Help Save a Historic House from Destruction – 3 days left
There is a house here locally by the name of the Captain Scott House. It’s an amazing house. I’ve always been very impressed with the architecture and the beauty of this amazing house. Now the house is facing destruction if enough money is not raised to move it. Visit www.captainscotthouse.org on how you can help save this historic monument.
The wide appeal of the project has mainly to do with the home itself, said Herring. “I am constantly meeting people who say ‘I’ve always loved that house!’” Last week, a family who wishes to remain anonymous stepped forward with a $10,000 donation. “This family had admired the house for years, too, and felt they wouldn’t be happy if they didn’t put themselves out to help save it,” said Herring.
The home was built for Joseph M. Scott, an outspoken abolitionist and locally prominent farmer and historian who earned his captainship in the Civil War. ODOT has given the house to the Village of Alexandria on condition that the
structure is contracted to be moved by March 16, and is actually moved very shortly thereafter. The Village has no funds for a historic preservation project, and the Friends of Captain Scott committee of the Alexandria Community
Council has stepped in to get the project organized and funded. The Alexandria Community Council is a nonprofit group active for over 75 years in support of community events and projects in the village and St. Albans township.
UPDATE: Just Talked to Donna (one of the people who is helping head up this project) and was informed that if the money is raised to move it, they are thinking of making the house into a community center and possibly incorporating an Art Gallery.
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Arts and artists *DO* contribute to local and regional economies in significant ways, see this recent article in MSN Money titled “Bohemian Today – High-Rent Tomorrow”:
http://realestate.msn.com/Buying/Article_busweek.aspx?cp-documentid=3666683>1=9226
As we work towards saving and restoring the Captain Scott house, those of us on the current committee are definitely looking forward to making both the upstairs museum and downstairs community space – potentially with a gallery room – a reality and economic boon for our (currently rural but quickly gentrifying) community. Do bookmark our website CaptainScottHouse.org to check for opportunities to help us make this happen. Thanks, William, for your interest and enthusiasm!
[...] I had published earlier about the Captain Scott house needing money to cover expenses to move it out of the way of a highway that is being widened here locally. [...]