Living history:
Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders is one of the people who named the neighborhood Old Seminary Square.
"My wife and I moved to Russell Street in 1970 and we've been engaged with the neighborhood ever since. We talked a lot of the "old timers" into moving here.
"We regard ourselves as the caretakers and curators of the beautiful old home that is our law office. We are very proud of it and of the whole neighborhood.
"We gifted façade easements on the East and South sides of the building to the Cincinnati Preservation Association to insure that as long as our house stands, its exterior facades will be preserved unchanged.
"When we converted the building to business use, we worked with the National Park Service to see that all possible efforts were made to preserve the historic architectural features of the building, while making it as efficient as possible.
"The floor plan of the building was preserved virtually unchanged (I did make a couple of changes, but I’d challenge anyone to figure out what they were if I didn't tell them) so that it could be readily restored to residential use in the future, should someone want to do that after I’ve gone on to heaven.
"We are good stewards of the house and good stewards of the neighborhood."
Living history, part 2:
Bob Sanders
"We have never lowered a ceiling, put a fluorescent light in the house, painted over any of the original hand-grained woodwork, or installed ill-fitted "replacement windows."
"This house looks pretty much as it did when it was built in 1865; it just has much better HVAC, electrical service, and plumbing than it did when it was new.
"When things have worn out -- like the roof and many of the original windows, we have sought out artisans who re-crafted those things in the same materials and replicated the designs of the originals.
"Officially, I still regard 1017 Russell Street as my residence. Even though I usually sleep-over at "my wife’s house" in Ft. Mitchell , I spend the majority of my time right here in the neighborhood.
"My wife and I own three houses in the neighborhood, all of which are nice places -- the meticulously restored Charles H. Fisk House, 1017 Russell; the house immediately North, at 1009 Russell; and a very nice cottage at 1010 Banklick that we use as our in-town residence, gym, and all-purpose hide-out.
"I am, by the way, deeply concerned about the row house that burned. I think it is extremely important to the whole neighborhood that it gets rebuilt."
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Sanders-Fisk House
The stunningly beautiful Sanders-Fisk House, as it looked 30 years ago, almost as it does today. "This house looks pretty much as it did when it was built in 1865," Bob Sanders notes in his living history account.
Entranceway to Sanders Law Firm
The grand entrance, indeed.
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