Washington Street (Including CRUMP Homes)

This is the oldest photo I have of my great great grandfather's home...the Captain Wm. Lucas home which used to stand in the 900 block of Washington Street. Capt. Lucas is seated on the right and has the family dog at his feet. Mrs. Lucas is standing on the porch. My great-grandmother-to-be, Mary Crump Lucas, is standing in the front yard. Her brother is also there with his bicycle. This photo was taken about 1875.

Same house...about 1900. Now it has a full porch around the front. The tower is still on the house.

Final view from about the same time.......late 1940's...shows house from another angle.

This picture was posted by Rhonda and was moved from the A&P Grocery thread.

The Overstreet Home that is on the corner of 11th and Washington St., and still stands today. This picture is in the 1898 GAR book.

Does anyone know when and why and how the "Lagoons" were dug on the Q.G. Noblitt property at 1910 Washington? Did the public have access to them while Noblitt still lived there? I believe all the houses surrounding them were not built until after his death.

Ricky and Rhonda,

As I recall, back in 2008 flood days, mention was made of 'The Lagoons.' Try doing a 'search', using the word 'Lagoons,' for at least 1000 days-------------and like 20 entries. Just seems to me that someone wrote on the boards, and appeared to have quite a bit of knowledge.

And it never ceases to amaze me, just how much history is recorded within these message boards. Might be, this was 'covered' back then.

Nanc

I HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES WHO LIVED ON OR NEAR THE LAGOONS.
I ASKED THEM THIS QUESTION AND GOT A COUPLE OF RESPONSES THAT MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE QUESTION

FROM DOUG EMIG
The Lagoons were developed by Q G Noblitt, who owned the land. Q G died in 1954 I think before the Lagoons were completed. (read Below) I remember going to the Lagoons around 1958 to go ice skating....maybe even before that. There were very few houses built at that time. As I recall the Thompson family was one of the first to live there.
In 1942, Whitehouse sold the home to Quinton G. Noblitt, president and co-founder of Noblitt-Sparks, the enterprise that later became Arvin Industries, a Fortune 500 company based for many years in Columbus. “Q.G.” was an industrial leader who found time to develop the Noblitt Lagoons, Harrison Lakes and Grandview Lake residential areas as well as the Harrison Lakes Country Club. In addition, Q.G. was a major philanthropic presence in the community, donating land for the Foundation for Youth Camp in Harrison Township and leading soil and water conservation efforts. During the Noblitts’ tenure, the home was the site of many festive gatherings. Following Q.G.’s death in 1954, Grace stayed on in the home with a housekeeper until she died in 1973.
Doug E.

FROM TOMMY TAYLOR SON OF VIRGIL TAYLOR OF TAYLOR BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION


My family bought the corner lot on on the river on the up-stream end of the development in 1951 or 52. Cal Brands father built next door to that lot. I have a slide photo of my Aunt Martha on our pier when she was pregnant with my cousin Amy, who was born in 52. Dad and I ran a level line from the official high water mark above the benchmark on the river dam out to that lot before we bought it. The earth work for the lagoons, the loop road along the river and the road through between the lagoons was complete at that time and Foss Taylor had built his house on the river side down very near the dam. Foss had taken somebodies word for where the record high water mark was and he was very nervous while waiting for our results. I think that his was the first house built on the river side and that there was a short period of time before houses were built on the Lagoons themselves.
Tommy T