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Akron Firm to Create New Design to Rebuild Green Schoolhouse Destroyed by Arson

The Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse was built in 1885, making it a historical landmark for the city of Green.
CITY OF GREEN
The Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse was built in 1885, making it a historical landmark for the city of Green.
The Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse was built in 1885, making it a historical landmark for the city of Green.
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CITY OF GREEN
The firm will be working with the city and the Historic Preservation Commission on the design.

Green is taking the first step to rebuild its historic schoolhouse that was destroyed by arson last year.

The city council approved Akron-based architects Braun and Steidel to make a new design for the old schoolhouse, which was located in Boettler Park. The brick shell of the building will be the base of the new construction.

The firm’s president Chas Schreckenberger says they haven’t decided if the firm will use modern building practices for the reconstruction.

“The goal is to make it usable both for this historic representation of this one-room schoolhouse and also for use for the community for other activities, so as to make it more readily utilized.”

He says those changes will be made with suggestions by his firm and the city, as well as requirements of the Green Historic Preservation Commission.

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Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.