♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> HISTORIC HOUSES HAVE CERTAIN TRAITS THAT MAKE THEM TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

SOMETIMES A HOUSE SERVED AS A PROMINENT PLACE IN HISTORY OR A HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY A WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >>> HISTORIC HOUSES HAVE CERTAIN TRAITS THAT MAKE THEM TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

SOMETIMES A HOUSE SERVED AS A PROMINENT PLACE IN HISTORY, OR THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY A WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT.

OR MAYBE A FAMOUS PERSON ONCE LIVED THERE.

EVERY COMMUNITY CONTAINS ONE OR TWO HOUSES AND TODAY WE ARE TOURING THOSE HOUSES STARTING WITH THE PIATT CASTLE.

IT MAY BE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, BUT IT'S PACKED WITH HISTORY.

SEE FOR YOURSELF.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> WE'RE AT AN OHIO FARM COUNTRY, A RICH AGRICULTURE AREA.

WE SEE FARMHOUSES.

BUT WE'RE STOPPING AT AN INTERESTING PLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING ELSE.

THERE IS QUITE A STORY BEHIND THIS BUILDING.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY INTERESTING VISIT.

IT'S CALLED MAC-A-CHEEK CASTLE.

HELLO, MARGARET.

>> HI, JEFF.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND, JIM, NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU, JEFF.

IT'S BEEN SO LONG, SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WHO KNEW WE'D END UP IN OHIO.

>> I CERTAINLY DIDN'T.

>> I DIDN'T EITHER.

INTERESTING THINGS IN OHIO SUCH AS MAC-A-CHEEK CASTLE.

IT'S IN YOUR FAMILY, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY MARRIED IN 1803 WHEN OHIO BECAME A STATE.

SOLD LAND IN CINCINNATI AND BOUGHT LAND HERE AND ESTABLISHED A 1,700 ACRE FARM HERE WITH A LOT OF HELP.

SO THEY CLEARED THE LAND.

IT WAS A DIVERSIFIED LAND, VERY COMPLEX.

>> THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE WASN'T BUILT THAT EARLY.

>> NO, THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT LIKE HIS SON.

THE FAMILY WAS 6 YEARS OLD WHEN THE FAMILY HERE.

AND HE BUILT THIS HOUSE WHEN HE WAS 50 YEARS OLD.

>> THE LIMESTONE AND THE WOOD ALL CAME FROM THE LAND.

THE QUARRY FROM THE LIMESTONE IS ONLY ABOUT A MILE FROM US.

WITHOUT TOO MUCH WORK, IT WAS AN OUTCROPPING SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MINE.

THEY COULD JUST GO INTO THE HILLSIDE AND GET IT OUT.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.

IT TOOK THEM 7 YEARS TO BUILD THE HOUSE.

>> WHAT YEAR?

>> '71, 1871.

>> AND IT CHANGED OVER TIME, I'M ASSUMING.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADAPTATIONS OR ADDITIONS?

>> VERY LITTLE CHANGES.

>> WHAT CHANGES ARE THE OBJECTS PEOPLE OF EACH GENERATION USE.

>> MAKES SENSE.

>> YOU WILL SEE AN ARRAY OF THOSE.

WE DON'T HAVE IT RESTORED TO ONE TIME PERIOD.

WE HAVE OBJECTS FROM MULTIPLE TIME PERIODS.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE.

THE INTERIOR HAS TO BE FASCINATING, GIVEN THE INTERIOR.

YOU WILL TAKE ME ON A TOUR.

JIM, YOU HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

>> I'LL SAY HELLO AGAIN BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

>> LEAD THE WAY.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> WELL, I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN TRIM QUITE LIKE THIS IN ANY HISTORIC HOUSE I HAVE BEEN IN.

>> PEOPLE COMMENT ON IT ALL THE TIME.

IT IS SUCH A SURPRISE.

I THINK THESE EXTREME TRIANGLES ARE INTERESTING TO PEOPLE.

WE BELIEVE THEY WERE INSPIRED BY ANOTHER INTERIOR DETAIL, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU LATER.

>> I SEE BOOKS.

>> IT'S A LIBRARY.

AND THE OFFICE AND LIBRARY IS ALL ABOUT ABRAM.

