130 W. Wilson Bridge Road was out in the country.
Don O'Brien sent me a link to his father's journal online a few months ago when I asked some questions about some of his old photos of Worthington on Flickr. Mr. O'Brien grew up in the Worthington area and was one heck of a photographer even as a kid.
I understood from reading parts of his father's journal the family lived in Sharon Township but I was thinking of off Flint Road, or the Park Road area or out near Lazelle Road, out in the boonies. I can conceive of the whole Crosswoods area having been unincorporated. A friend shocked me once telling me she lived where Crosswoods is now when she first moved to Central Ohio. I was thinking Don O'Brien grew up outside 270 for some reason, to me that is Sharon Township. I know there are still islands of Sharon Township inside 270 today. Worthington area history, the intersection of Park Road and Worthington Galena Road is part of O'Brien's photostream on Flickr. That corner would have been Sharon Township back in 1940.
The house stood until 1981 when it was razed for the current use.
I forget that Worthington in the 1930s and 1940's was real, real small and W. Wilson Bridge Road would have been out in the country. The land where my office, the Real Living HER office on N. High Street has been for years would have been out in the country in the 30's, 40's, 50's.
What's there now?
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W. Wilson Bridge Road today is offices lots of office buildings, the Worthington Square Mall. Ville Charmante Condominiums are right across the street. The entrance to the Olentangy Hills neighborhood is across the streets and just west of where this house stood on W. Wilson Bridge Road.
Visit Don O'Brien's Flickr photostream for more photos of the Worthington area when he was growing up. He shares his photos as Dok1. The photo of his childhood home is part of a series of Kodachrome photos he shared on Flickr. This photo was shared with a Creative Commons license.
In a comment on Flickr Dok1 ( Don O'Brien) shares this: The house was demolished in 1981 and replaced by an office building. Geocam20000 has an excellent photo of the area as it looks now: www.flickr.com/photos/65439930@N00/3321268222 /sizes/m/#cc...
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