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1818house

back in

family

hands

^ For th e descendants of

abolitionist Moses McKay

Easter

Is a time to count

their many blessings.

This story is being reprinted after a

portion was omitted from the edition

of Aprii 9.

By

Rosalie

Yoakam

FORTHE

DAYTON DAILY

NEWS

Easter Sunday p la ys a s pe ci al

role in t h e l iv e s of th e Glaze fami

ly.

The day represents both a holy

day intheir religious faith and

t he t im e w h en

their

homestead

in

rural Wayne Twp. returned to the

family .

Travis

an d

Anne Glaze s home

radiates a family s love an d

strong religious

faith

that

ha s

kfept

them

strong through bad

times.

Th e h o u s e

wa s

built

by

Anne s

great-great-great-great-

grandfather Moses McKay in

1818

McKay

wa s a

Quaker

from

Virginia and a strong abolition

ist

Just before McKay left

Virgin

ia he freed the slaves he h ad p ur

chased. Twenty-two of

th e

freed-

men followed him to Ohio to help

biiild a b r i c k t r a n si t io n a l Greek

R e viva l farmh o u se.

A n

1836 a d d i ti o n i n c lu d e d a

two-story porch and a fireplace

with a false hearth which co n

cealed a r o o m l a r ge enough to

hideeight people. The house

became

a

station o n th e

U n d e r

ground

Railroad

In 1900 th e McKay

family lost

c o n t ro l o f th e

house

w h en t h e

Gons family bought it. I t was

later

purchased by the U.S.

Army

Corps ofEngineers and slatedfor

d e m o li t io n t o

make

w a y f or

C a e sa r C r ee k

Park.

Through the efforts ofseveral

pdople including McKayrela

tives the

house

was p la ce d on

th e

National Register of Historic

Places

Th e

c o rp s w a s

persuaded

to s p a re t h e house which was

sol d

v ia

s e a l e d b i d s .

\ f i ray

mn r p nwnp r s The

¥

Anne Glaze with sons

Eric

and Nathaniel who is holding the stick his family notched to mark each day

spent

in

the hospital

as a

premature infant

ehind

them is

a

false hearth

that

conceals

a

room

used

hide

escaping

slaves when the house was a stopon the

Underground

Railroad

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the house Moses McKay built (n 1818

has

led a

fuir

Hle;.;but

its

fu.ture

was

fn

doubt with the

development r of Caesars •Cree State

Park.

However,;a group of

librarians

is working to

save

the house whlch^at

one

time served as a station

on the undergfouhd railroad before the Civil

War.

'

The group has proposed

to:

theUS Army Corps of

Englneew.' rhich owns

the^^^^

that

the house

b6conie;^;jh0 site of; an.

interpretive library

of ,

culture

ofJhe C,aesar

Creek

Valley. iKe

house

facesdemolitibn

ifa

use

canrwt

be found for It.

Dennis ' Oaltdr 'ltbraFran ©t the Mary L Cook

Library

In Waynesvllle tfas been Instrumental in

researching the statistics ahd.insplring the group

efforts, bthec group

..mernbers

come

from

WItmtngton College.& Southern-State CoUage in

Wilmington

ftS

wetlas interested lay-people.

Few changes would,be required to suit library

jxirposee but necessary

li^provements In vvlring,.

Olurnbtng

heating:systems

would

cost an

estimated

$20,600,

:The Hbfary

would-be; staffed

by volunteers. Financing ie;tbe primary problern,

at the

present.

Whiid

there

may be grants qr

federal funds.;aviailable, finding

these sources is

the problem; end public donations to the cause

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New

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.

ing

8 rooms and is typed as a /'Virginia

Greek

Reviya

with

Quaker influences.

At

present the ,

house Is boarded up protected with locks

barbed wire — a sorry state for

the

former

harbinger of runaway slaves. Afalse hearth-tilted

back to reveal a circular hiding place

beneath th e

kitchen.

The

house was

probably

built by the

. slaves McKay brought with him when he .

brlginally

migrated

frotn

Virginia and Is. listed on .

the National Register of Historic Places.'^

/ if the

group

succeeds in funding this'ambitlous

cultural project, they hope to also acquire the 10

acres of land surrounding

the house

which

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D-2 METRO

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Monday. March 26, 1984

The CiRCinnati Enquifer/Fred Straub

THE MOSES

McKay home, built

in

1818, will be renovated byits newowners.Thehome,which is listed

in

the National

Register

ofHistoric Places, was a stop on the underground railroad for escaping slaves.

Sale

Of

Historic Farmhouse

Recalls

Abolitionist

Settler

BY MICHELE

R2AN

Enquirer

Reporter

CORWIN,Ohio—It may look like any abandoned

farmhouse,

worn

and

forlorn,

but

mor e th an

100

years ago it

served as

a beacon

of

freedom fo r

slaves.

The

home, just east of Waynesvil le on New Burl

ington

Road, was

built

in 1818 by a Quaker from Vir

ginia, Moses McKay. But

the

house has been empty

since the

Army

Corps

of

Engineers

built

Caesar

C r ee k Lak e i n t he l at e 1970s.

But now It has new owners. The U.S. General

Services Administration .sold

the

home by bid last

month to two Dayton area couples; Paul and Nancy

Purcell of Centervllle and

Jim

and Peggy Schtdecker

of

Dayton.

The

purchase price was S51,055.