HE WAS A FARMER.

HE WAS A PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

PUBLISHED MATERIALS ABOUT FARMING AND ALSO WAS VERY INVOLVED.

THIS CAME HIM A PLACE TO DO THE ACCOUNTING AND THE STUDY.

>> THERE WAS ANOTHER CASTLE.

>> MAC-A-CHEEK IS THIS ONE.

BOTH ARE DERIVED FROM THE SHAWNEE NAME.

BOTH WERE CHILDREN WHEN THEY MOVED TO THIS LAND.

IN MID-AGE, THEY BUILT THESE MANSIONS JUST A MILE APART.

>> AND THE OTHER HOUSE IS OWNED BY SOMEBODY ELSE NOW?

>> THAT'S TRUE.

ACTUALLY THAT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE.

AFTER DON DIED, HIS WIDOW SOLD THE HOME.

MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD IT.

MY UNCLE PURCHASED IT IN THE 1950s AND WE RAN IT FOR 60-SOMETHING YEARS.

THEN WE SOLD IT TO A FAMILY WHO IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB RESTORING IT.

>> WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE.

>> LET'S GO TO THE DRAWING HIM.

>> OKAY.

♪♪ >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ROOM.

>> IT'S A WONDERFUL SPACE.

THE DRAWING ROOM, OF COURSE, WOULD BE WHERE YOU WOULD GO AND ENJOY COMPANY AFTER DINNER, HAVE FAMILY WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, CHRISTMAS PARTIES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

THE PARQUET FLOOR PUT IN INTERESTING SHAPES IS ONE OF ITS REAL FEATURES.

>> IT REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL.

I CAN SEE WHERE THE DIAMOND DESIGN MAY HAVE COME FROM.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE A CATHEDRAL IN HERE.

>> IT IS.

IT HAS THESE WONDERFUL SHAPES THAT TAKE YOUR EYES TO THE CEILING WHERE YOU FIND A FRESCO GARDEN.

>> IT IS REALLY SPECTACULAR.

>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE.

>> THIS CASE AND CABINET CHANGED THE STORY OF THIS FAMILY'S LIFE BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT IN WHEN IT BECAME A MUSEUM IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY.

ABRAM'S SON COLLECTED THESE PIECES OVER THE COURSE OF MANY DECADES.

HE FOUND A LOT OF THEM ON THE FARM.

OTHERS CAME LATER.

>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING, FASCINATING DISPLAY CASE, BUT IT IS A WELL-FURNISHED ROOM.

IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE.

>> THESE PIECES COME FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS, BELONGING TO DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.

>> THIS IS MADE OF HORNS, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YES.

ACCORDING TO OUR CORDS IT WAS FROM SAN ANTONIO.

IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THIS ROOM IN 1916, AND IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET WHEN THIS FIRST BECAME A MUSEUM.

IT IS WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT THESE KINDS OF CHAIRS BECAME EXTREMELY POPULAR IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY AND BECAME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH TEDDY ROOSEVELT.

>> I'M ASSUMING SOMETHING WITH THAT MANY HORNS WOULD HAVE COME FROM TEXAS.

>> WE HAVE THE CHERRY SIDE BOARD THAT BELONGED TO BENJAMIN AND ELIZABETH.

HER SECOND PIANO FROM BOSTON IN THE 1940s.

THE PORTRAITS ARE ELIZABETH AND BENJAMIN, HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.

THEY WERE A FASCINATING PAIR OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, NEVER SAW THIS HOUSE.

THEY LIVED IN A MODEST HOME NEARBY BUT WITH THESE NICE OBJECTS IN IT.

>> WELL, THERE IS A NICE GROUP HERE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE ORIGINAL FURNITURE.

>> YES.

THIS IS A PARLOR SUITE, POPULAR IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY.

BEFORE ABRAM DIED, THAT'S HOW THIS ROOM WOULD HAVE BEEN FURNISHED.

>> THIS IS A WONDERFUL TOUR OF THE FIRST FLOOR.

THIS IS MORE SPECTACULAR HERE IN THE DRAWING ROOM, BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING UPSTAIRS.

>> THERE IS UPSTAIRS WITH BEDROOMS.

IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> LET'S GO LEARN THAT STORY.

>> VERY GOOD.

