10/9/97
ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio University Visitors Center will sponsor a weeklong open house for the campus and community the week of Oct. 13 in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The Visitors Center is located at the corner of Richland Avenue and Shafer Street.
More than 70,000 people have visited the historic Bingham House, which offers campus maps and directions, brochures and flyers, and calendars of university and community events.
The open house will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Friday (Oct. 17) and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 18. The week will include refreshments, special historic displays and local residents in period dress. The drawing for a door prize an original pen and ink drawing of the Visitors Center by local artist Tiff Cook takes place on Oct. 18.
For more information, call 593-2097.