<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c8303958-81ab-43de-9156-dbb16c37d89e/AE37219D-35FB-43FB-9164-48AD243757C1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving" href="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thisweeknews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thisweeknews.com/img/7F9C73D4-9D67-4EC5-9921-2A92E715D300" alt="(Above) The Gooding House was once a stagecoach stop and tavern. The building recently received an Ohio Historical Society plaque recognizing its placement on the National Register of Historic Places. It now houses the Strategy Group for Media and the Brick Editorial Boutique and Studio, owned by Rex Elsass. (Below) One of the renovated rooms inside the Gooding House." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving">In the 1800s, when U.S. Route 23 was called Mud Pike, stagecoaches traveling from Delaware to Worthington would stop at the Gooding House &amp; Tavern in Orange Township near today's North Orange Park. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving">It was also known as the Half Way House, as it stands half way between those two cities, said Orange Township resident and local historian Judi Brozek, "Stagecoach rides -- traveling -- took a very long time back then." </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving"><P>The house gained attention again this decade as growing development increased the risk the building at 7669 Stagers Loop would be torn down. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving">In 2001, the development company Planned Communities bought the house and surrounding land. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/12/17/1218pogoodinghouse_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Former+stagecoach+stop+thriving"><P>"Back in 1999, when we were going through the zoning process, it became evident that there was community value for the house," said Jack Brickner, the company's director of development. "It was very run down but it was something of value to the community to save and restore it." </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AE37219D-35FB-43FB-9164-48AD243757C1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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