Old Rudy Elevator Property

Old Rudy Elevator Property

The Property is owned by the Village of Covington, which acquired the property in July 2021. The identified past use of the Property dates back to 1899 when it was first used for commercial purposes. There are two structures on the Property: a 5,452 square-foot warehouse building and a 7,476 square-foot former grain elevator building. The warehouse building was originally constructed prior to 1899. The grain elevator was originally constructed in 1905. The remainder of the Property consists of paved parking in the southern portion and grassy/gravel areas in the north and western areas.

The Phase I ESA identified Sanborn maps from 1899 through 1946. The maps depict the Wolf and Jones Tobacco Warehouse on the Property in 1899 and three sets of railroad tracks on its eastern side. In 1905, the Louis Peters & Co. Tobacco Warehouse is depicted, along with the S.J. Rudy Grain Elevator. Four sets of railroad tracks are present between the two buildings. A third building is present in 1910, at the northeast corner of the Property and is labeled as a dwelling. In 1946, the National Leaf Tobacco Company warehouse and S.J. Rudy & Sons Grain Elevator are present, and the dwelling was then labeled a farm supply warehouse.

Demolition 

The Village applied for and received $275,000 in Brownfield Remediation Program funding under HB110 through the Ohio EPA as one of only two projects in Miami County to receive funding. The grant funded the demolition of the two primary structures and defrayed some of the costs associated with getting the property ready for future development related to Schoolhouse Park.

The demolition was bid out in October, 2022 to Tall View Palladium and the project incurred five change orders making the total cost for the project at $420,338.44.  Demolition of the structures was completed in February, 2023.

Reconstruction