House History Workshop A Brief History 1960 - German Village - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

House History Workshop

A Brief History • 1960 - German Village Society was formed to preserve and protect the newly created historic preservation district and neighborhood named “German Village” • German Village Commission was created

1965 - first “official” Historic Preservation Guidelines were published

Caretakers of a Legacy • Official records were first kept at the GVS Meeting Haus which also included the 1983-84 German Village Architectural Details Survey, 1989- 1994 Ohio Historical Inventory Surveys, and misc. documents and photos

March 2012 - the database software program PastPerf erfec ect was purchased and in Summer, 2012 the Property Files project was created for the purpose of scanning all of the Property Files, creating a record for each file and uploading the records to the GVS website as the searchable database

Wha hat Ki t Kind nd Of I f Inf nfo o Do W o We Have? 1. Good photo of property (old photo from file or new one from Auditor’s website) 2. Most recent Ohio Historic Inventory Survey (late 1980’s/early 1990’s) 3. 1983-84 Architectural Details Survey (GV Commission/City of Columbus) 4. News clippings, stories, documents related to the address 5. Old / historic photos of property 6. Abstracts (to be added at a later date)

Over 1,500 Property Files have been entered so far, containing over 8,000 scanned images

Step One: Click on the Archive link on the German Village home page

Step Two: Enter address number and/or street..

.. Or enter keywords such as art, oral history, or for Haus und Garten programs type programs, or by year ex:1968

Step Three: Check out your search results!

Step Four: Have fun digging through the archived images and learning more about the property you are interested in!

Step Four ½ : If this image pops up for you, do not hesitate to email rarledge@germanvillage. com or smarsom@germanvillage .com to schedule a time to come learn even more about the property

Step Five: Want to search some more?!? You can cruise through random images or go back to keyword search if you have something more specific in mind

Want To Keep Searching? Use These Additional Resources • Franklin County Auditor • Franklin County Recorder • Columbus Metropolitan Library • Ohio Historical Society’s Archives • Ancestry • Heritage Quest

Where Are We Today? • A new survey! • Finding new documents! • Phase 2 of digitization!

All Of This Was Made Possible Thanks To…. PastPer erfec ect was purchased by the fundraising effort of TEA 43206… an afternoon tea party benefiting the Historic Preservation activities of the German Village Society, hosted by then Board President Darci Congrove and John Pribble Join Us This Year! August 22

….. And Our Volunteers! Our archive volunteers (L to R): Effy Yin Agnes Krivicich Silvia Rodriguez Bob Furbee