.ACCORDING

TO

records,the home was built by

22 freed slaves who traveled to Waynesville with

McKay and his family. They wereprobably attracted

to Ohio because of its place In Underground Railroad

history,

says Denny Dal ton, curator

of

the

Ohioana

Collection at the Mary L. Cook Library in Waynes

ville.

Being Quakers, it was customary to buy up large

groups of slaves and

then

set them free, Dalton said.

The house was a stop along the (underground) rail

road because the McKays were very strong support

ers of

th e abolitionists.

In

1836

or

1837, a brick

addition

was built that

included a

kitchen

with a false hearth that

could

be

rolled back to reveal a room to hide escaping slaves.

The room still exits today.

These

people

were

no t j us t field

hands. I t s

well

built

and

well designed, Dalton said,

although

he

can

find

no r eco rd o f the builders

names.

Howard Hackney of Wilmington, great-great-

^^Being Quakers^ it was oi7s7o/iiar> to

buy up large groups

of

slaves and

th en s et th em free. The house was

a

stop along the

(underground)

railroad

because the McKays were

very strong supporters of the

abol i t ionis ts

—Denny Dalton

In

fact, Hackney himself lives on a piece of per

sonal

history tied

to

th e McKay

family. His

home

in

Wilmington

sits no t

far from

th e

site of a log house

bui l t

by

his other great-great-grandfather. Aaron

Hackney.

IT

W.AS

a very

modern house. It was connected

to

the other part

of the

house

by a breezeway, Hack

ney said, theorizing that as th e

family

grew,

Aaron

built

another s t ructure for

privacy.

One

of Moses

daughters

later

married

a

son

of Aaron Hackney.

•T have a notion th e two families

knew

each

other

In Virginia, he said, adding the McKay family

came from the Shenandoah area

of

Virginia.

Although

Hackney

only

visited

the

Waynesville

house once in the

mid-TOs,

the craftsmanship made I

a

lasting

lmpres.sion on him. He worked to

get t he

)

house

in

th e

NaUonnI

Register

of Historic

Places

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The Cincinnati Enquirer. Fred Straub

THE MOSES McKay

home

built

in 1818 will be renovatedbyItsnewowners. Thehome which is listed

the

National

RegisterofHistoric Places,was a stopon the underground railroad forescaping slaves.

Sale

Of

Historic Farmhouse

Recalls

Abolitionist Settler

BYMICHELEORZANO

Et>quirer Reporter

CORWIN, Ohlo-I t may look

like

any abandoned

larmhouse.

worn

and

forlorn, but more tha n 100

years ago it servedas a beacon of freedom for slaves.

The home, just east of Waynesville on New Burl

ington Road,was buUt in 1818 bya Quaker from Vir

ginia,

Moses McKay.

But the house has been empty

since

th e Army Corps of Engineers

built

Caesar

Creek Lake In

the late 1970s.

But now It ha s

new

owners. The U.S.

General

Services Admlnl.stratlon sold

th e

home

by bid

last

month to

two Dayton area

couples;

Paul

an d Nancy

Purcell of

Center\'me

an d

Jim

an d

Peggy Schldecker

of Dayton. The purchase

price

was S51.055.

ACCORDING TO records, t he h ome was bui lt

by

22

freed slaves who traveled

to

Waynesville with

McKay and his family. They were probably attracted

to Ohio because of i ts place in Underground Railroad

history says Denny Dalton, curator of the Ohioana

Collection at th e Mary L. Cook

Library

in

Waynes

vil le

Being Quakers, it was customary to buy up large

groupsofslavesand then set them free Daltonsaid,

The

house was a stop along the

(underground)

rail

road because th e McKays were very strong

support

ers of th e abolitionists.

In

1836

or 1837, a

brick

addition

was

built

that

Included a kitchen

with

a fal se hearth that could be

rolled back

to

reveal

a

room

to

hide

escaping

.slaves.

The

room st il l

exits today.

These peoplewere not just field hands. It s well

built and well designed, Dalton said, although he

can f in d no r ecor d

of

th e builders'

names.

Howard Hackney of

Wilmington,

great-great-

grandson of MosesMcKay, said he has heard stories

that th e male slaves left the homestead once th e

butlcllng was built; But whether it wa.s to strike out

on their

own

as free men or just

because

they

fell

their

obligation

was complete, is no t known.

FVE HEARD that

th e

women who

came

with

them stayed with the McKay family until their

death Hackney said. We know that McKay came

down the Ohio River on a flatboat and

then

worked

his wayup to the Waynesville area.

Hackney said his relative may have visited Ohio

before and sowa s able to givedirections to hi.s family

and

the rest of the freed slaves who were moving the

l ives tock overland.

*He owned 6,000 to 7,000 acres at

one time.

Hackney said, adding

McKay

must have been fairly

oldby the time he moved north. Onestorygoes

that

he was

almost

removed from the Society of Friends

(Quakers) during the Revolutionary

War

because he

was

seen

by Friends out doing (military) drilling

with boys with sticks.

The non-violent

religious

group apparently tooK

the Indiscretion under advisement but did not dts-

• miss the boy.Hackney said, who guessed

that

Moses

was born

in

the late

1750s.

Although Hackney said he ha.s never had the

lime to research his family, he has kept his eyes and

ears open along

the

way to pick up tidbits of his

hi s to ry

Being: Quakers^ it was

customary

to

buy up large groups of slavesand

then

s et them f ree. The

house

was a

stop along the (underground)

railroad because the McKays were

verystrong supporters

of

the

abolitionists.' '^

—Dtmny

Dallon

In fact, Hackney himself lives on a piece of per

sonal history tied to the McKay family. His home in

Wilmington sits not far from the site of a log house

built by his other great-great-grandfather. Aaron

Hackney.

