Glass House

Glass House, as it came to be known over time, was a memorable and dare I say even legendary residence located at the corner of Mulford Avenue and McClain Road. Well, the house is still there, of course — it’s just that the people and circumstances which made it so remarkable, lending it that nickname which would even wind up making its way into places like Columbus Alive!, have long since gone away.

Among the unique features, at least during this time, were that it was a large house chopped into two separate units, and yet both shared the same basement. One had a Mulford address (1177) and the other McClain (977). Also, which is probably the ideal setup — considering the whole shared basement business — all the people living in both halves during this period in question knew one another prior to moving in here. You wouldn’t exactly want to roll the dice with some random dude having access to your half of this funky duplex, only for him to wind up as the next Dahmer or whatever.

But anyway. My first visit to this residence occurred during the New Year’s Eve transitioning from 2001 to 2002. I can’t quite recall the exact mix of roommates at this time, because for example Norman Flores hadn’t entered the picture over here yet, but the most “famous” lineup I would say eventually consisted of Chris Hostetler, Keith Spain, and Norman on the Mulford side, with Kevin Spain and assorted roomies or even…