♪♪ >> MARGARET, WHY ARE THERE CHANNELS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CHAIRS.

>> THEY ARE DUST CHANNELS.

THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SWEEP FROM EITHER SIDE.

>> USING GRAVITY TO HELP CLEAN THE HOUSE.

I LOVE IT.

>> POPULAR FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS AS A PLACE TO RACE CARS.

>> THE HALL ITSELF IS WONDERFUL.

>> NICE, GREEK FEATURES.

>> A NICE, WIDE HALL.

>> THIS IS ORIGINALLY THE MASTER BEDROOM SUITE.

ABRAM AND ELEANOR HAD A BEDROOM AS AN UPPER PARLOR.

HOWEVER, THE STORY OF THIS FAMILY OVER TIME IS THAT MORE AND MORE STARTED TO LIVE HERE.

SO BY 1900s, IT HAD MOVED TO 20 PEOPLE LIVING HERE.

AND AT THAT POINT, IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE ANOTHER BEDROOM.

IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE MY FATHER WAS BORN.

>> THAT ROOM RIGHT THERE?

>> UH-HUH, UH-HUH.

>> QUITE A STORY.

>> YEAH.

WELL, EVERYTHING IS WELL FURNISHED.

I MEAN, AND ALL THE FURNISHINGS TELL STORIES.

WHAT OTHER THINGS WILL PEOPLE SEE IF THEY LOOK AT DIFFERENT BEDROOMS?

>> WELL, THE BEDROOM YOU WILL SEE MORE ITEMS RELATED TO CHILDREN WHO GREW UP HERE.

PERSONAL STORIES, THE WOMAN WHO WAS HURT IN A TRAIN ACCIDENT AND HOW YOUR NEPHEW HELPED HER GAIN STRENGTH WITH A PHYSICAL THERAPY MACHINE.

A MILITARY COLLECTION WITH ITEMS THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT HOME FROM BATTLE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ARCHIVE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE STUDIED.

WE HAVE PROBABLY 20,000 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO INDIVIDUALS IN THIS FAMILY.

>> AND ALL OF THAT WAS HERE, WELL, IN BOTH HOUSES, EITHER HOUSE, BUT IT WAS ALL HERE.

>> IT WAS ALL HERE.

IT WAS JUST LIKE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR BIRTHDAY CARDS AND PUT THEM IN A BOX SOMEWHERE.

WE WERE SLOWLY TAKING THEM OUT STUDYING AND ARCHIVING THEM.

>> SO IT'S BEEN A TREASURE HUNT OVER THE YEARS.

>> IT HAS BEEN.

>> I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR OUR TOUR.

>> NO, WAIT.

THERE IS ONE MORE THING I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.

>> I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

HELLO AGAIN, JIM.

>> HELLO, JEFF.

>> HOW WAS YOUR TOUR?

>> IT WAS TERRIFIC.

WHAT A HOUSE.

IT IS JUST REMARKABLE.

TELL ME ABOUT THE TOWER.

SUCH A BIG FEATURE ON THE BUILDING.

>> IT IS A BIG FEATURE.

THEY USED IT TO DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THEIR STONE WORK.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAPITALS OVER EACH WINDOW ARE DIFFERENT.

BUT IT HAS NO REAL FUNCTION, OTHER THAN A PART OF THE BUILDING AS A TOWER.

>> SO YOU DIDN'T LOOK FOR ENEMIES APPROACHING OVER THE FIELDS, THAT SORT OF THING?

THESE ARE DIFFERENT TIMES.

SO THE LEGACY HERE IS JUST REMARKABLE AND IT'S FALLEN TO YOU, AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUES.

HOW HAVE YOU DONE THAT OVER THE YEARS?

>> WE DID IT OURSELVES.

BUT WE CREATED A NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION CALLED THE MAC-A-CHEEK FOUNDATION.

THROUGH IT WE RAISE MONEY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

SO THIS SPACE WE'RE IN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

WE USE IT AS A WORKSHOP SPACE, GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS TO COME.

JIM ACTUALLY TEACHES THEM HOW TO CHISEL LIMESTONE.

PARTICULARLY, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND NATURE.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD SERIES OF PROGRAMS.

SO YOU HAVE VARIOUS PROGRAMS, VARIOUS FUNCTIONS.

