{"id":47588,"date":"2026-08-07T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47588"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:38:36","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-for-sale-a-7-story-basket-the-longaberger-basket-companys-headquarters-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47588","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: For Sale, A 7-Story Basket &#8211; The Longaberger basket Company\u2019s headquarters in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b2\/Newark-ohio-longaberger-headquarters-front.jpg\/960px-Newark-ohio-longaberger-headquarters-front.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=index&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b2\/Newark-ohio-longaberger-headquarters-front.jpg\/960px-Newark-ohio-longaberger-headquarters-front.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=index&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-db95763bbde07982173e6f4967307cb3 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Newark-ohio-longaberger-headquarters-front.jpg\">Derek Jensen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A \u2018kitschy building\u2019, designed as the Longaberger basket company\u2019s headquarters, has been a roadside attraction in Ohio for almost 30 years, reports <em>The New York Times.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The New York Times<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 40 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, just off State Route 16 in Newark, is one of the state\u2019s most recognizable local landmarks: the Basket Building. Built in 1997\u2026 commissioned by David Longaberger to look like one of the company\u2019s signature baskets\u2026 exactly like one&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building has attracted roadside curiosity since it opened\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026I said, \u2018That\u2019s not going to happen. It\u2019s got to stay a basket or I won\u2019t sell it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/18\/realestate\/ohio-basket-building-for-sale.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Derek Jensen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A \u2018kitschy building\u2019, designed as the Longaberger basket company\u2019s headquarters, has been a roadside attraction in Ohio for almost 30 years, reports The New York Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48,106],"class_list":["post-47588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-architecture","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47589,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions\/47589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}