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Monday, April 20th, 2009

I was in attendance at the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board (OHSPAB) meeting on Friday where they voted on proposed nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. This board only meets three times per year. Four of the five nominations reviewed were from central Ohio and all four were approved for forwarding on to the National Park Service for federal review. They were the Hayden Building (20 E. Broad) and the “New Hayden” Building (16 E. Broad) on capitol square, (check out the article in April 17 Dispatch about these nominations), the Born Capital Brewery Bottling Works (570 S. Front St.) in the Brewery District and the Groveport School (715 E. Main St.) in Groveport.

At this meeting, the board also voted on the Ohio Historic Preservation Office grant committee’s recommendations for Certified Local Government grant applications. Two applications were submitted by the City of Columbus, one for emergency roof repair for Green Lawn Abbey (this grant application was prepared by and will be administered by Friends of Green Lawn Abbey) and one for preparation of a National Register district nomination for the Old North Columbus commercial district (North High Street/Dodridge area) (this grant application was prepared by and will be administered by the University District Organization, in conjunction with Landmarks). Both applications were recommended for funding in full (although conditional, based on Federal appropriations being what they estimate they will be). Thanks to Randy Black for shepherding these grants through the proper channels at the city. We would not have been eligible to apply for these funds without his support.

Preservation initiatives are moving forward in Columbus in spite of the economic downturn! Kathy