By 1808Delaware
A familiar Worthington street name may soon hang in a garage, office, or family room instead of above an intersection. The city has announced that it will bring back its street-sign sale one final time. Retired signs will be sold on three Mondays, October 12, 19, and 26, from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM.
Purchases must be made in person at Worthington’s Service and Engineering building, 380 Highland Avenue. Read the city’s sale announcement. Worthington, OH
Several Generations Of Signs
The available inventory reaches across different eras and parts of Worthington.
The city’s online inventory separates the signs into old, private, new, small historic, and large historic designs.Names in the old-design group include Abbot Place, Andover Street, Eastfield Road, Huntley Road, Pingree Drive, Stanton Avenue, and Westview Drive. Private-street designs include Cawley Lane, Glen Drive, Laurel Lane, and Warner Lane.
The historic inventory is concentrated around names long associated with central Worthington. The list includes Granville Road, New England Avenue, North Street, South Street, Stafford Avenue, Evening Street, Morning Street, Hartford Street, Oxford Street, and High Street.
Quantities vary sharply. The city lists 11 large historic High Street signs, six small historic Oxford Street signs, and five each for the small historic Morning and Evening Street designs. Many other names have only one or two signs available. Worthington, OH – Official Website
The Wear Comes With The Story
These are not reproduction decorations. The city cautions that the signs are faded, weathered, and sold as is. Size and style may vary even within the listed categories. Large historic signs include their attached brackets. Worthington warns that those brackets may not come off, so buyers should review the dimensions listed online before deciding whether a particular sign will fit its intended space. Each sign costs $21, including a $1 processing fee. The city will accept credit or debit cards only, with no cash or checks.
First Come Means No Holds
The sale is first come, first served, and the city will not hold signs. Only a limited number are available. That makes the inventory page useful, but not a reservation list. A street shown online could sell before a later customer arrives, particularly when the city has only one example.
For some buyers, the appeal may be a current address. For others, it could be the street where they grew up, opened a business, attended school, or visited family.
The signs’ condition is part of that connection. Their faded surfaces and worn edges are evidence that they spent years doing an ordinary public job. Worthington’s final sale gives them a second life, one street name at a time.
Source, Photo: City of Worthington
