Sandusky Park House Slated for Demolition


	Sandusky Park House Slated for Demolition

presohio

6-15-2008 1:59 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1787e66-02c0-4b47-89a4-dfb5afc1a8ec/8A026592-EE63-4130-A410-549140BC13DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt" href="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sanduskyregister.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sanduskyregister.com/img/46B5DEE9-EB73-4D8C-A10A-7C72160F6E39" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P> Before it became the most popular park in the Erie MetroParks system, Osborn Park was a state prison farm.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P>A portion of that history is about to disappear when park officials dismantle the former warden's house.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P>Stephen Dice, director-secretary of Erie MetroParks, was given the OK to get rid of the Southwoods Office during Wednesday's park board meeting. Dice convinced commissioners that fixing up the vacant building to make it useful would cost too much.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P>The Southwoods Office is a white building near the Frost Center in Osborn Park. It hasn't been used by Erie MetroParks employees since 2006.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P>Dice, who said the removal will take five or six months, doubts the house has much historical or architectural interest, as it has been modified many times. Still, he said he'll proceed at a deliberate pace to give others a chance to voice an opinion.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792789.txt"><P>The director said he's also verified the house is not on the National Register of Historic Places.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8A026592-EE63-4130-A410-549140BC13DA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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