YOU COULD HOST WEDDINGS, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> WE DO HOST WEDDINGS.

WE HOST BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

WE HOLD SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ARE FREE AND WE DO SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS WE MANAGE TO MAKE HAPPEN.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR.

I LOVED SEEING THE PLACE.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

♪♪ ♪♪ >>> THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY ONCE I INTRODUCE THIS NEXT HOUSE WE'RE TOURING EXCEPT THAT IT WAS ONCE HOME TO A FAMOUS ASTRONAUT WHO GREW UP RIGHT HERE IN OHIO.

WE HEAD NOW TO THE JOHN AND ANNY GLENN MUSEUM WHERE THE TOUR IS BEYOND THIS WORLD.

♪♪ >> TODAY I KNOW THAT I SEEM TO BE STANDING ALONE ON THIS GREAT PLATFORM, JUST AS I SEEM TO BE ALONE IN THE COCKPIT OF THE FRIENDSHIP 7 SPACECRAFT.

BUT I AM NOT.

THEY WERE WITH ME THEN AND WITH ME NOW, THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS AND MANY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS OF MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TRULY INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING VOLUNTARILY AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

AS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE LIVE INCREASES, MAY GOD GRANT US THE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE TO USE IT WISELY.

♪♪ >> TRAVELING TO ANY MUSEUM, THERE ARE COUNTLESS ITEMS ON DISPLAY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE THINGS IN THEIR STORAGE OR THEIR VAULT THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T USUALLY GET TO SEE.

TODAY WE'RE IN CONCORD, OHIO WHERE THEY HAVE ITEMS IN THEIR VAULT THEY WILL BRING OUT FOR US TO LOOK AT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE.

♪♪ >> WELL, HI.

>> HI.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU HAVE HERE.

>> BEFORE WE TAKE THE TOUR, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS HOUSE?

>> YEAH.

SO ORIGINALLY THE HOUSE WASN'T IN THIS POSITION.

THEY HAVE MOVED IT TWICE, WHEN JOHN WAS TWO YEARS OLD, HIS DAD BUILT IT ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE.

IN THE '40s, THEY MOVED IT TO SIT ON 83.

IT SAT THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS UNTIL WE GOT IT IN 2001 TO MAKE IT A MUSEUM.

>> SO IN THE TIME LINE OF JOHN GLENN, WHEN DID HE LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?

>> HE LIVED FROM 2 TO 20 YEARS OLD HERE.

HE ENTERED THE MILITARY AFTER PEARL HARBOR.

WHEN HE CAME HOME, HE WOULD BE HERE, BUT THEY OFTEN WOULD MOVE AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES WHEN HE WOULD BE STATIONED SOMEWHERE WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS.

>> WELL, CAN WE GO START THE TOUR?

>> YES, OF COURSE.

♪♪ >> SO WELCOME TO THE MASTER BEDROOM.

SO THIS IS WHERE MR. AND MRS. GLENN WOULD STAY.

MRS. GLENN'S WALKER.

SHE WAS A GREAT SEAMSTRESS.

THE REASON IT HAS THE NITTING ON THERE, SHE'S ACTUALLY KNITTING BANDAGES FOR THE FLETCHER HOSPITAL.

>> WHY SO SHORT?

>> SO THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL.

WHEN HE WAS HEMMING SKIRTS SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEND OVER AS FAR TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THEM.

IT PUT THEM DOWN A LITTLE LOWER.

IT WAS REALLY CONVENIENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS USING IT FOR.

THIS IS HER SEWING BIRD.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE FUNKY.

BUT THIS PART UP HERE YOU PUT YOUR PINS AND THINGS AND IT WOULD TIGHTEN ON TO THE EDGE OF A DRESSER OR SOMETHING.

THAT WAY YOU ARE NOT LOSING THOSE THINGS.

>> WHAT A GREAT ITEM.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN HERE, HAVE?

>> YEAH.

THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL TO HER, BUT THIS IS ALL THAT'S ORIGINAL IN THIS ROOM.

>> THIS IS GREAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO SHOW ME?

>> YES, OF COURSE.