IT WASa very

modern

house.

It

was connected

to the other part of the house bya breezeway, Hack

ney said, theorizing that as the family grew Aaron

built another structure fo r privacy, One of Moses

daughters later married a son of AaronHackney.

T

have

a

notion

the

tw o

families

knew each

other InVirginia. he said, adding the McKayfamily

came from th e

Shenandoah

area of

Virginia.

Although Hackney only visited the Waynesville

house once in

the

mid- TOs. the craftsmanship made

a lasting impression on him. He worked to get the

house in

th e

National Register of Historic Places to

preservethe architecture and history of the area.

These peoplewere highly skilled artisans. This

is one of the contributions they made that hasn't

been as well recognized. Hackney said.

But if th e new owners—the Purcelis and

th e

Schideckers-have their way, it will be recognized

and preserved as a link in the historical chain. They

f irst saw the house a few years ago while on a fishing

trip,

Paul Purcell .said.

There s a goodchance that J Imwillmove there.

We

both reallylike It but I vegot six kidsand they all

go to schoolhere in Cenlerville, Purcell said,adding

they are in the processof obtaining loans and Insur

ance. We saw a picture of It taken In

1910

it was

white with green trim.

HE SAID they

have

90days to

pay th e balance

on

the house, which sits on five acres and has five out

buildings. but estimates it will be longer than

that

before it Is renovated. , , ^ »

We ll lake our time, it will probably take about

two

years.

he said.

We

always wondered why the

state never fixed it

up

an d rented It.

Purcell said they have been get ting telephone

calls from other people who have restored homes In

the OregonDistrict InDayton offering their advice.

It s a charming old place, he said,

adding

the

house is .surrounded on three sides by Caesar Creek

park. It s only a mile from the lake.

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30,1984

McKay

Hoiise up for sale

By Mike

Agin

Po s tS t a f fRep o n er

WAYNESVILtE

No F or

sign

si ts

in

t h e f r on t yard

Moses McKay Hous e.

t

it

Isn t your normal house

t h e marke t e i t h er.

It

is o n e o f

t h e m o s t

historical s i tes

in

e

Caesars Creek

Valley,

says

al ton,Ohloana Room

a t

th e Mary L.

Publ icLibrary in

Th e McKay

house

bu i l t i n

became ama jo r stopping

fo r runaways l ave s on

e

undergroundrailroad

ugh War ren Coun ty f rom

1836 to t h e e n d of th e

l War , Dal ton

says.

Now

th e federa l government ,

h own s

th e house, wants

sel l

it .

Moses McKay

an d

hi s

wife

Vi rg in ia co lon i es t o

i n t h e

Waynesvil le area .

wereQ uakers, an d

opponents of slavery.

Th e

22

s l aves t h a t t raveled

th e ne w Ohio t e r r it o ry wi t h

had been

purchased

t h e Sou th a n d t h e n each

th e

cho ic e t o s t ay and

or l e ave—ei ther way as

men . .

Manyof

t h emen stayed

to

build th e

McKay s

ne w

from

th e

natural clay

in

„ . u . ^

an

hictru Sr. •

earea.ThesiteIsnear Runaway slaves once sought safety in this house an nistor ic s ite n

Rese rvoi r on

b e c ame New

Road.

housewas cons truc ted , an d

1A

McKayfamilyuntil aUout19

luTort.in

Gons

u rcha s ed

for sale.

^ Services

pdnstration

in an

to

allow

park personnel to

live

in it . b u t t h a t i dea

w as

l a t e r

packets

from th e

General

.Services Agency, sa id Dal ton.

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bttrtertf^iuikong'its'cliehts.

By

ban ter ing

an d bartering,

WyomlDf officials hope to save

moneylo hard times.

T h e Exchange ha s a

newslet-

i gr t o

le t

Its

members

know

who

h a swn a t

available

to

barter.

Fo r

rester

said. The

company does

all

Um adver t is ing and

lets

u s k now

M» y oo«ya«ncM.a> ^»

mr

va lue on t h e m a r ke t If we ba r t e r

these products,

we'll ge t

credits

from

other

member so f

th e

system

for

such

needed

th ings a s

tlres.for

ou r

trucks.

The bartering

is limited to only

th e numbe r a nd k in d of bus i

nesses

In

th e

group.

The city, for

example,

will

have

i— »

•M i l l . ^ w i u u -

Air you^ have

io

do L* eome In

at

night, pop in your diskette and do

your thing.

O t he r c it y office equipment

will

be avai l ab le fo r t rter,

too.

F o rr es t er b e li e ve s s om e sma l l

companies could save money

by

obtaining

use of it through barter

ing.

' erhVtutv«~eitrft i tock~td

Bu t

it

so imd s l i ke a

good

i d ea f o r

thecl^.

