The 1891 Fort Piqua Hotel in Piqua, Ohio, has received a tax credit for almost $3.7 million from the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program. The city itself is spending $19.6 million to restore the grand ballroom and the Flesh Public Library will occupy 45,000 to the 85,000 square feet of space.
The beautiful 5 story Romanesque structure closed in the 1980s. It once was host to famous people and statesmen, including presidents teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. During the Civil Rights movement, African-Americans were able to be served food at the bus stop lunch counter. In the 1970s, Vietnam draftees waited in the lobby for buses taking them to the military induction center in Cincinnati.
Always Good to Find New Uses for Significant Architecture. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
2 comments:
Being a native Nebraskan, I was looking for the Wahoo connection. What did I miss?
It's just a nickname that I use. I picked it up from the Indian mascot used by the Cleveland Indians, then found that it is also the name of a fish and has something to do with the University of Virginia.
What does it have to do with Nebraska?
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