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Retired Pilot Buys Armstrong Home for Tours
Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to buy Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for historical tours.
In brief
Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to buy Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for historical tours. Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to the Auglaize County Historical Society to purchase Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for public tours by 2030. Originally reported by Seattletimes.
Retired pilot helps buy home
Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to the Auglaize County Historical Society to purchase Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for public tours by 2030.
Armstrong’s boyhood home
The home at 601 W. Benton St. in Wapakoneta played a big role in Neil Armstrong’s early life, where he built model planes and earned his pilot’s license at age 16.
Home for sale since 1984
The house went up for sale in August for the first time in nearly 40 years after Karen Mikesell, a retired history teacher, bought it in 1988.
Aldrin visited home
Buzz Aldrin stepped inside the bedroom upstairs a few years after Neil Armstrong died in 2012, and tears streamed down his cheeks.
Schreiber’s donation
Schreiber spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a pilot with American Airlines after donating $400,000 to the historical society.
Tours by 2030
The historical society plans to restore the home to its 1940s appearance and open it for public tours by 2030 to mark Neil Armstrong’s 100th birthday.
The bottom line
Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to the Auglaize County Historical Society to purchase Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for public tours by 2030.