Arrester agreed; Someof

om

produc t s have no value to us, bu t

people would be

Interested in

ha v

i n g t h em . Fo r

us

t he Idea is a low-

risk opportunity for a potentially

good payoff.

y w r WK l

orziVkMi

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r v p o r c e a

w a i e r

usa^

ou

t s a it i c

deman^

Is being

met

FairfleldPublic Utilities Director TomSchwlng said

tucie

iiu

been no curtailment of ncn-essentlal water use in that city

b

Indicated

some restrictions

may be required if

the hot ,

dry weath

an d

heavyusage persist

A

banon sprinkling

of lawns,

washmgautomobiles

swimming pools imposed lastweekend in Union. Falrfield. Liber

and

Lemon Townships

will

continue

this weekend,

Ted

Whiiema

spokesman for

the

county water and sewerdepartment, reported

Action To Save Historic Home

A

LongTime Coming'

J IMROHRER

E.'>9urcr

Reporte' '

WAYNESVE.LE—The

r e c en t

history

of the 165-year-old Moses McKay

home

Is

nArty

as

interesting

as when the

build

ing

was a

stop

on

the

Underground Rail

road .

Th i s

ha s been

a

long

time

coming/'

s a id Denn i sDa l ton ,Waynesvllle historian

Rnrf a

founder

of the McKay-Gons Home-

Society.

We

founded the society

10

years

ago. an d we've been t ry in g t o g et

some action on the McKay home in all

t h a t

10

years.

After

10

years of

wh a t

Dal ton

de

s c ri b ed a s b a ck an d

f o r t h

b e t we e n t h e

U.S.

Array Corps

of

Engineers an d

th e

General Services Administration (GSA),

th e histor ic McKay

home

wil l b e s ol d as

surplus

government property,

probably

in

th e f a l l o r w in te r .

TH E HOME is a l re ady l i st ed on th e

Engineer Suggests

Nattonal

Register

o f Hi st o ri c Places , a

move iaken by the corps at the urging of

th e

Homestead Society to

prevent

th e

structure from being rased. Th e corps

owns thehome

and the

surrounding five

acres as

part

of th e Caesar's Creek state

park./

.

Tlte'hpme stands

on New

Burlington

Road on th e

park's

nor th s ide,

about

three mile s f rom

WaynesvUle, an d wa s

ortgiaally

Intended

to

be

a home

for

th e

park manager. That

never happened,

an d

in

th e

Intervening years

th e

Homestead

Society ha s proposed

several

uses, with-

our,

avail .

I talways

came

down to money, Dal

to n

said. Weha d

excel len t ideas

to

us e

it

as e i ther an

interpretive

l i bra ry fo r this

whole a r e a, wh i c h

ha s such

a heavy

Quake r

Influence,

or

as

a

genealogical

cen t e r . . .

The

home

was built

In 1818by freed

slaves who came west from Virginia

Moses McKay, a Quaker

an d

ftboiiliu

An addition was

buil t in

1836

includi

two^tory porch, an d tw o frame

ro

w e r e a d d e d

In

1915.

The GSA will sel l th e

land as sur

government proper ty ,

wi th

deed

res

t ions requir ing

th e buyer

to

resto re

home, D^ton said. Th e architectur

th e

home

Is

Greek

Revival.

l lncrease In Some

i|W

ater Charges

.

. •^|seYX)hWR. CLARK

Bu reau

Chie f

^

HAMILTON-Resldents in

the

/^ueer. .•\cres-Laure Estates area

^may soon be

charged abvoi 3.50

^ If moreon their water

bills.

Butler

County Sanitary Engi

n e e r J ame s Hlnchberger

recom

mended

t o county

commissioners

Thursday Uiat wa te r rat e s In

the

Qu e e n Acres -Laure l Es ta t es di s

trict

be

hiked

because

the

county

Is paying more to provide

water

fo e

t h e a r e a .

Th e

wholesale

rate

ch arg ed t o

th e

cotmty for the service will be

Increased f rom 75

cen ts

a thou -

Hlnchberger said th e

system

ha s

been losing about 5,000 a

year

u nd er t he present r a t e a nd

projected

th a t

without

th e

recom

mended

i n cr e a se t h e de f ic i t

would

be

I n c r e as ed t o

12,000.

Commissioner

V i ce P r e si d en t

Donald G.

C-'hlrmer

said although

there appears

to be

no

alternative

to the

increase

he also would like

Commiss ioner Pres ident

Ca le

Logsdon to be present when th e

board ac t s on th e

recommenv^-

t l on .

Nei the r

Hlnchberger nor

Logsdon

wer e a t

Thursday's scis

sion.

;

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INCREASE,

if approved <'y

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president

of th e

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today.

itrick

O'DriscoIl

I

b r e a k

laction was total

jss, Moore said

tyjail.

ts to become a

gist.

rth Carolina to

s. Moore lived in

iT homes.

3,toughest hard

e heard in my

the

bench,

Fed-

iay. At least

he

oilobk back

and

er

gave

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«San Francisco,Mayor

.planne Felnstein isfatalis

tic

about being

mentioned

- as a possible

Democratic

vice presidential candidate.

No

tine hasmore;ight

Itwasfate thatcatapulted

.

Feinstein

into the.mayor's

- when disgruntled for-

mef- city

Supervisor

Dan

. White murdered

Mayor

George Moscone and Su

pervisor Harvey Milk in

:. 1978. '

A half-hour before

the

shootings, Felnstein^ then

chairwoman of the Board of

Supervisors

— had an

nouncedshe wasgettingout

bfpoUtics.

. I was going to smell the ^

flowers for a while and se

lect a new career, she re

calls.

- 'I've come tobelieve that

the tlm« play a major role

in big decisions for people

or

a

nation, sh e

says.

Whatever wiij be will be.

If fate put

he r

into office

; under tragic circumstahceSi

ithasbeenblessing herever

since. ,

Feinstetn'easilywonelec- -

tion, then re-election, Her

city has a comfortablebud

get surplus enjoys a busi

nessboomand anticipates a ^

record tourist season that .

