Annual Trek for Annuals Yields Architect Frank Packard Pink Sandstone Churches

Back in the days when I was working for a living, a co-worker of mine suggested I head to the Amish and Mennonite nurseries of northern Richland County to get my annual supply of annuals…plus stop along the way for breakfast at the only business still operating in Shiloh, the Shiloh Diner. She knows IContinue reading “Annual Trek for Annuals Yields Architect Frank Packard Pink Sandstone Churches”

Frank Packard’s Architecture Left Mark on Delaware (as published in the Fall 2019 issue of the Delaware County Historian)

This was my first attempt (2020) at writing and publishing blogs on the architecture of Joseph Warren Yost and Frank Lucius Packard. I chose Delaware since Packard was a Delaware native. The blog narrative was a copy and paste of an article I wrote for the Delaware County Historical Society’s newsletter. The buildings pictured inContinue reading “Frank Packard’s Architecture Left Mark on Delaware (as published in the Fall 2019 issue of the Delaware County Historian)”

Uptown Westerville history: building contractor Henry Karg’s legacy here and beyond.

NOTE: This blog contains quite a few pictures so give it several minutes to download. The pictures download haphazardly. For the first couple months of 2019, I spent afternoons at the microfilm reader at Otterbein University’s library perusing old editions of the Westerville’s newspaper, the Public Opinion. My goal was to discover other Westerville structures,Continue reading “Uptown Westerville history: building contractor Henry Karg’s legacy here and beyond.”