A trio of organizations are teaming up to offer a free workshop and tour for history and cultural heritage on March 3.
Ashtabula County Metroparks, Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum and Preservation Ohio are co-sponsoring “Tools to Sleuth Old Houses and Antiques” on Sunday, March 3, from 2-5 pm at the Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum, located at 1603 Walnut Boulevard in Ashtabula Harbor. The wide-ranging workshop will provide hands-on examples to help attendees to identify styles of architecture and furniture as well as ways of identifying age and past stories of historical objects.
Ashtabula Metroparks Director Larry Frimerman and Hubbard House Board Member Richard Dana have organized this interesting and engaging event. The workshop will be followed by a special tour of the Hubbard House Museum and a reception to follow the workshop. Mr. Frimerman is Vice President of Preservation Ohio, one of Ohio’s statewide historic preservation organizations. Mr. Dana is an attorney and local historian who shares stories of the role Ohioans played in advancing Social Justice.
“While most houses and historical structures are not nationally, regionally or even culturally as significant as the Hubbard House, many have features and stories that are worth sharing,” observed Frimerman. “This is true for antiques as well”, he added.
As to the tie to the Hubbard House and the freedom fighters? Metroparks’ 27.5 mile Western Reserve Greenway Trail has historical interpretive signage about Ashtabula County’s nationally recognized abolitionist movement and the fight for freedom detailed at the Hubbard House Museum. The Greenway Trail’s extension, the North Shore Trail, continues the Western Reserve Greenway Trail from the Morrison Station Trailhead to Ashtabula Harbor, the Hubbard House and Walnut Beach at Lake Erie.
Dana will discuss the role the citizens of Ashtabula County played on the Underground Railroad as well as the beginnings of the Women’s Suffrage movement.
The Hubbard House Tour is special also because the Museum is open Memorial Day through Labor Day except by appointments and arranged tours. Admission is generally $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children, but is being presented with an optional membership contribution to the Museum as well as an opportunity to join Preservation Ohio.
For more information or to register, check the Metroparks website www.ashtabulametroparks.com, its Facebook page, or contact Metroparks’ Larry Frimerman at (440) 650-4124, or the Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum at (440) 964-8168. For more information on the Museum, visit http://www.hubbardhouseugrrmuseum.org. For more information on Preservation Ohio, visit www.Preserveohio.com.
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