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For further information contact:
Donna Herring, dmherring@embarqmail.com, 740-405-4594
Karen Holt, karen.holt@yahoo.com, 740-924-9355

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 21, 2007):

TIBERI'S GREETING:  CAPTAIN SCOTT HOUSE

A Licking County landmark has been chosen to grace the front of  Congressman Pat 
Tiberi's holiday greeting cards this year:  the Captain Scott House in St. Albans township 
at Alexandria. 

"Each year I enjoy highlighting a landmark in the 12th Congressional District that 
represents life past and present in Central Ohio," said Congressman Tiberi. "I remember 
growing up, seeing [the Captain Scott House] often when my family would drive past it 
on our way to Granville."

The Captain Scott House was built circa 1870 for Joseph M. Scott, who was an 
outspoken abolitionist, Civil War captain, prominent farmer and local historian. The 
house is a classic example of the Victorian Italianate architectural style and includes a 
carved spiral staircase among other handcrafted details. It had to be moved from the 
intersection of state routes 37 and 161, and is now a mile northwest of where it was built.

"Captain Scott's involvement in the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad 
are inspiring," said Tiberi, and "when I learned about the Friends of Captain Scott 
Committee's effort to relocate, restore, and preserve the homeÉ I knew [it] was perfect 
to highlight on my Christmas card." 

Donna Herring, chair of the Friends of Captain Scott Committee, said, "We were very 
pleased to hear Congressman Tiberi had chosen the Captain Scott House of course, but 
even more interested that he had a personal connection to it, that it was a landmark for 
him in his youth."

"I hear all the time that people miss that turn in to Alexandria now that the house isn't 
there," said Herring. "We don't want people to forget about the Captain Scott House just 
because we got it moved out of harm's way Ð there's still an awful lot of work to do 
before it's open to the public."

Current plans are for the first floor to be a community center, possibly with a gallery 
room, and for the second floor to be a museum focused on the Abolitionist movement and 
the Civil War and how each affected Ohio families and the regional economy.

But Herring says money still needs to be raised for the effort. "As a low-income 
community [Alexandria], we knew we'd have a lot of fundraising to do, but the greater 
community came through for us in a huge way to get the house moved. Right now we're 
just getting the house set down on the new basement, then the masons have to fill in the 
holes. We racked up $30,000 in rental fees for the house mover's equipment during the 
step-by-step process of getting the site ready and the basement built Ð almost all of it by 
donation Ð but the house mover has said he will accept $20,000 if we can pay him by 
January 17th, so that's our next goal."

Tiberi, who has supported other historic preservation projects as well, said, "The [Captain 
Scott] House has been a landmark between Worthington and Granville for more than 125 
years, and with [the Friends of Captain Scott Committee's] work it will continue to be 
part of the community for years to come." 

The Friends of Captain Scott Committee is part of the Alexandria Community Council, a 
nonprofit group active for over 75 years in support of community events and projects in 
the village and St. Albans township. To support this historic preservation project, 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 (740-
924-0516), email CaptainScott@AlexandriaOH.org. For further information see the 
website www.CaptainScottHouse.org.

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