Historic Shaker building in Ohio faces demolition (Cincinnati Enquirer)
From The Cincinnati Enquirer (via USA Today):
Today, there's not much time left for the 166-year-old building, which will soon come down for a $3 million fitness and community center for Otterbein Retirement Living Communities, owner of the 1,600 acres of the old Shaker village that once spanned 4,500 acres.
There's virtually no hope of saving this link to the Union villagers who imported the first Merino sheep from Italy, first bred the Poland China pig, invented clothespins and created evaporated milk, among other innovations. Perhaps for that, it is a bitter experience for Shaker admirers to see Bethany Hall go.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-05-13-ohio-bethany-hall_N.htm
Today, there's not much time left for the 166-year-old building, which will soon come down for a $3 million fitness and community center for Otterbein Retirement Living Communities, owner of the 1,600 acres of the old Shaker village that once spanned 4,500 acres.
There's virtually no hope of saving this link to the Union villagers who imported the first Merino sheep from Italy, first bred the Poland China pig, invented clothespins and created evaporated milk, among other innovations. Perhaps for that, it is a bitter experience for Shaker admirers to see Bethany Hall go.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-05-13-ohio-bethany-hall_N.htm
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