Well, the Circleville Pumpkin Show began in 1903. Most people know about Circleville on that account. It is a small town in south central Ohio, surpassing 13,000 in population. Circleville is the county seat of Pickaway, and may be getting some migrants from ever expanding Columbus. Year round the pumpkin presence is noted by this water tower. It is on the south side of town. Supra was my first sight and snap of it.
impressive verticality and colors
water towers are federally protective now
Circleville began in 1810 inside the circular archaeological earthworks of the prehistoric Hopewell Indian culture. In the center of town there was built an octagonal courthouse with streets radiating from it. People began griping about the city plan, they wanted to square the circle. From 1838 to 1856 Circleville Squaring Company did so.
At the end of this period, George Gregg built an octagon residence in 1855-6. He must have considered the original courthouse. I have seen fotos of the inside, there is a beautiful spiral staircase inside. The woodwork was also quality throughout. The house is called the M.M. Crites' House. It has been vacant for years. Walmart wanted it torn down. A public group moved the house a half mile away in 2004.
And it is very near the pumpkin tower.
There is tall grass around the house, and a crop of corn was harvested and the stalks cut. The approach to photograph this was easy.
Not photographed is a cell phone tower.
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