NEWS RELEASE

For further information contact:
Donna Herring, dmherring@earthlink.net, 740-924-0516
Karen Holt, karen.holt@yahoo.com, 740-924-9355

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 14, 2007):
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AEP DONATION TO HELP SAVE CAPTAIN SCOTT HOUSE

AEP yesterday pledged $5000 for the effort to relocate and restore the
Captain Scott house, which is endangered by the State Route 161
widening project and must be moved immediately. $15,000 remains to be
raised by Friday to meet the ODOT deadline, and an additional $15,000
must be raised in the following month to finish the project.

ODOT has given the house to the Village of Alexandria on condition
that the structure is contracted to be moved by March 16, and is
actually moved very shortly thereafter. The Village has no funds for a
historic preservation project, and the Friends of Captain Scott
committee of the Alexandria Community Council has stepped in to get
the project organized and funded. The Alexandria Community Council is
a nonprofit group active for over 75 years in support of community
events and projects in the village and St. Albans township.

The home was built circa 1870 for Joseph M. Scott, an outspoken
abolitionist and locally prominent farmer and historian who earned his
captainship in the Civil War. A classic example of the Victorian
Italianate architectural style, the home was built on a grand scale
and includes an original spiral staircase.

A new location for the home has been donated on the west side of the
village of Alexandria, and funding has been sought by the Friends of
Captain Scott committee for moving the house, including the
construction of a basement and other infrastructure. Current plans for
the relocated home are that it would be used as a public museum and
community center after its restoration.

Send your tax-deductible donations to the Alexandria Community
Council, Friends of Captain Scott Committee, P.O. Box 234, Alexandria
OH 43001, or contact Donna Herring, Secretary of the Alexandria
Community Council (740-924-0516), email CaptainScott@AlexandriaOH.org.
For further information see the website www.CaptainScottHouse.org.

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