,includeshosting th t Demo

cratic National Convention

8y F^ogt^Roasmeyer

FEINSTEIN:

.'Whatever will

b e

will

be

this summer.

Feinstein takes a serene

view of

being

listed poten

tial vice presidential mateii.

al.with

the likes of Gov.

Martha Layne Coniris of

Kentucky

and

Reps.

Barba

ra Mlkulski of

Maryland.

Patricia Schrdeder of Colo-

radp, Geraldine

Ferraro

of

New York andLlndy Boggs

of Louisiana,

I am not a candidate,

she

insists. Now, would I

answer

the

phone if I

were

called?Ofcourse. And obvi

ously if I were asked, I

would

have

to make a

deci

sion, but I don't anticipate'

that would happen.

—

Vic Poilard

I Couples buy

h o u s e

with

s e c re t p a s t

An abandoned farmhouse

bought by

four

Ohio

hist^

buffsis biggerthan it

looks.

Paul and Nancy Purcell of

Centerville and Jim

and

Peggy

Sehldecker of

Dayton

paid the

U.S. General

Services Adminis

tration 51,055 for the house—

once

used to shelter slaves —

east of Waynesville.

The stop

on

the Under

ground Railroad was built by

Moses McKay,

a Quaker

who

supported

the abol i tion ist

movement. A false- hearth in

the kitchen conceals a room

usedfor hiding escaped

slaves.

Being Quakers, it was cus

tomary

to

buy up

large

groups

of slaves and then set them

free,:'

saysDennyDaltoni, a li

brary curator in Waynesville.

Purcell expects it willtake two

years to renovate the five-acre

estate,

which

they plan to use

as a

residence.

Update

• Air Force Lt. Gen.

James

A-

Abrahamson,

NASA's space

shuttle director, was named

Tuesday

to head the Penta

gon's Star

Wars

spacemissile

defense system. -

• Monson, Mass., voters

have

ousted

Dorothy Hanic~

the town clerk-treasurer-who

withheld the combination to

the TownHall vault in a Janu

ary dispute with selectmen.

Reported by Marta McCave

and J ohn Head

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told.

Tkhose

wh o

don t

should know that he is some

m n

We won t talk about his

years

in the

will have been 50

this

ADril-l ^'Wig®fSiftM

things just because;he IS home recovering iroin open,

heart surgery/thoughwewish hima

full

recovery.

Today a commit sparkîya re<^t n

release

out of

;the

General Serîc^

Administration

office in Chicago. The

item

said

sii|ip|y

tîlle couple Mr. and

.bought the

Moses

Mckay^ hOuife- on^îfe

BurHngtoh^Corwin Road

bjîid

au<îiti^|5i^5^

^

Howard

Hackney

fits in here Wausevvvithou^^^^

efforts over

the yedre

during

.and ^hoW^

struction of the Caesar Creek Lajke area there would

hav^ been

no historic

Mbse^

MOl^y housa^ o^

perimeter

of

thepailc

area. C : ^ ^

The Army 6orps

l

Engineers arrived here in^

late 70s to

buy

Jand surrounding

Cafflhrr

Creeki^he

for

a park, i^ter their

purchases/

liêaand^

,

houses that

had

existed for generations

-

(hsai^^

.

peared

from theaarth. One of those

scheduled

to go

was theMcKayhouse.

Howard, being a

descendent

of Moses

MipKay;

began ^vork

to aave the property and

buildings,

especially

the house built in l818.t^êKay w

settled

here

aftermdving from;\1rginia^ ; / ^

Through much work, the blessing of the Clinton

County Historidal

Sodiety, and

pVercoining what

,

appeared

at

times to be a losing,cause, Howard was •

able toget thehouse

placed

onthe

NatiPhal Re]gi^

of Historic Homes. With this

the

property, which was

then owned by the government, was off limits to

visitors and

those

who

ravaged abandoned

buildinigs

not

yet torndown in the area.

The Corps boarded

up

the stately house and it remained there/ gradually

decaying for more than a decade before th e

decided to put it up for sale and advertised for bids a

few months ago.

The new owners havp said they will take their time

in restoring the

house.

I would êss Howard willbe

happy to see themtake

plenty

oftime.

WhhtV

a fe^

more years before he and others can drive;by the

restored old farm hohie that bm;ely survived the

ravages of the modern lake

area..

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WAYNESVILLE —They didn t want to tear itdown

and

they

couldn t

give

it

away,

so

now the federal

government has decided to try

to

sell

a

pioneer

f^house

east

of

Waynesville,

on the

west side

of Caesar Creek

lake.

The

General

Services

Administration s

Disposal

Department in

Chicago

is accepting

bids

until 3

p.m.

(Chicago time) Feb. 29 on theMoses

^cKay^House.

hve

farm buildings, apond and

4.84

acres of land off New

BurlingtonRoad.

A

successful bidder will

get a

boarded-up. forlorn-

•

looking

house

that could be avery nice

home

itsomebody,

had the

interest

and money

to

fix itup, smd Steve

Lee,

a

Caesar Creek park ranger

with

the Army Corps of

Engineers.

Itlooks

better in summer, when

the

trees,and

roses

are out, said Susan Shirey, aOSA realty specialistm

Chicago.

