The photo you see to the right is that of Elijah E. Myers, architect of the Seneca County Courthouse commissioned in 1882. The reason as to why I have this up here is because the historical courthouse in Seneca County is planned for demolition because it makes fiscal sense (well according to the commissioners). This structure should be forever kept especially when you know that most of the town's history came in and out through those doors, by history I mean citizens. The article in The Blade doesn't express much about what other residents are saying but they do have a snip of a gentleman by the name of Sam Reino who drives past the Seneca County Courthouse everyday on his way to work. Now the 82-year-old resident sees the local landmark from his bedroom window and can't help it but to shakes his head at the mention of plans to demolish the 1884 courthouse. “I think they’re making a big mistake,”. If this is how history is preserved in Tiffin let's hope that it doesn't spread to far into other counties. I want to also add that six anonymous county residents filed a lawsuit that alleges commissioners have violated the open meetings law and failed to thoroughly explore options for saving the courthouse. The judge (Judge Charles Wittenberg) appointed to handle this case will hold a motion hearing on July 9.
I hope that this is stopped because from what I read Seneca County will become the first in northwest Ohio to abandon and demolish its' courthouse and the first in the state to do so since Richland County brought down its' historic courthouse in Mansfield in 1969. Don't let this happen.
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