Posted October 5, 201014 yr In late August the restoration of the roof at the Cozad house was completed. I did not realize that only the roof would be repaired, but that is all for the time being until more funds are raised to complete the whole house. The house is part of the old residential street of E. 115th St between Cornell and Mayfield. For decades, University Hospitals/CWRU wanted to level this short but sweet street for expanded institution buildings and --- you guessed it --- more parking decks and garages. The street is surrounded by multi-level parking garages. Alas on April 7, 2006 University Hospitals donated the home to UCI which, with the assistance of Cleveland Restoration Society, Inc. and Restore Cleveland Hope Inc., will return this home to its former glory. This pre-Civil War house (the back portion) was a stop on the Underground Railroad. An Underground Railroad Education Center and Resource Center will be established here. http://www.restoreclevelandhope.org/ part of the 1853 house The 1872 Italianate
October 5, 201014 yr Glad to see that house being restored. It's a real gem. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 5, 201014 yr Amazing pictures of a true hidden gem in Cleveland! Here's a little bit of chatter of this place in this thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2977.msg514791.html#msg514791
October 5, 201014 yr the roof looks great in person. That place looked junky for a long time but I am glad to see some progress. I would love to see what the inside looks like too. Does anyone know what it has been used for all these years? Was it a private residence before UH owned it?
October 5, 201014 yr Awesome- thanks for the photos! I too love this house, and that whole street. Joan Southgate, who's been a (the?) driving force behind saving the house and getting the restoration started is a really inspiring woman. She did a great City Club program earlier this year (or last year?).
October 5, 201014 yr the roof looks great in person. That place looked junky for a long time but I am glad to see some progress. I would love to see what the inside looks like too. Does anyone know what it has been used for all these years? Was it a private residence before UH owned it? It will certainly be a great day when the entire home is restored. For the past many years I believe it has been vacant but if you read some of the comments at the bottom of this PreservationNation piece, there are some first-hand accounts of former residents... http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=8411 Yes, Strap, Joan Southgate is doing/has done a phenomenal job with this. She is to be saluted without a doubt!
October 5, 201014 yr It looks like they're doing a quality job. The roof is the most critical part of preservation, in my opinion. It takes the most punishment from the elements and usually is the first part to fail, and after it fails and lets in water, the rest of the structure goes downhill fast. It looks like the next structural stabilization project should be tuck-pointing the brick exterior to replace eroded mortar.
October 6, 201014 yr the roof looks great in person. That place looked junky for a long time but I am glad to see some progress. I would love to see what the inside looks like too. Does anyone know what it has been used for all these years? Was it a private residence before UH owned it? It will certainly be a great day when the entire home is restored. For the past many years I believe it has been vacant but if you read some of the comments at the bottom of this PreservationNation piece, there are some first-hand accounts of former residents... http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=8411 Yes, Strap, Joan Southgate is doing/has done a phenomenal job with this. She is to be saluted without a doubt! Great pics Clueless. I didnt even realize the PreservationNation had a profile on it.... (My place of employment)
October 6, 201014 yr the roof looks great in person. That place looked junky for a long time but I am glad to see some progress. I would love to see what the inside looks like too. Does anyone know what it has been used for all these years? Was it a private residence before UH owned it? If I'm not mistaken, someone posted photos of the interior on the forums. It was a few years back, probably archived by now. I don't have a clue as to what to search for.
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