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Check out the latest Home Preservation Pointer on

Check out the latest Home Preservation Pointer on Painted Masonry featuring a special guest appearance from contractor Doug Wilkins! For tips like this and more on preserving your historic home visit the link in bio.

For those of you spending the summer out enjoying

For those of you spending the summer out enjoying your front porch- another great Home Preservation Pointer just landed! Visit us on Facebook or check the link in our bio to learn more about how to maintain the porch on your historic home!

BE HONEST- Did you know what the C&O Roundhouse wa

BE HONEST- Did you know what the C&O Roundhouse was used for before it hit our 2020 Most Endangered Sites list? Comment and let us know! And if you’re up for a Sunday drive, be sure to check it out from the corner of Parsons and Corr Road, but please- no trespassing!

Tell us if you LOVE it or HATE it! The Former Laz

Tell us if you LOVE it or HATE it!
The Former Lazarus Kingsdale (later Macy’s) hit our Most Endangered Sites list for Columbus this year. It has been vacant for five years since being purchased by The Kroger Co. in 2015. While Kroger initially indicated plans for a mixed-use development on the site, earlier this month they announced plans for an “exit strategy”. Visit the link in our bio for more information on this endangered site and more!

Check out our new series: Home Preservation Pointe

Check out our new series: Home Preservation Pointers with Susan Keeny to learn tips and practical advice for your older home! Visit us on Facebook or at Columbuslandmarks.org/HPP to learn more!

Have you heard?!😊 Please consider a donation to

Have you heard?!😊 Please consider a donation to Columbus Landmarks and other organizations taking action and strengthening our community!

Black Lives Matter. #blackouttuesday

Black Lives Matter. #blackouttuesday

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Jessica and Nicole want you to join us tomorrow at

Jessica and Nicole want you to join us tomorrow at 5:30 pm for our virtual Annual Meeting to learn more about how you can help save buildings like this! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel or follow us on Facebook to attend!

Not the way we hoped to celebrate Preservation Mon

Not the way we hoped to celebrate Preservation Month in Columbus... We oppose the decision made by Nationwide Children's Hospital to demolish the former Ronald McDonald House at 574 S. 18th St. The building will be replaced with 40 surface parking spaces to expand an adjacent lot serving the award-winning hospital campus.
The handsome 1928 English Tudor Revival style apartment building was developed by Galbreath & Leonard, Inc. from land purchased by Jacob Schottenstein, and designed by architect Thomas J. Tully. Of special significance to this building was the modern amenity of built-in radios, a first for the Midwest, and adaptive reuse as our city's first Ronald McDonald House. Columbus Landmarks joined the Livingston Park Neighborhood Improvement Association beginning in June 2019 to advocate for productive re-use of this building to add value and vibrancy to the community.

Something BIG is coming! Be the first to see the 2

Something BIG is coming! Be the first to see the 2020 Endangered Sites list revealed May 14th at 5:30 pm during our Virtual Annual Meeting! Subscribe to our Youtube Channel or Like us on Facebook to tune in and help save places that matter!

Happy Earth Day, everyone! 🌎🌱😊 #earthday🌎 #recycle #reuse #thisplacematters #sustainability #historicpreservation #614columbus

The working people for whom the West Side Spiritua

The working people for whom the West Side Spiritualist Church in Franklinton was built in 1912 were likely modest folks. Humble, sturdy masonry blocks were used in its design and construction - and good thing! The church withstood the Great Flood the very next year (in 1913, harboring 400 residents) and a century plus since then. It's simple, yes, but also quite detailed - note the twin asymmetrical towers, the arched stained glass window featuring a sunflower (a symbol of the Spiritualist faith), and a less obvious but beautifully intricate cross pattern on the gable.
Columbus Landmarks recommends a safe-distance walk or drive by the church at 79 McDowell soon - hopefully on a blue-sky day like today. 😎 Take a moment to appreciate its presence and its context ... and, if you're like us, the sad irony of its pending demolition. #thisplacematters #franklinton #614columbus

A Tribute to Mark Dempsey by Doreen Uhas Sauer Co

A Tribute to Mark Dempsey
by Doreen Uhas Sauer

Columbus lost one of its greats on January 10, 2020, and St. Patrick's Day won't ever be the same in Columbus.
Mark Dempsey made being Irish - or just feeling a little Irish - such fun. As the owner of Dempsey’s Food & Spirits and the Jury Room, Mark was a classic tavern keeper, but the modern version of a 19th century role. He was a wit, wag, confidant, storyteller, kingmaker, and political savant, all rolled into one. Mark’s wife Megan and family came first, with all things Irish a close second. He greeted strangers with warmth and those he knew well with a wide grin and an appetite for conversation.
Mark welcomed us as if we had been on a long journey ... had we just arrived by canal boat at the Mound Street wharf or by William Neil’s stagecoach on High Street?

Mark credited Columbus Landmarks with supplying him with the stories of the oldest tavern downtown, the 1831 Jury Room. In return, he moved tables and reservations to accommodate our meetings and events; sold our books; and tolerated our seemingly insatiable thirst for ghost stories (we loved it when the denier himself had his own "encounter" during the Jury Room renovation.) Mark was a terrific steward of historic buildings - he understood the power of preservation and the importance of place.
With a wearin' of the green and a (now-cancelled) gatherin' at the polls, both Mark’s passions, it is only fitting to raise a cup of coffee or a glass of the stronger stuff today. Remember Mark, friend to Columbus Landmarks and protector of the Columbus Blarney Stone - found in his uncle’s South End backyard, in service as a base in a baseball game until it was excavated and given its venerable place in Columbus history.
To Mark!

Dempsey's Food & Spirits, 346 S. High St., is currently offering delivery and carry-out service with limited hours from 11am-7pm. Please consider supporting Mark's family in their grief and during the COVID-19 crisis with your patronage.
PHOTO CREDIT: The Columbus Dispatch

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Research your home’s history at a FREE workshop

Research your home’s history at a FREE workshop 10 am Saturday, 2/15 at @columbuslibrary Main Library! Experts will help you with building date, who lived there and more! You will be amazed at all of the resources available. Reserve a spot: https://events.columbuslibrary.org/event/3892695

Happy New Year, Columbus! We’re excited for the

Happy New Year, Columbus! We’re excited for the year ahead. Our intern, Ruby, a junior @cristoreycbus, is learning about our city’s rich architectural heritage. Columbus Landmarks was founded in 1977 following the overnight demolition of the 1897 Daniel Burnham designed Union Station and the subsequent fight to save the remaining Arch ... and move it twice! Cheers to a bright future resting on the historic past!! #thisplacematters

Kylie & Jeff know what it takes to save an old bui

Kylie & Jeff know what it takes to save an old building - not just a wad of cash but that’s what we’re after today! Please Give to Save with a donation to Columbus Landmarks on #givingtuesday!

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