THE CORPS of Engineers acquired the property ,m

1970 when they were buying up land InAVarren and^

Greene counties

to

construct

the

CaeSar

Creek

dam an

r^ s rvoir

1

Lee

said

Corps officials at Louis\nlle initially

to

tear

down the

fam buildings to

make

the

land available

for

recreation. ,

On second

look,

they decided

it

was

historically

valuable and had it nominated,

mFebruary

1978,

National Register

of Historic Places.

That means we

cannot

tear

itdown, but italso

means

we cannotrpenH

money

on

it. Lee

said.

We ve

tried to

give

it

to various historical societies

and

groups but had no

takers.

So

we turned

itover

to

GSA

to

sell

It.

According

to

government records. Moses I^cKay

was

Virginia

Quaker

who

freed his slaves and

came to Ohio in

to

*

The story is that the

freed

slaves helped hu^dd the

house to

repay

hlpi, Shirey said.

It

later was part of

^e

Underground Railroad and there is a

secret

room

cellar.

THE

MODIFIED Greek

Revival

style

house hqs five

rooms downstairs, four rooms bd

a

bath

upstairs, and

contains 2,498 square

feet of space,

Shirey, and Lee said. ^

Bricks used in its construction were dug

and

fired,on the

,

site.

r iOi l l©

DAYTON DAILY

NEWS

Sunday,

February

12 1984

Page

13-C

Pioneer farmhouse

awaits a new

owner

s

It

has enough

significant historical

features

that it .

would be worth

renovating.

Shirey said. When layers of

wallpaper

started

to

peel

off,

we found

the

original

1818 ^

stenciling on the

walls of three

rooms.

,-

The Army

Engineers, which

sometimes receives bad

publicity for things

it

demolishes, helped ^

Vas

worthwhile

from

Moses McKay

splace: Mantelpieces,

doors

and

original hardware were

put

in storage, removing

those temptations

from

vandals.

It s been vacant

since

the

mid- 70s

and

it

does need

work,

but

it has potential, / Lee

said.

He4s

showing the

property

to Potential

bidders. He

can

be reached

at

Caesar Creek

Lake s

office,

897-1738.

SHIREY SAID

the government

does have

an estimated

/ minimum value

for

the

property but

the figure is

confidential. •

As an added

incentive

to possible buyers, Moses

McKay s

house is probably more

protected

from

intrusions

X

thanU

was

when

he

built

it in

the

wilderness:

It

is

surrounded

on

three

sides by

government

park

land.

V

Stenciling

found

beneath

old wallpaper

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code

change^^

By

benjamin

KLINE

Staff

Writer

They

don t build

em like they

used to

construction

workers

are

fond of

saying It s a

comp iment to

the

sturdy, often good-IiSikTng

AmencT

downtown

to put up

flnri ° stiff

safety

rnt. r

of

modern

building

odes. As a

consequence,

scores

of

good old

buildings stand

empty in

urban

areas

because

developers

too

much to bring

,K^ nth standards for new

se. Others just gettorn down.

OWo S® » n«

hio

had any

mandatory

building

code the

document gets revised and refined every year

People involved

in

rehabilitation say it heLiiv

avors new

construction

- avacant lot

wUh

a

hole

in

the

ground —and works against

the

otherwise sensible re-use of-exi.sting

buildings.

In recognition of the growing

trend

toward

Ixnm building

xperts

have

come up

with

aproposed

atnendment to the model code used in Ohio

(since 1979)and

several

other states AU

convention

of the

Building

Officials

and

Code

Administrators International, or BOCA in

organization s

code-

^A

W®?®

approved the proposed

Article

25

for

the model

code.

IT WILL GO

before

the group s annual

conference this summer In Philadelphia If

approved

there, itcould be in

use

in Ohio and

other BOCA states

by

1985.

rnnn?v

®Hamilton

ounty

deputy chief

building inspector,

said

Sfl

^

to state House

todeterJnton^^^^^^

landings rehabilitate old

Collins,

In

his role as

president of the Ohio

Of

Building Sciences,

formed

a

task force

headed

by architect Wayne M.

Meyer

code

of

wwk^thfilsk^J

Cincinnati. In

18

months

r work, the task force developed

Article 2 5

LT l

SIXTEEN

CHARACTERISTICS of abuilding

Sd wth e or scores to come

^ minimum

conforming structure. The

result

is

an

eqmya ent

safety

factor

replacing the

re safetVZ^^^ for

re safety, means

of egress and

general

safety.

Currently, the

code has hundreds

of

^ovjsions,

and

you have to meet all

of them

,

than the minimum

standard

on,

say.

No

9

vou

don t get

any credit for It.

swTr7,rt7®

h Sions

of

t^r

treads

and

risers

can make even a

relatively

new

structure non-conforming even

ArtSp 9^ trinsically safe, Collins

said.

Article 25 would allow

you to

trade things

hl^ht

®f ff:

building

eight

and

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Gentlemen:

At

th e r e q u e s t o f Mr.

C h a r l e s

P a r r i s h

I

visited

th e

C a e s a r

Lake area on the 6th and 7th of

November

197^1 fo r

the

purpose

o f

in sp ec t in g th re e e ar ly 1 9 t h

Century r e s i d e n c e s th e Plumrner

McKay

and Conkl in

Houses . I was

asked

to

make r e p o r t s

on each

c o n c e r n i n g t h e i r

a r c h i t e c t u r a l and h i s t o ri ca l q u a l i t i e s .

M r. Parrish a n d

M r.

C o n n o r s t o o k me to the various sites

and t h e i r know.ledge and c o o p e ra t i o n was o f g r e a t a s s i s t a n c e to

me fo r

which I am g r a t e f u l . My

r e p o r t s

on

each b u i l d i n g

a re

d e s i g n a t e d

a s f o l l o w s :

P l u m m e r H o u s e .

