# 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.
- Title: Retired Pilot Buys Armstrong Home for Tours · Seattletimes
- Summary: Retired pilot Ken Schreiber donated $400,000 to buy Neil Armstrong’s Ohio boyhood home for historical tours.
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- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/retired-pilot-helps-historical-society-buy-neil-armstrongs-boyhood-home-for-tours
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.