A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

length of retaining wall and the same to be furnished with a so called “Scotch Coping” or similar to thefinish of the wall across “Poplar Avenue” (note: now Windermere Way) from the Home grounds.Unfortunately our stratified limestone fails when placed on edge which is strikingly evidenced by the wallmentioned. I am going to investigate the cost of making concrete blocks for the “Scotch Coping.” I am ofthe opinion that they will cost less than the same out of our hill stone or out of the “Flat Rock” stone ofIndiana, which is also stratified limestone but closer in texture than our hillstone. The concrete blockswill not be stratified and therefore will not split and disintegrate as the copings on the wall referred to.I think that we have a sufficiency of building limestone that we have quarried out of the cellars of thebuildings and in the grading to build the retaining wall and they of most excellent quality, better than anywe have bought.Excuse the length of my letter. I hope to see you soon.Yours truly,Samuel HannafordOperating costs were more than anticipated. A prayer and a nickel a year for five years was askedfrom all Ohio Methodists. The untimely death of Dr. Weakly left a gap but in 1921 the void was filled byDr. C. Lloyd Strecker who began to build a sound financial structure for the Home. He oversaw theconstruction of the south wing in 1937, completing the original facade plan in 1939. He also built a homeon the grounds for the manager and his family on Windermere Drive. The Wilson homestead wasremodeled in 1948 after being vacant for many years due to instructions in the Wilson will that the houseshould be demolished and used as the site of a new building for the parsonage and manager. Aftercontacting the heirs, it was agreed to use the building as a nurse’s home. It was at this time that the Mt.Vernon style porch was added. Sadly, this house was torn down in later years. 6Twin Towers continued to flourish and other additions were added to accommodate more residents.With great sensitivity toward the original facade, the building has been updated without compromisingHannaford’s design. At the century mark, it is much loved by the residents of both Twin Towers andCollege Hill.Twin Towers Senior Living Community continues to grow on its main campus, and a new facility,Twin Lakes, has been added in Montgomery.Original drawing proposal for Twin Towers’ Façade, 19036 Thanks to Rev. John Dunham, Mrs. Jane Allen, Dr. Joseph Graham of Twin Towers and Jack O’Neil for furnishing information.157