As this Summer moves on, and the “back to school” sales begin to hit Ohio stores – it seems a good time to look ahead for the next couple of months of preservation-related events in Ohio from August 5 to the end of the September.

Various Saturdays and Sundays through October – 2009 Walking Tours – Columbus – Columbus Landmarks Foundation continues their outstanding look at commercial and residential neighborhoods

August 5 – Walking Tour of the South Fountain Historic District – Springfield – Presented by the Springfield Preservation Alliance, this tour will showcase one of the city’s most affluent late 19th century neighborhoods.

August 6 to August 8 – Lincoln Highway BUYWAY – Statewide – As many as 750 individual yard and garage sales across the original Lincoln Highway in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.

August 8 – Preservation Ohio Summer Board Meeting -- Yellow Springs

August 8 – Walking Tour of Snyder Park – Springfield – Presented by the Springfield Preservation Alliance, this event will discuss the history of Springfield’s premier place for “recreation and reform.”

September 5 – Tour of Peterloon Estate -- Cincinnati/Indian Hill – Rare tour of an outstanding early 20th century Georgian Revival mansion, including John Singer Sergeant and Charles Dana Gibson artwork – presented by the Cincinnati Preservation Association.

September 9 – Show Me the Money – Portsmouth – Quarterly Ohio Main Street Program session, this one focusing on funding sources for civic and building improvements.

September 15 - “Financial Incentives for Historic Properties” -- Columbus -- Co-sponsored by Preservation Ohio and the Columbus Landmarks Foundation. Continuing education credits applied, pending or approved for architects, real estate agents and attorneys.

And coming up:

October 16-18 – The Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. 13th Annual Summit – Hudson – This year’s theme is: “Freedom: The Ultimate Price: The 150th Anniversary of the Death of John Brown.”

October 13-17 – National Preservation Conference – Nashville, Tennessee

Photo: House, South Fountain Historic District, Springfield - Cindy Funk/Creative Commons License