Its always a pleasure to pass along good news on this site.  Here is an alert we received earlier this week from the Preble County Historical Society:

Great news for the Historic National Road in Preble County ! The old toll road house, which stands on the northeast corner of St. Rt. 503 and US 40 ( National Road ) and was slated to be razed has new life! The property was sold and the new owners are restoring it. The new owners reside in one of the other historic structures in the old Euphemia area on the south side of Rt.40, a few hundred feet east of the corner building. The building being saved is the one shown on the Euphemia Gateway Interpretive Sign. All the more reason for it to be saved! Sometimes it seems that preservation efforts fall on deaf ears. And then, once in a while ….. our voices are heard!

The couple who purchased the property was in attendance during... the Preble County Bicentennial Event in Lewisburg, April 2008.

Preservation Ohio congratulations everyone involved with the rescue of this piece of Ohio and National Road history.  The old toll road house is pictured to the extreme left above.

Photo: Old toll road house, Euphemia, Preble County -- Courtesy of Preble County Historical Society