The Trumbull County Historical Society, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, Trumbull County Land Bank and the city of Warren are announcing Warren Razed, a project that will digitize the city’s urban renewal and Trumbull County Land Bank demolition records.
The Ohio History Fund awarded $12,043 to the Trumbull County Historical Society for the project in early March.
The grant will help organize and rehouse Warren’s urban renewal archive, digitize over 700 photographs, blueprints and maps, and upload those items to TCHS’s collections management software.
Warren Razed will include an online, interactive map with images of razed buildings. The project will combine urban renewal and Land Bank records, and photographs in TCHS’s collection to develop a one-stop location for viewing structures.
“We have been trying to find funding to highlight Warren’s changing landscape from urban renewal in the 1960s-1970s to the present for a while,” said Meghan Reed, director of TCHS. “Warren lost approximately one-third of its downtown buildings during urban renewal, not to mention the whole neighborhood of the flats that was dismantled. We started working with the city to identify the urban renewal records and images that were taken and see what we could do to preserve those stories,” said Reed.
“I think this is a tremendous idea and I really appreciate the aggressive pursuit of these grant dollars to help preserve our history,” said Warren Mayor Doug Franklin. “It’s important that as we continue to move forward that we do not lose sight of the past that helped shape who we are as a city.”
“This project will map the 1,200 blighted homes that were demolished since 2014, and we are excited to partner on this project to create an accessible database of the storied homes and buildings that no longer exist in our community,” said Shawn Carvin, Trumbull County Land Bank director.
The History Fund is made possible through voluntary contributions of state income tax refunds, sales of Ohio History “mastodon” license plates, and other donations. For more information, visit www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund.
For more information, call the Trumbull County Historical Society at 330-394-4653, email in**@tr*******************.org, or visit www.trumbullcountyhistory.com….
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