The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-09-17
COMMUNITY HOUSE
SITE FOR $4,000
ROBINSON PROPERTY
WOULD COST THAT SUM
Important Meeting Monday Night
Committee Was Enlarged and Given
Authority to Incorporate, Obtain
Drawings and Decide Location

N a JuAMN HiCCtAlAS "a tAAC hAWdluo Clul
ands Community organization was held
Monday night at the Sylvester library
building to discuss plans and to come
to some definite decision, if possible
concerning the proposed new commun-
ity building, and comfort station
There was a large attendance.
As to the comfort station, J.. H
Adams Of the committee recently ap.
pointed to seek a suitable site, report
ed inability to locate such, except the
original idea Of erecting it on the park
which seems to have met with consid.
cradle disfavor. Considerable dis
cussion followed, many viocipg the
opinion that a comfort station might
be Incorporated in the community build
ing project, but no one offering sug.
gestion that could bring. about decisive
action at that time. Thus the matter
Of the comfort station is now no fur.
ther advanced than at the time it was
first suggested several weeks ago.
Chairman L. H. Randall Of the Com
munity building site committee re
cited the long and trying weeks he
&klu A1l6 CVllAlIlLVCC IIlClIlUCl6 IQu 6RClIt
in an effort to secure the best possible
location for the building, having in
Investigated all available spaces, and
reported the best find as the DR.. H
p. H. Robinson home at the corner o1
the square and East Washington
street.
According to Mr.. Randall, DR.
Robinson is 10th to sell his property
but after much persuasion consented
10 do SO for the financial consider
alton Of $4,000. The announcement
0f this figure came as palsy to q
few Of those present, among them the
writer, who until that moment had
not supposed there was that much
money in Christendom. Sentiment
was divided as 30 whether the proper
ty was worth that amount, or, even so
il the payment Of such a large sum
would be justifiable as matter 01
good business sense if the building
would have to be wrecked to give place
TO the proposed completely new one. \
This brought forth suggestions that
the Robinson dwelling, perhaps
with slight alterations, could be
made to answer the purposes Of q
community building pending the time
when sufficient money could be obtain.
ed for the erection ola new one at
which time the dwelling need not be
wrecked, but sold and moved selse.
where, or at least some Of its material
used in The new building.
AS it seems to be the general .opin-
ion that the new building should be
commodious as possible, and with care
full regard to architectural beauty the
question arose as to whether an at
tempt to utilize a part or whole of the
Robinson house in the construction OF
/: the new building, would not entail q
sacrifice in general arrangement and
charm.
It developed at the meeting that the
1 Alden property at the north side OF
the public square, now owned by the
local Masonic order, could be secured
altho the site committee had previous
" been unable to obtain an option
That this site is a most excellent one
was generally conceded, and that it
can be secured for much less money
than the Robinson property, appealed
To number, especially as the sacri-
flee in case of the ultimate wrecking
Of the old building would be compara-
lively nominal. ,
While the consensus of thought was
that the community building should be
erected on the public square, it is the
opinion Of some that a site adjacent
to the square would be equally salts
factory, while entailing appreciably
less expense.
Thus, like the comfort station, the
question Of the community building
was left in status quo. However, the
suggestion that the site committee OF
five members be increased to seven,
with full authority to take out under
the state law incorporation papers,
not for profit; toadetermine the mat
ter Of location and the obtaining OF
architectural drawings, was put. to
q vote and unanimously carried.
President Harold Zigler named as
the two new members Of the commit
tee. E. B. Spitzer and Blake Mcdowell.
lThe other members are l.. H. Randall,
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