Former Schoolhouse to be Auctioned


	Former Schoolhouse to be Auctioned

presohio

10-1-2008 12:08 AM

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The 138-year-old building on state Route 44 was a two-room schoolhouse, then a Grange hall before becoming Abell's home.
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Catherine J. Mungo of Medina reminisced about her first cousin, now that his home of 30-some years is being auctioned off.
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"It is sad (the house isn't going to someone in the family), but I know we have to move on. He is giving the money to a good cause."
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Built as a two-room schoolhouse in New Baltimore in 1870, the brick building served as the Marlboro Grange No. 1401 for several years, beginning in 1894.
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It became known as the Abell schoolhouse in the early 1970s, after he bought the 3,586-square foot building on 11⁄2 acres and converted it into a family home with the help of well-known historic decorator, Nancy Kalin, who has since died.
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