Center Brook Manor, North Bloomfield, Ohio

07/24/2026

https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/funding-available-for-historic-buildings-to-be-restored-across-ohio/

This is NOT funding for historic buildings.
This is a tax credit on passive income to owners of the properties.

Center Brook was approved for this a few years ago, however we did not have over $325,000 in annual income taxes to take advantage of a lower tax rate.

This only allows wealthy property owners to lower their tax rate.

The Ohio Department of Development has opened a new application round for the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program to fund the rehabilitation of historic buildings.

07/24/2026

Rafters are up!
Onto roof sheeting and shingles, then board and batton the peaks

07/24/2026

We nominated Center Brook, hopefully it will be featured!

250 Buildings, 250 Stories Introducing 250 Buildings, 250 Stories – statewide initiative that identifies, tells the story of, and catalyzes reinvestment in 250 historic buildings – celebrating the past, present, and future of our historical assets during the nation’s 250th anniversary. We want...

07/22/2026

07/20/2026

Rafters half way done

07/15/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EYTqWKfod/?mibextid=wwXIfr

07/04/2026

Barn remodels
YSU digs
TCHS history camp
And as if that’s not enough-
We’re half way up on the cabin walls

07/02/2026

A fun update for the day.
Ground penetrating radar in the backyard picked up a 14‘ x 14‘ anomaly in the soil. The location and the size would lineup with a blacksmith shop that was noted in a diary.
I see a rebuild project in the future.

The students are doing spot digs throughout the yard. One of the digs is turning up a lot of brick about 8 inches below the sod.