Worthington real estate

Old Worthington May 27, 1941  National V- Day

Do you see "FOR NATIONAL V-DAY" on the bottom of the sign for  the Thiron Clock Bread on the left side of the photo of a grocery store in Worthington?  Don O'Brien identifies the store as the A&P in Worthington.

As Worthington prepares for the 2010 Memorial Day Parade this old photo from Don O'Brien's of a High St. grocery store, shows that National  V-DAY  was May 27, 1941. 

Don O'Brien grew up north of Worthington on W. Wilson Bridge Rd.  which was out in the country back then. According to his notes on the photo he took a series of photos for Worthington News, the local newspaper of the day.

Did V - DAY mean Victory Day?  Was this photo taken later in the year with a sign on the bread commemorating a victory on May 27, 1941?  VE and VJ Day were in 1945 and Don O'Brien graduated from Worthington High School in 1941?  1942?

The photo on Flickr has a conversation ranging from the food on the shelf to what V Day in the bread sign means.  Don O'Brien (DOK1 on Flickr titled the photo) : "1941: 10-cents-a-loaf Bread"

Old Worthington refers to the area of Worthington that was the original village settled in 1803.   1941 was long after that but the stores on High Street would be in what we today refer to as Old Worthington.

Creative Commons license on 1941: 10- cents-a-loaf Bread

Old Worthington - Grocery Stores

The Kroger in Worthington in the 1940s  is the A&P two doors down?

Worthington Ohio Grocery Store - Home Market

Home Market - Worthington Ohio

Old Worthington is #11 of  ‘365 Places to Live in Columbus’  on Facebook and ColumbusBestBlog.com . If you appreciate old homes you will like Old Worthington.   Old Worthington which will soon be listed as a district on the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Worthington Association has worked on that for over a decade.

There are already a number of individual Old Worthington  properties on the National Register of Historic Places.  The Old Worthington neighborhood was the original Village of Worthington.

Worthington has long had a system in place for architectural review of  changes to properties in the Architectural Review District.

The Old Worthington home pictured here is NOT for sale.  The sign in the yard of this house reminds me of going to a hearing about improvements to this house a few years back   The sign outside tells the neighbors and anyone interested about a hearing about improvements the seller wants to make to the property.    

As I recall the house pictured which NOW has a blue sign in the yard was built in the 1850s.

There are homes on the market, in the Old Worthington neighborhood.    Old Worthington homes for sale - Search.

From  Worthington Old and News a couple of years ago…

The architectural review board is the five member Worthington planning commission plus two people “one of whom must be a resident freeholder of the Architectural Review District” according to the rules.

An agent in my office was on the Architectural Review Board when I went to lend moral support to clients who were summoned to talk to the Worthington Architectural Review Board about changes they had made to their Old Worthington home without asking permission first. Someday I may write about that night.*

The Architectural Review Board meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Worthington Municipal Building at 6550 N. High St. I believe both the Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board take the month of August off.

The  City of Worthington has lots of information about the architectural review district and more.

* Not ready yet…

If you use the link above to search for homes for sale in Old Worthington it will take you to the Real Living HER home search.  You will be offered an opportunity to see homes directly from the Columbus Board of REALTORS® MLS.

Old Worthington - National Historic District

The Old Worthington historic disctrict was approved to be on the National Register of Historic Places.  After years of work, the  Old Worthington Association  has accomplished this.

The Old Worthington Association site says:

"This decade-long project seeks to expand on the many places already on the National Register by designating James Kilbourne's original town plat as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. A final decision by the National Park Service is expected in April 2010."

I heard from a board member the final decision is in, Old Worthington is a National Historic District.

The National Register of Historic Places  is part of the National Park Service.  Their site does not have anything about Old Worthington in Worthington Ohio being listed yet.

Old Worthington - National Historic District

Old Worthington News

Worthington A Part of the Plan

Worthington a New England Village in Central Ohio

Happy 206th Birthday to St. John Episcopal Church in Worthington Ohio.

Somewhere I have a picture of the historical marker at St. John Episcopal Church in Worthington Ohio.... found it! In  Worthington and Parts Adjacent  the historical marker pictured says:

"On February 6, 1804, the Articles of Agreement establishing St. John's Church of Worthington were executed" 

Articles of Agreement executed  is the same thing as a birthday? Isn't it?  The historical marker goes on about that the church was planned in New England.  St. John Church was the first Episcopal Church in the Northwest Territory.

Ohio Channel about the historical marker with a picture of it you can read.

This photo was taken last March.  Spring.... it is going to be spring soon!

If I took a photo of St. John Episcopal Church today it would be a beautiful  snowy "New England" scene.  I heard on the news last night 7" of snow but it snowed more overnight.  I was out already this morning... but not in Old Worthington. Maybe later today I will run over and take a photo of the church on it's 206th Birthday.  The church is right on the Worthington Village Green. St. John Episcopal's address is 700 High St. Worthington OH 43085

I believe the birthday is for the church, not the building... but I'd be taking a photo of the building of course.

Happy Birthday to  St. John Episcopal Church in Worthington Ohio

More about Worthington Ohio

Worthington Ohio this day in history

Worthington a New England village in Central Ohio

Old Worthington News

Early October News on the Worthington.org site - Worthington's Kilbourne Memorial Building is getting a little work done.

Kilbourne exterior work  a .pdf document says: 

"The former library and later School Board office, now owned by the City of Worthington, is getting a facelift including many exterior improvements."

