"Group raises some eyebrows by razing old Firestone home" The Columbus Dispatch

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Mike Pramik
The Columbus Dispatch
May 12, 2008

The Columbus Foundation wants to create a majestic block along E. Broad Street, one worthy of the history embodied in the old governor's mansion that serves as its headquarters.

To do so, last week, the charity demolished a century-old home that the foundation said didn't fit with its $7.8 million project.

The Joseph Firestone house at 1266 E. Broad St. had been vacant for years and last was used as an office. Columbus Foundation President Doug Kridler said the charitable organization considered saving the building as plans came together for renovation of the site. But the house's structure made it too impractical and expensive to be converted to meet the foundation's needs...