint area became part of the Worthington City School District in 1949.  The school was abandoned in 1963.

"According to worthingtonmemories.com and research by Worthington Libraries librarian Meredith Southard, the three-room building was constructed in 1927 after residents of the district voted 113-81 in favor of a bond issue that paid Clara and Ellis Gardner $1,839 for the 3.5-acre site and $30,528 for construction."

There was a time capsule found in the demolition of Flint School according to Liebendorfer.  A Bell Jar with coins and a note.  The note was illegible.

Does that corner stone say 1927?  It looks like it says 1926 to me.   I took this photo in March 2010.

Worthington area history

Slate Hill School 

Flint, Ohio September 1921

Linworth - Another Central Ohio Village, Linworth was annexed to the city of Worthington.

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Flint School is gone. 

The Flint School sat there at the corner of Park and Flint Roads from the 1920s until a few weeks ago.  The school had NOT been used since the 1960s.  I believe since 1963.  On a site called 'Forgotten Ohio on the page about Flint' it says of the Flint School building "The small school building where Flint's children attended class is still standing, neatly boarded up, in a park at the corner of Park Street and Flint Road."

Something about the old school public school building that served the Flint and Sharon Township area reminded me of a shrine.  I believe the cornerstone says 1926.

The Flint School building in March 2010. 

"The small school building where Flint's children attended class is still standing, neatly boarded up, in a park at the corner of Park Street and Flint Road."  from Forgotten Ohio

Not anymore.

The grass will grow this summer and any scars the building and it's demolition left will be gone soon.  The building was razed in March 2011.  The photos of the corner stone, the name over the door and the front of the building were taken in March 2010.  The old school building, that served Flint, Ohio in the past was owned by the City of Columbus and they razed it a few weeks ago. The grounds became a City of Columbus Park a number of years ago.   I drove by the intersection a few times when there was a pile of rubble.  I wish I would have got a photo.   The first time I saw the pile of rubble I was surprised.  It was after dark so I thougt I would come back by and get a photo. 

An earlier Sharon Township School, Slate Hill School on Flint Rd. is now a home.  It has been used as a home for years.  The area in northern Franklin County is mostly annexed to the City of Columbus now.  The area has been part of the Worthington school district for years.   The Worthigton area today,  Flint, Ohio

The Flint train station was relocated to east of Sancus Blvd. at some point.  It is used as a home now.  The brick builiding with the word Flint on it was a department store, Crowders at the railroad stop that was Flint, Ohio.

The Village of Flint and the surrounding area is part of the Far North Columbus area, which includes City of Columbus neighborhoods in Franklin and Delaware Counties. 

Far North Columbus Identity Crisis

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In 1921 Flint Ohio was a little village in Sharon Township that is now mostly annexed into the City of Columbus.  The area south of the Franklin County line is in the Worthington City School District today.

Map -  Flint Ohio is near the intersection of Flint Rd. and Park Rd.   The Flint Carryout just west of the railroad tracks is a sure sign you've found Flint.  The train station that sat in Flint was moved further east long ago and is a residential property.

Today in the Flint Ohio area as all over Central Ohio you'd see  Honda Accords, a Toyota Prius or two, a Ford Fusion or a Focus, a Chevy Malibu... what are contemporary Dodge automobiles?  I am just not a big car person. Don O'Brien is and always was a real car buff.  This is Don O'Brien's father in his new 1921 Dodge on his wedding day:

Don O'Brien wrote about the photo " After a garden wedding 87 years ago at Grandmother and Grandfather Kingery's home near Flint, Ohio they left in Dad's new 1921 Dodge."   The new Mrs. O'Brien was a Kingery?  Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien's wedding date was September 21, 1921 according to their son's Flickr photostream.

Christopher Woods, Seven Oaks, The Village at Forest Ridge (condos)  and The Village at Worthington are some of today's neighborhoods near the Village of Flint Ohio.  There are historic homes on Flint Road that would have been there in 1921 but much of the area was farm fields or ... just land?   I guess there is at least one old house on Park Rd.  too.  There is a private road too... (no trespassing territory.)

I love old photos of Columbus, Worthington, Flint.  Visit Don O'Brien's Flickr photostream to see what Worthington looked like when he was growing up in the 1930s and 1940s.  Worthington was still a village when he was a child. He lived out in the country on Wilson Bridge Road and went to Worthington schools.

More Flint Ohio history:

Slate Hill School - Worthington History  - now a residential property

Worthington area history - the Flint Train Station is now a residential property too

Don O'Brien's photo is licensed with a Creative Commons license.  As always I thank him for a glimpse of the Worthington area in a time gone by and for allowing me to share it with more people.

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