Old landscaping ripped out... new to be installed in the spring of 2010

New metal roof

New gutters

Paint on the trim

I had walked around Worthington's Kilbourne Memorial Building and took some photos in August.  It needed some work.

I took these photos today with the paint scraped off the door frame, a dumpster out in front, caution tape and some gaping holes in the fascia. 

Worthington is getting the old building ready for it's future.  The building got new options this past year for commercial uses.

Previously about Worthington's Kilbourne Memorial Building

Old Worthington Building gets new options

Worthington Ohio Village Green a group of Worthington school children, in 1941 in front of the library at the time.

Old Worthington's Clearview Subdivision - brought to you by Maureen McCabe

I guess I don't think of there being subdivisions within Old Worthington but of course there are, because Old Worthington is the historic Village of Worthington which was planned and built by pioneers from New England.  In 'Worthington Neighborhoods' a book written by Jennie McCormick and published by the Worthington Historical Society, Clearview is NOT one of the neighborhoods described but there is information about the Clearview Subdivision in the the "chapter" (one page) on Medick Estates since Frank C. Medick was developing it at the same time he was building his personal residence, Boulder Lodge in what someday became Medick Estates. 

Worthington's Clearview Subdivision was platted in 1928.

I sometimes think of Old Worthington people (the settlers or proprieters), calling it "Old Worthington."

Old Worthington's Clearview Subdivision - location

The Clearview Subdivision is from North Street to what McCormick describes as "the newly created Clearview Ave" between Evening Street and Oxford Streets, 30 lots in all. 

In Worthington Neighborhoods it says in advertisements for the Clearview Subdivision described Worthington as "three fine churches, good schools, a good trading center and street car service within a square."  I have to say I keep puzzling over "within a square."  I guess it is the square that was Worthington?   What is now Old Worthington, from North Street to South Street and Morning Street to Evening Street.  

Maybe what had me confused by the phrase "within a square" was the next sentence in the "Worthington Neighborhods' book that mentioned street car service from Worthington to Capital Square in Columbus.

Clearview Subdivision or "Addition" as it shows in the Franklin County records was and is a square within a square, just a street cars ride away from Capital Square.  Worthington had been established in 1803 so the Village was already over 100 years old when Medick platted the Clearview Subdivision.

More about Old Worthington:

Worthington a part of the plan

St. John Episcopal Church in Worthington

Worthington Presbyterian

Worthington Churches - I'm guessing the third Worthington Church in 1928 was the Methodist Church? Worthington United Methodist Church is there in the center square as are the Worthington Prebyterian Church and St. John's Episcopal Church.

Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

Old Worthington is applying to be on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.  Again.

This Week Community News has the story,  Old Worthington applies to join list of national historic districts.  According to the newspaper article written by This Week News staff writer, Candy Brooks a 1999 effort to get Old Worthington on the list was denied because structures already on the list were included in the application. 

Most people are surprised that Old Worthington is not a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the newspaper article: "The National Register is administered by the National Parks Services. Nationwide, there are 13,594 historic districts, including 33 in Franklin County. Worthington's Rush Creek Village is on the list, which is called on the National Register Web site "the official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation."

Today's Old Worthington neighborhood is the neighborhood that was originally the Village of Worthington, established in 1803 stretching from Morning to Evening Streets (east to west) and and North Street to South Street. Buildings which will not be included in the historic district application are too new or were renovated  incorrectly.

Old Worthington could be on the National Register of Historic Districts by the end of the year.

Historic Worthington and Architecture:

Worthington a part of the plan

Worthington's Ancient History

Worthington Architectural Review Board

Worthington's Rush Creek

Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington

Magic in Worthington?

I am NOT a J.R.R. Tolkien fan... not that I have anything against them,  I just never read any of the books.  I saw and enjoyed on some levels the 'Lord of the Rings' movies but could not really follow them.

The books by Tolkien had Elves, Hobbits, Trolls...  and more...   Here's a "Google Map" of  Middle-Earth done by Daniel Reeve a fan.  The maps as I understand them show where the Elves, Hobbits, Trolls etc. live.

I have never thought of Worthington as a very whimsical place but Old Worthington has a Fairy Garden and there are signs of a local Leprechaun population:

Pat's Fairy Garden is at 777 High St. Worthington 43085.  The garden is in memory of Pat Pabst, a volunteer at Worthington's Griswold Center who passed away a few years ago.  The fairy garden south east of the Griswold Center entrance has a cottage, paths, plants and an arbour.

There is a Leprechaun Entrance  at  P K O'Ryans Restaurant & Pub at 666 High St. Worthington Ohio, tucked in on the side of the builiding.  The entrance is to the pub. 

Magical Worthington, a Google Map of Worthington... If there are Leprechaun's and Fairies in Old Worthington are there Elves, Hobbits, Trolls nearby?  Worthington's Rush Creek neighborhood kind of seems like an area Hobbits would enjoy.  It has a "Shirelike" feel.... kind of if JRR Tolkien met Frank Lloyd Wright.... and the Hobbits took to Usonian architecture...

Worthington Whimsy on Wordless Wednesday - a picture of Pat's Fairy Garden

Worthington's Wee Folk P K O'Ryan Restaurant & Pub - Leprechaun Entrance

Compliments of Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington.

Griswold Center 777 High St. Worthington OH 43085

Worthington will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday April 24, 2009 at the Village Green. At noon a tree will be
planted on the northwest quadrant of the Village Green, in honor of Arbor Day 2009.. 

Worthington Ohio Earth Day 2009

More information from Worthington about Arbor Day and Earth Day 2009 

Compliments of Maureen McCabe Real Living HER Worthington