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May is Preservation Month and the Oakwood Historical Society is presenting “Restoring Your Home”. On Thursday, May 17th, Mr. Neal Oxman of The Durable Restoraation Company will be speaking on whole house restoration from foundation to rooftop.
This presentation will be held at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 155 East Thruston Blvd. (parking and entrance at the rear of the church). Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the talk begins at 7 p.m. If you own a classic home and are considering a restoration project of any size, you won’t want to miss this informative presentation.
Two hundred Dayton area residents, nearly all of them supporters of saving Building 26, showed up at the April 23 public hearing at Carillon Historic Park. Presenters in favor of preservation included Debbie Desch Anderson, whose father Joe Desch was the chief engineer in Building 26 and a graduate of UD; David Bohardt, president of Preservation Dayton Inc.; Jennifer Sandy of the Chicago office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Jeff Wray, Dayton architect and preservation expert, and Jerry Hauer, a UD alumnus honored for his past preservation efforts.
Channel 16 TV will air Debbie Desch Anderson’s documentary on Building 26 and her father’s accomplishments, The Dayton Codebreakers, on May 15 at 9 p.m. and again on May 27 at 7 p.m.
WYSO plans to broadcast a public forum on the building’s fate either prior to or after one of those showings. Details will be forthcoming soon.
Advocates for Building 26 can make their comments to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office by May 17. That’s the deadline Mark Epstein of the state preservation office has set for gathering input from the public before issuing his recommendation to the university on the fate of the historic structure later in May. Write to:
Mark J. Epstein, Department Head, Resource Protection and Review Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030
Phone: (614) 298-2000; FAX: (614) 298-2037; E-mail: Mepstein@ohiohistory.org
For more information about Building 26, contact Preservation Dayton Inc. at 937-277-2819 or 937-222-2815 or 937-307-9111.
Gardner Pool opens Memorial Weekend with new Open Swim Hours 12 noon-8 p.m. daily. Come in to the Oakwood Community Center, 105 Patterson Rd. to buy your pass today!
Kiddie Kamp, June 18-21 ages 3-5
Summer in Shafor, June 18-22 ages 6-9
Camp Hodge Podge, age 8-12
June 11, Boonshoft Exhibits to Go, Dinosaurs & Fossils
June 12, T-shirt Painting
June 13, Boonshoft Exhibits to Go, The Good the Bad and the Bugly
June 14, Boonshoft Exhibits to Go, Slimey Science
Adult Tennis Lessons begin May 30.
The Oakwood Community Center is currently taking registrations. For more information about these camps, or any program/class, please stop by the Oakwood Community Center 105 Patterson Rd., or call 298-0775.
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