♪♪ >> SO NOW WE'RE IN JOHN GLENN'S BOYHOOD BEDROOM.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW INTERESTING THINGS IN THIS ROOM.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE TYPEWRITER THERE.

SO THIS WOULDN'T HAVE REALLY SAT IN HIS BEDROOM.

IT WAS MORE USEFUL DOWN AT MR. GLENN'S COMPANY.

THEY USED IT TO TYPE RECEIPTS AND THINGS.

GENRE CALLED THAT THE 1 DIDN'T WORK SO HE HAD TO USE LOWER CASE Ls WHEN THEY WERE CASHING OUT.

WE HAVE HIS BOYHOOD TRICYCLE HERE.

LAST TIME IT WENT THROUGH A PARADE IT WAS PUT ON A WAGON AND PULLED DOWN MAIN STREET IN 2002 FOR THE MEMORIAL PARADE, WHICH WAS ALSO OUR OPENING DAY.

SO WE GOT TO BRING HISTORY OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT DAY FOR THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS RADIO HERE.

AND THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY JOHN.

THOUGH, HE DID OWN IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S ANNIE.

WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE, SHE GOT THE MUMPS, AND SHE WAS QUARANTINED TO HER BEDROOM.

JOHN MADE SURE HE SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THAT FOR HER AND SHE SNUCK IT THROUGH THE WINDOW FOR HER.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ROOM THAT WAS JOHN'S?

>> YES.

THERE IS THIS TRAIN SET OVER HERE.

THE WAY THEY DID CHRISTMAS IS DIFFERENT THAN WE DO IT TODAY.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BOUGHT HIM THE TRACK.

THE NEXT CHRISTMAS, HE WOULD GET THE NEXT CAR, MAYBE MORE TRACK, THE NEXT CHRISTMAS AND SO ON.

THEY DID THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> DEFINITELY NOT HOW WE DO CHRISTMAS TODAY, RIGHT?

>> NO.

>> THIS IS A GREAT ROOM.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE MORE TO SHOW ME.

>> YES, I DO.

♪♪ >> SO THIS IS OUR ANNIE GALLERY.

IT IS THE NEWEST GALLERY IN THE MUSEUM.

THIS WAS OUR COVID PROJECT.

BUT WE DO HAVE HER WEDDING DRESS HERE AND HIS MARINE BLUES THAT HE WORE.

IT IS A PRETTY SIMPLE DRESS.

WAS THAT KIND OF THE TIME?

>> YEAH, YES.

SHE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS IN A POSITION DURING WORLD WAR II TO BE EXTRAVAGANT.

THEY HAD A CEREMONY IN HER CHURCH AND THE RECEPTION WAS IN HER PARENTS' GARDEN.

>> DID ANNIE EVER LIVE IN THIS HOUSE?

>> NO, SHE DIDN'T.

BUT WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORY OF ANNIE GLENN, SO WE ADDED THIS IN FOR HER.

>> SHE WAS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN HIS LIFE.

DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO SHOW US THEN?

>> YES, I DO.

ONE OF THEM IS THIS LOVELY DISH.

ANNIE ACTUALLY MADE IT.

BUT THE CHANGE IN IT IS JOHN'S ACTUAL POCKET CHANGE.

THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD COME IN AND SET HIS CHANGE EVERY DAY WHEN HE CAME HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE THESE NOTES HERE.

SO ANNIE, SHE HAD A SEVERE STUTTER.

HER FATHER DID, TOO.

WHEN SHE GETS OLD ENOUGH AND FEELS SECURE ENOUGH, SHE GOES TO THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND RESEARCH AND THEY ENTER HER INTO A SPEECH THERAPY PROGRAM WHERE THEY TREAT IT MORE LIKE A PHYSICAL ISSUE THAN A MENTAL ONE.

SO WE HAVE SOME OF THE NOTES THAT SHE TOOK DURING THIS.

AND THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WORDS THAT SHE TENDS TO STUTTER OVER, WORDS SHE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND A SYNONYM TO USE.

ONE OF THE WORDS SHE DID ONCE SHE GOT THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS SHE CALLED JOHN AND HE WAS SOBBING ON THE OTHER END WITH JOY BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW HARD IT HAD BEEN THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE FOR THEM.

>> SO IT HELPED SOLVE THE PROBLEMS TO GO DO THAT?