2 . McKay

House .

3 . C o n k l i n

H o u s e .

Yours very s i n c e r e l y .

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The purpose of

Architectural Restoration

i s to preserve a

wa y

o f l i f e o f p a s t g e n e r a t i o n s and th e evidence o f t h e i r s k i l l s

V7hich are so rapidly being l o s t through neglect

accident

an d in

d i f f e r e n c e . I f Williamsburg d id

nothing

e l se i t has

made

us

more

conscious

o f

our a r c h i t e c t u r a l

h e r i t a g e .

I have

never

f e l t that a building

being

considered for pre

s e r v a t i o n

n e c e s s a r i l y

r e q ui r e d th e r o m a n t i c a s s o c i a t i o n o f

an

h i s t o r i c a l

c h a r a c t e r

t o e a r n

i t s

r i g h t t o s u r v i v e .

That a s s o

c i a t i o n a l o n e w o u l d b e its i n s u r a n c e .

A fte r

examining

th e

Plummer House

during my

r ecent

v i s i t

to

the Caesar Lake

project

w ith Charles Parrish and Tony Connor I

had

mixed

emotions concerning the b u i l d i n g .

Those

two w e l l - i n -

formed

gentlemen were

c a r e f u l not to attempt

to influence

my

Judgement

i n any manner which I a p p r e c i a t e d and I

did not

r e a d

t h e C a s e R e p o r t u n t i l later.

I n u n d a t i o n o f th e

s i t e

would d e s t r o y t h e h i s t o r i c s i t e com

p l e t e l y , bu t

moving

th e

b u i l d i n g

in some manner

would

preserve a

p a r t

o f its life

a t

l e a s t .

The q u e stio n i n

my

mind was whether it was vjorthy

o f

th e

e f f o r t

and

c o s t .

In

my

Judgement

a f t e r

examination

th e

house

was a

b o r d e r l i n e

s u b j e c t

f o r N a t i o n a l

R e g i s t e r

a s it had

no o u t

standing

a r ch i te c tu r al q u a li ti es .

I t

was

J u s t

a good sound

q u i t e t y p i c a l house o f th e p e r i o d b u i l t by a c a r p e n t e r with a

r a t h e r

i n v e n t i v e t u r n o f min d evidenced

b y

th e u n u s u a l e x t e r i o r

w o o d detail.

Reading

th e Case

R e p o r t however

I

had

th e

f e e l i n g t h a t

it

wa s i n f l u e n c e d by a r a t h e r n eg ativ e a t t i t u d e as to

th e

p o s s i b i l

i t i e s o f i t s

preservation.

I

have

moved buildings suc c e ssful l y

i n t h e p a s t t h a t w e r e i n much w o r s e c o n d i t i o n .

T he

b r i c k w o r k i n

t h e Plummer

House i s i n

its

p re se n t c on d i t io n

b e c a u s e o f its

poor

q u a l i t y

lime

J o i n t

r a t h e r

than

th e

q u a l i t y

o f th e

b r i c k

which

a p p e a r s

t o b e

p e r f e c t l y s o u n d .

There i s U t t l e

i n t e r i o r wood tr im

o f

i n t e r e s t

e x c e p t

th e s t a i r

and i t s f l o o r s . One room

has

trim

o f

Greek Revival i n f l u e n c e th e

i n s p i r a t i o n f o r

which

could have come from

one

o f Ashur B e n j a m i n s

b o o k s commonly

u s e d by

c a r p e n t e r s

a t

t h a t t i m e .

I

f o u n d m y s e l f

r e t u r n i n g

t o t h e e x t e r i o r

t o

r e - e x a m i n e t h e

i n t e r e s t i n g

d e t a i l f e a t u r e s o f

th e

f r o n t e l e v a t i o n .

Apparently

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th e

r e c e s s e d

porch

is

n o t u n u s u a l

i n

Ohio as th e McKay

House

h as

th e same f e a t u r e . B ut

th e

elliptic l a r c h e d o p e n i n g s

o f

th e f r o n t

en t r an ce an d th e d o u b le H a l l window above w i t h t h e i r u n iq u e s a w

t o o t h e d

d e n t i l t r e a t m e n t

k e p t h o l d i n g

my a t t e n t i o n .

T h i s d e s i g n

fol lov^ed

t h ro u g h i n th e Po rch d e s ig n as v /e l l . T h i s work is e v i

dence o f th e

i n v e n t i v e

mind o f th e b u i l d e r which

in

itself

would

make

th e

b u i l d i n g

an

i n t e r e s t i n g o n e . The b r i c k

is soun d and

a

r o s y re d c o l o r which

I

do

b e l i e v e co u ld

be

s u c c e s s f u l l y s a l v a g e d

by t u mb l in g th e w a l l s

fter ll o t h e r

m a t e r i a l h a s

b e e n r emoved .

I am

l e a d i n g up to

my

c o n c l u s i o n t h a t th e f e a t u r e s

I

have

ment ioned

a re worth

s av in g

if

p o s s i b l e . I ag r ee

wi th

th e

r e p o r t

t h a t

th e

h o r r e n d o u s

c o s t o f moving th e b u i l d i n g i n t a c t c o u l d

n o t

be

J u s t i f i e d

b u t c a r e f u l

d i s m a n t l i n g and r e e r e c t i o n

is

q u i t e

p r a c t i c a l an d would c o s t no

more

t h a n a new b u i l d i n g o f e q u a l

q u a l i ty i n

my

Judgement .

