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10/08/2026

The Gegenworth House has landed! Workers are inspecting and working on the underside of the home before placing it on the new foundation. Street closures along Bowie Street have ended in time for Columbus Elementary School - Columbus ISD pickup.

๐€ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‘๐“๐…๐„๐‹๐“ ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐”!Yesterday was a big day for the Gegenworth Home, and we couldnโ€™t have done it without the incredib...
10/08/2026

๐€ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‘๐“๐…๐„๐‹๐“ ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐”!

Yesterday was a big day for the Gegenworth Home, and we couldnโ€™t have done it without the incredible teamwork of so many!

A special thank you to the ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ, especially ๐‚๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž for helping coordinate the move, along with the ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž and ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐€๐„๐, ๐€๐“&๐“, ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, and of course, JPS Contracting and House Moving for getting this historic home safely to its new location!

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐. ๐–๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ!

We also want to thank ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, especially their students and staff who were attending a field trip to the fire station yesterday. Thank you for being flexible and enjoying the show!

Moving a piece of Columbus history is no small task, and yesterday was a wonderful reminder of what can be accomplished when a community comes together.

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ!โค๏ธ

10/07/2026

The Gegenworth House is on the move! ๐Ÿ‘€

โ€œ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?โ€ You may askโ€ฆThe Nesbitt Memorial Library Foundation was ...
10/06/2026

โ€œ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?โ€ You may askโ€ฆ

The Nesbitt Memorial Library Foundation was given the incredible opportunity by the ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to take ownership of, move, and restore the historic Gegenworth House.

Weโ€™re honored to help preserve this piece of Columbus history and give the Gegenworth House a meaningful new purpose. โค๏ธ

Once restored, the Gegenworth House will provide much-needed space to display pieces from our archives, host meetings, offer programs, and bring our community together.

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐โ€™๐จ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ.

You can purchase your tickets by clicking on the link:

https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/restoration-and-celebration-of-the-gegenworth-house

Come celebrate where the Gegenworth House has beenโ€”and help us be part of where itโ€™s going!

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐„๐†๐„๐๐–๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐’๐„ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐•๐„!This ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก, from approximately ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ, the historic Gegenwor...
10/05/2026

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐„๐†๐„๐๐–๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐’๐„ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐•๐„!

This ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก, from approximately ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ, the historic Gegenworth House will make its move to its new home next to the Nesbitt Memorial Library!

๐–๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ!

Please ๐ƒ๐Ž ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐๐€๐‘๐Š along Bowie Street, beginning at Spring Street and continuing down to the area in front of the elementary school, during the move. This will give the movers plenty of room to safely maneuver the house through town.

Thank you for helping us make room for this exciting piece of Columbus history!

Something ๐’๐–๐„๐„๐“ is coming to our silent auction! Our very own foundation treasurer, ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ, is baking up some in...
10/04/2026

Something ๐’๐–๐„๐„๐“ is coming to our silent auction!

Our very own foundation treasurer, ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ, is baking up some incredible treats for you to bid on:

๐Ÿซ Gluten-Free Chocolate Tart
๐Ÿง One Dozen Fall-Themed Cupcakes
๐Ÿ“ Almond Cake with Strawberry & Mascarpone Cream Filling

Whether youโ€™re sharing with friends or keeping it all for yourself (we wonโ€™t judge ๐Ÿ˜‰), youโ€™ll definitely want to get your bids in on these homemade goodies!

Come bid on October 17th, 6-8pm next the library. You can purchase tickets by clicking on the link: https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/restoration-and-celebration-of-the-gegenworth-house

โœจ ๐€ ๐๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ โœจWe are honored to have a truly special item in the silent auction at our upcoming ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐จ...
10/02/2026

โœจ ๐€ ๐๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ โœจ

We are honored to have a truly special item in the silent auction at our upcoming ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” a mid-century, hand-knotted, triple-strand genuine pearl bracelet featuring a red ruby and a 14-karat gold box clasp, from the estate of beloved ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐€๐ง๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ฎ.

Laura Ann had a deep appreciation for Columbus, its history, and preserving the places and stories that make our community special. It seems especially fitting that a beautiful piece from her estate will now help support the restoration of another piece of Columbus history. โค๏ธ

A beautiful bracelet with a meaningful connection to our community โ€” this is one silent auction item you wonโ€™t want to miss!

To attend the Celebration and Restoration of the Gegenworth House on October 17th, click here for tickets:

https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/restoration-and-celebration-of-the-gegenworth-house

TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE! The annual ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ & ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ is back on November 7th at Odd Fellows R...
10/01/2026

TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE!

The annual ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ & ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ is back on November 7th at Odd Fellows Rest Cemeteryโ€”and this year, ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐๐€๐‚๐Š!

Step back in time as some of Columbusโ€™ past residents come to life and share the stories behind the headstones.

Get your tickets now through our website or stop by the Nesbitt Memorial Library to purchase yours.

Mark your calendar, grab your tickets, and get ready for one of our favorite nights of the year!

Purchase tickets here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/lodf-2026

๐€ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!Weโ€™re excited to have talented musician ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ joining us for t...
09/30/2026

๐€ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

Weโ€™re excited to have talented musician ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ joining us for the Gegenworth House Celebration on ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก!

Enjoy an evening of live music as we celebrate this exciting new chapter for the Gegenworth House and the Nesbitt Memorial Library Foundation.

With only 100 tickets available, you wonโ€™t want to miss this special event! Buy your tickets by clicking on the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/restoration-and-celebration-of-the-gegenworth-house

Great music, local history, and a wonderful cause โ€” we hope to see you there! ๐ŸŽถ

๐€ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ !Join the Nesbitt Memorial Library Foundation as we celebrate the relocation of the his...
09/23/2026

๐€ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ !

Join the Nesbitt Memorial Library Foundation as we celebrate the relocation of the historic ๐†๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž from the Magnolia Oaks Bed & Breakfast complex to its new home next to the Nesbitt Memorial Library & Archives!

This exciting move is just the beginning. The Foundation plans to restore and renovate the Gegenworth House, creating much-needed meeting and exhibit space to complement the Nesbitt Memorial Library & Archives.

Come celebrate this special piece of local history, learn more about whatโ€™s ahead, and discover ways you can help bring the restoration to life.

๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, so donโ€™t miss your chance to be part of this exciting new chapter!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Scan the QR code or click on this link to purchase your tickets:

https://secure.givelively.org/event/nesbitt-memorial-library-foundation-inc/restoration-and-celebration-of-the-gegenworth-house

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