>> YES, IT DID.

AS SOON AS SHE GETS HER VOICE, SHE STARTS USING IT.

SHE GOES TO JOHN'S ENGAGEMENTS FOR HIM.

THEY ACTUALLY NAME AN AWARD AFTER HER FOR THOSE THAT HAD COMMUNICATION ISSUES, BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC.

>> THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

AND I SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL DISHES OVER HERE.

>> YES.

SO THESE THEY GOT WHEN JOHN WAS NOT EVEN AN ASTRONAUT YET.

HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND HE WAS TEST PILOTRY.

HE WAS ON A SHOW CALLED "NAME THAT TUNE."

EDDY WAS HIS PARTNER THERE.

THEY WON $25,000.

IN TODAY'S MONEY IS $134,000 THAT HE TOOK HOME.

YEAH.

SO WHAT HE DOES IS BUYS ANNIE AN ORGAN FOR THEIR HOME AND THEIR FIRST SET OF GOOD DISHES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE.

>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM HIS SPACE CAREER?

>> I ABSOLUTELY DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO SEE IT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> SO THIS IS MANY OF OUR ROOMS THAT FEATURE JOHN'S SPACE CAREER AND WHAT HE DID.

THIS HERE IS NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING HE TOOK INTO SPACE, BUT IT IS WHAT HE CHANGED TO WHEN HE CAME BACK.

HE ENDS UP SPLASHING DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC AS A CUSHION TO GET HIM BACK TO EARTH.

WHEN HE GETS HELICOPTERS OUT, HE CHANGES INTO THIS.

HE DID GET TO CHOOSE HIS FOOT WARE.

THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE CONVERSE, BUT THEY'RE A DIFFERENT BRAND.

THERE IS A FAMOUS PHOTO OF HIM WITH HIS FEET KICKED UP.

YOU CAN TELL THE LOGO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OFF.

>> THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE STYLE OF THE TIME THEN?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO WHAT'S BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS IS A THIRD SIZE REPLICA OF HIS SHUTTLE.

IT IS A GOOD WAY TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND HOW BIG AND HOW SMALL JOHN IS IN COMPARISON TO THE SHIP HE WAS IN.

>> HOW BIG WAS HE?

>> SO HE WAS 5'11".

YOU HAD TO BE TALLER THAN 5'7", BUT SHORTER THAN 6 FEET SO FIT IN THE CAPSULE.

SO HE JUST BARELY SQUEAKED BY.

>> IT IS AMAZING THAT HE FIT IN THAT.

THIS IS SORT OF A REPRESENTATION OF THE ITEMS THAT THE PUBLIC DOES GET TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR VAULT THAT YOU COULD SHOW US?

>> YEAH, LET'S GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> SO THIS IS ANOTHER GALLERY THAT DEALS WITH JOHN AND HIS SPACE CAREER.

AND THE THING I WANTED TO LOOK AT FIRST IN HERE ARE THESE LITTLE WIRES IN THIS CASE.

THEY'RE REALLY UNASSUMING, BUT THEY WERE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT CAME TO MONITORING HIS VITALS DURING ALL OF THE TRAINING AND DURING HIS ORBITS.

BUT TO HAVE THAT DATA BE ACCURATE, THEY HAD TO PLACE THEM IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY SINGLE TIME.

WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TATTOOED LITTLE DOTS ON TO JOHN WHEN THEY FIRST WENT.

WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED, JOHN CAME TO A VOLUNTEER LUNCH IN AND SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF HE STILL HAD THOSE TATOOS.

AND HE DID.

THOSE LASTED.

>> THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING STORY.

NOW, I SEE A GLOBE HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> YES.

THIS IS WHAT WE PULLED OUT OF OUR VAULT FOR YOU.

WHAT IT IS IS IT IS A GLOBE MARKED WITH THREE ORBITS.

HIS FAMILY HERE IN NEW CONCORD WOULD KNOW WHERE HE WAS AND BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE WAS ORBITTING.

THE ANY FACTY THING IS HIS TAKE-OFF AND TOUCH POINT THINGS ARE ACCURATE.

SO THEY KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING TO LAND, AND THEY MARKED THAT PRETTY WELL.

