Worthington real estate

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

Maybe you have to get out and walk on High Street in Worthington or you don't really get the full effect.  I wanted an iced coffee after the gathering on the Worthington Green, yesterday,  September 11, so I walked down to the Mean Bean from the Green to get coffee. I had driven by earlier and was craving an iced coffee while I was standing there listening....

I had only been in Mean Bean Cafeine Lounge a couple of times since it was sold by the last owners of Scottie MacBean... I don't know that I even knew it's name included "Cafeine Lounge."

I still thought of it as Scottie MacBean.  Or Scottie MacBean... named for the owner's Scottie dogs...

Wait... it is Scottie MacBean again...  Excuse the bad photo it says " SCOTTIE'S IS BACK!   UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP" and then some more....  It says the new owners are Jenny and David.

Jenny waited on me.  She said she and her fiance bought it in early August and changed the name back to Scottie MacBean. 

Scottie MacBeans is at 660 High St in Worthington, Ohio 43085 - Map.  Scottie MacBean started out in Linworth and moved to Old Worthington in the early or mid 90s, I believe.

I wonder what happened... to Mean Bean Cafeine Lounge in Worthington.  I don't remember when Mean Bean bought it from the last owner of Scottie MacBean but it does not seem like it was less than a year ago.  Mean Bean has a couple of stores in the City of Delaware, another in Powell??? 

Speaking of coffee in Worthington, September 12, 2008 is the closing date for the Starbucks at 530 N. High St in Worthington at the corner of High and South St.  I wonder does that mean that September 12 is their last day?  Or that  they are closed on September 12?  Wonder what will go in there. It was an old Friendly's Restaurant.