The Mystery of the Missing Cornerstone - Worthington area history
By Maureen McCabe, Columbus Ohio Real Estate
(HER Realtors)
The Mystery of the Missing Cornerstone The cornerstone of the Flint School disappeared in March 2011 according to the Worthington Suburban News, (SNP.) In "Flint School now just a memory" Bret Liebendorfer of ColumbusLocalNews.com (Suburban Newspapers online) wrote: "A memorial was to include the well-known pillars, but they were pushed over by vandals; similarly, the school's 800-pound cornerstone also was to be included, but it was stolen." 800 pounds? Worthington area history The village of Flint was down the road from the village of Worthington, Worthington was itty bitty until the 1950s. Northern Franklin County was rural. There is a great photo of the pillars standing in front of the rubble after the Columbus Parks and Recreations crew demolished the old school building on th...
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