There

a re many problems

in

t h i s p ro p o sa l o f which

I am

n o t

fu l l y aware

a t th i s

t ime . Also I

know

my op in ion i s

i n f lue nc e d

by

my

g r e a t d e s i r e to p r e s e r v e th e e v i d e n c e o f c ra f t s m a n s h i p so

i n h e r e n t

i n th e p a s t ; b u t I

do

f e e l t h i s

e f f o r t

is wor thwhi le

and

would

be r e w a r d i n g

t o

f u tu re g en e ra ti o n s.

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T h e

McKay H o u s e

It i s my u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h i s b u i l d i n g i s

t o

become t h e

r e s i d e n c e

f o r

t h e

manager o f t h e

Cassar Lake

P r o j e c t so t h e r e

is

a p p a r e n t l y no p r o b l e m

a s t o

its f u t u r e .

We

examined

t h i s

b u i l d i n g q u i t e

t h o r o u g h l y th rough

t h e kind

c o o p e r a t i o n o f

t h e o c c u p a n t

Mrs . R o b i n s o n .

T h i s b u i l d i n g i s a f i n e example o f e a r l y

1 9 t h

Century Ohio

Farm Rouse

and

has

a s i m i l a r

r e c e s s e d p o r c h

a s t h a t

on t h e

Plummer

House.

The

f r o n t

e n t r a n c e

w i t h

its

p a n e l l e d

jambs

and

its

l e a d e d

g l a s s t r a n s o m

a p p e a r s

t o

be

o u t o f one o f Ashur B e n j a m i n s Car

p e n t e r s A s s i s t a n t p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g t h e

e a r l y

1 9 t h

Century .

I n t e r

e s t i n g l y enough most

o f t h e

window s a s h a p p e a r t o

be

o r i g i n a l and

by

and

l a r g e t h e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n o f t h e e x t e r i o r o f t h e

b u i l d i n g

f o r

its p r o p o s e d

u s e

can be a c c o m p l i s h e d r a t h e r s i m p l y .

The

t e r r a c e r a i l i n g a l o n g t h e

f r o n t

s h o u l d I would t h i n k be a l t e r e d

b r i n g i n g its a p p e a r a n c e

into

p r o p e r p e r i o d .

T h e r e

is

one

o r i g i n a l

m a n t l e t h e

o t h e r s

b e i n g later

and

o f

a m o s t s i m p l e d e s i g n . T h i s one

c o u l d

be moved

i n t o

t h e f r o n t

room

o r

p a r l o r

c r e a t i n g

a room c o m p l e t e

i n p e r i o d

f o r m . A stair

l e a d i n g

from t h i s

room

t o t h e

room

above

h a s

s i d e

p a n e l l i n g

ex

t e n d i n g f r o m f l o o r t o c e i l i n g i n t h e same c h a r a c t e r a s

t h e

e x t e r

i o r

e n t r a n c e

d o o r p a n e l l e d j amb.

One o f

t h e

bedroom.s on t h e 2nd

f l o o r

h a s b e e n r e c e n t l y

p a p e r ed b u t Mrs .

R o b i n s o n

k i n d l y

c o n s e n t e d

t o remove a

s m a l l

s e c t i o n o f t h e p a p e r n e a r t h e c e i l i n g u n c o v e r i n g a s t e n c i l l e d

b o r d e r that no d o u b t g o e s a r o u n d t h e

e n t i r e

r o o m .

1

f e e l

s u r e

this

stencilling

is

p a r t

o f t h e

o r i g i n a l

d e c o r a t i o n

w h i c h

i n c l u d e s

c o n s i d e r a b l e v/ood g r a i n i n g on many o f t h e

d o o r s .

The

site

is

l o v e l y a n d t h e many q u a l i t i e s o f

t h e

h o u s e

w i l l

u n d o u b t e d l y p r o v i d e a n

a t t r a c t i v e

a n d p l e a s a n t a b o d e f o r t h o s e

who o c c u p y it.

A s i d e f r o m

this

a n o t h e r

rural home o f t h e

e a r l y

1 9 t h C e n t u r y w i l l b e p r e s e r v e d .

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I t

is

sad Indeed that the

qualify

of th is

digni f ied

l i t t l e

farm house was not recognized at f i r s t and protected. I t has

been

vandalized

to

a

great

extent although a t the time of

our

inspect ion enough of the or ig ina l i n t e r i o r s remained to in dica te

how it appeared and

how

wel l

it

was con s t r u c t ed .

This house

is

ear l ie r

than

the

other

two

and

1

would

place

its date

about I8l0 1820 The main house and

the wing

which

was

added

soon

a f t e r

the

other was completed have dent i led br ick

cornices

the

denti ls

formed by placing the bricks at ^5® angles.

This produces a very

interesting effect that

matches

the

early

cha r a c t e r

o f

th e window and door frame

d e t a i l .

The

sash a re

replacements

as

the orig inal ones had

6

panes

of glass

in the

u p p e r an d lo v ;e r s a s h e s .

The

building would adapt i t s e l f to most any use

business

or

domestic and

should

remain

in

i t s present

se t t ing if possib le

Mr

Connors

suggested

a

poss ib i l i ty

of re ga in in g th e

mater ia l

removed from th e b ui ld in g

as

he

though t he

knew th e man who

re

moved interior woodwo r k .

lter

M.

Macombe r

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