>> HOW DID YOU GET A HOLD OF THIS?

>> SO THIS WAS DONATED BY THE GLENN FAMILY, ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL PIECES WE HAVE FROM THEM.

SOME CAME FROM OHIO HISTORY CONNECTIONS, JUST FROM ALL AROUND.

>> SO YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO DONATED THESE THINGS.

DO YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR IN YOUR COLLECTION?

>> YEAH.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT ANYTHING IS WILLING TO DONATE TO US.

WE HAVE TONS OF NEWSPAPERS AND SIGNATURES.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL ITEM FROM JOHN OR HIS LIFE, THAT'S HELPFUL.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ADD SOME THINGS >> WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> SO WE HOST SPACE DAYS HERE, WHERE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS COME THROUGH AND THEY DO SPACE ACTIVITIES.

THEY GET A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.

IT IS THEMED EVERY DAY AND IT IS A DAY-LONG CAMP FOR THEM.

WE DO WALK-THROUGH TOURS DURING MOST COMMUNITY EVENTS, SO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE OR THE FIREMAN'S FESTIVAL HERE IN TOWN.

>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT, DO YOU THINK, TO HOLD THE LEGACY OF JOHN GLENN HERE?

>> HE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON A LOT OF AMERICANS LIVES AND ON THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ITSELF, BEING BUILT UP DURING THE SPACE RACE.

EVERY TIME I HEAR A VOLUNTEER COME THROUGH, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF HIS KINDNESS.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING US AROUND THE MUSEUM.

I HOPE PEOPLE COME FOR THEMSELVES TO SEE ALL THE GREAT ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE.

>> YEAH.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME BACK THROUGH.

♪♪ >>> HOUSES CAN COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

EVEN THOUGH THE BIGGER ONES TEND TO GET MORE ATTENTION.

GERMAN VILLAGE HERE IN COLUMBUS IS PACKED WITH HOUSES OF ALL VARIETIES, WHICH LED ONE VIEWER TO INQUIRE WHICH ONE WAS THE SMALLEST.

LET'S SEE IF CURIOUS CBUS CAN TRACK IT DOWN.

♪♪ >> WOSU'S CURIOUS CBUS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR REGION, ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE.

COLUMBUS' HISTORIC GERMAN VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ITS FAIR SHARE OF MANSIONS, BUT THE AREA IS BETTER KNOWN FOR SMALL, COZY BRICK COTTAGES.

TODAY'S QUESTION FROM SHERRY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE SMALLEST HOME IN GERMAN VILLAGE?

AND HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS IT?

NOW, THE REASON SO MANY HOUSES IN GERMAN VILLAGE ARE SMALL IS THAT WHEN THE AREA WAS FIRST POPULATED, IT WAS ACTUALLY SOUTH OF THE CITY LIMITS.

THE LAND WAS CHEAP, AND IT WAS PARCELLED INTO SMALLER LOTS THAT BRICK MASONS, BREWERY WORKERS AND OTHER GERMAN WORKERS COULD AFFORD.

THE AREA THRIVED FOR DECADES.

OVER 100 YEARS LATER, HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS IN DECLINE AND UNDER THREAT FROM DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THANKS TO HEROIC PRESERVATION EFFORTS AND THE CREATION OF THE GERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS REVITALIZED AND DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT BY THE CITY.

THAT MEANS THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT CAN BE BUILT.

SO HOMEOWNERS DEVISED CREATIVE WAYS TO ADD HISTORIC SPACE TO THE BUILDINGS WHILE PRESERVING THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THOUGH MANY PEOPLES HAVE BEEN ADDED ON TO, SOME PRISTINE COTTAGES REMAIN, WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THE SMALLEST HOUSE.

WHILE GERMAN VILLAGE IS FAMOUS FOR BRICK, THE SMALLEST HOME IS ACTUALLY A QUAINT, WOODEN COTTAGE.

ACCORDING TO COUNTY RECORDS, THE HOUSE IS JUST 504 SQUARE FEET.

DOCUMENTS AT THE GERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY SHOWED THAT THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1911, SPENT ITS FIRST THREE YEARS AS A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND BECAME A RESIDENCE AND RENTAL PROPERTY IN 1915, WHICH IT REMAINS TO THIS DAY.

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