The OES visited the Dill Farmhouse on May 14, 2002. Located less than a mile east of the Rohr Road Brick House, the farmhouse was much more accessible. Built around 1900, the house had just recently become vacant when we visited. As with many properties surrounding Rickenbacker International Airport, industrial development is dominating. The New Golden Wedge Golf Course was one such victim of this modern industrial revolution. The golf course has been replaced by several warehouses. This small farmhouse located on Rohr Road next to the railroad tracks has become yet another victim. What was once a field of crops that led back to the Ohio-Erie Canal is now a large warehouse for a tire company.
As stated above, the farmhouse had only been abandoned for a short time when we visited, and signs of wear and tear could already be seen. Upon entering the front door, there was a large hole in the floor that led all the way down to the basement. Some of the wallpaper and carpet were torn, and there were various small holes in the walls throughout the house. Out back was what looked to be a garage with an overhead apartment that no longer had a roof. The siding on the back side of the house was torn off. The silos that once stood to the east of the house have been torn down. The barn was still intact and even had a tractor inside when we visited, but both were gone soon after our visit. We didn’t go into the basement since there was a rather large bee nest near the cellar doors. The farmhouse and outbuildings were razed sometime between 2004 and 2005 to make way for the industrial park being developed there.
Location Information: Demolished
The Dill Farmhouse was on Rohr Road near the railroad bridge in Hamilton Township; Franklin County.
Photographs
The Dill Farmhouse as seen from the driveway off Rohr Road.
A large porch surrounded the front of the house.
The view as we walked into the living room.
There was a large hole in the floor just after entering the house.
This small study was just off the living room toward the back of the house.
To the north of the living room was this parlor.
The parlor's fireplace.
This room off of the parlor was either a dining room or perhaps a guest room.
The small bathroom on the first floor.
This was the kitchen at the back side of the house.
Just off of the kitchen was the laundry room. It probably served as a pantry when the home was originally built.
The stairs that led to the second floor was in the living room next to the front door.
The second floor's hallway as viewed from the top of the stairs.
The first bedroom was on the left hand side of the hallway.
The bedroom's closet.
The door to the girl's room.
Walking into the girl's bedroom.
This creepy looking clown mask was on the floor of the room.
The room also contained this old desk.
We believe this was probably the master bedroom.
The master bedroom's massive walk-in closet.
This was probably a boy's room.
This old console TV was in the middle of the room.
The second floor's bathroom.
A view of the newer garage taken from the boy's room.
On the way back down the narrow, steep stairway.
The barn behind the house.
A vent on the side of the barn.
Animals were once housed here.
The very tall ceiling inside the barn.
Some stables in the western part of the barn.
Looking from the stables into the main section of the barn.
This John Deere tractor was parked inside.
A workshop in the eastern side of the barn.
Another stable in the barn.
The siding on the back of the house had already started to fall off.
An older garage was to the east of the large barn.
On open shed was to the right of the garage.
This appeared to be a sandbox, but it could have been part of something already demolished.
