The OES visited the Lockbourne Brick House on September 8, 2001. We were greeted by three little kittens as we arrived and they continued to follow us everywhere we went while we explored the property. There was a carriage house and another small building of some sort, possibly a storage shed, behind the main house. There was a very strong musty smell emanating from inside the house as we approached the side porch to enter the home. The house’s interior was not too difficult to navigate, but there were some holes on the second floor that could have easily been missed. We found plenty of things left behind by the last person who lived there, including old bottles, furniture, appliances, newspapers and other items. Some of the newspaper clippings we found dated to October 1925. Records indicate the home was built around 1900, but other sources indicate the home could date to the 1830s. Based upon some paperwork we found in the basement, the house may have been abandoned in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Dated wallpaper covered the walls in some rooms and most rooms were not carpeted. We searched briefly for access to the attic, but were unable to find an entry point. the house was an interesting place to explore and served as a sort-of training location for our new members at the time.
A new owner acquired the home in March 2002 and has completed several renovations. It is always good to see neglected historic buildings restored.
Location Information: Renovated
The Lockbourne Brick House is located north of the Village of Lockbourne; Franklin County.
Photographs
The front view of the Lockbourne Brick House as we approached from the driveway.
The side entrance to the house.
A small outbuilding just behind the house was partially visible.
There's another outbuilding underneath all of the brush.
What appeared to be a small carriage house or garage.
Debris was piled up along the driveway.
This friendly little guy escorted us around the property during our visit.
This room was most likely the kitchen. It contained a back stairwell to the second floor.
This bathroom was just off the kitchen. Notice the soap was still on the dish in the shower.
A metal table of some sort. This room off the kitchen was a pretty big mess.
An old refrigerator was left on the rear porch off of the kitchen.
A nice built in shelf was along the parlor's wall.
On the other side of whatever heat source graced the parlor was this bench built into the wall.
This was the fireplace in the adjacent family room.
The front stairs in the parlor. We were told there was once an amazing banister here, but it had been removed some time ago.
We carefully looked down the narrow railless stairs. The second floor photos begin now.
This seemed to have been a young child's room.
Looking from one of the bedrooms back into the upstairs foyer.
We aren't sure what was under this large black tarp in the upstairs bathroom.
This was likely either a guest room or a boy's room.
There was old furniture scattered about this room.
This was probably the master bedroom of the home.
This window in the master bedroom was the most eerie place in the entire house. The glass had been broken out and the torn curtains swayed in the breeze.
Looking down the back stairwell from the second floor.
The basement had all sorts of stuff left behind.
This stairway led to the basement from outside the house.
Some old checks were among the hundreds of papers that littered the basement floor.
An old newspaper clipping from an October 1925 issue of The Ohio State Journal.
