The oldest living graduate of Ohio State’s medical college may soon offer students a chance to live in houses built at the turn of the century.

Dr. Charles Pavey, 97, is in the process of turning over the management of his rentals, called Eventide Inc., to Coldwell-Banker Real Estate.

Pavey established this family-owned business 66 years ago while he was in his early 30s and now owns 140 units, Pavey said.

The properties are located on North High Street and are mostly just north of Lane Avenue.

Pavey is turning management over to Coldwell-Banker with the hopes of turning around the business and becoming more known.

Mary Kirk from the maintenance staff of Coldwell-Banker said the organization’s plan is to bring better appeal to the properties by starting with the exterior and interior of the buildings.

“We repaired them with paint, carpet, preserved wood floors and fixed the original fixtures,” Kirk said.

Kirk explained Coldwell-Banker tries to keep everything looking like it did originally.

“We want people to feel like they just stepped into the early 1900s. A lot of people have said that while walking through our homes,” Kirk said.

Each house has a distinctive look that has some charm and is a great place for students to live, Kirk said.

“We are concerned with each house’s appeal,” she said.

Pavey, a well-known and highly respected resident and obstetrician in the Columbus area, has lived in his property on High Street since the day he was born.

“He was a legend in his time,” said Susan Martin, Pavey’s granddaughter-in-law. “As a graduate of the Ohio State University Medical School in 1928, not only was he the youngest to graduate at age 22, but he is also the oldest graduate still living today,”

To Pavey’s knowledge, he still has the record for delivering more than 25,000 babies.

“I would deliver around seven or eight babies a week,” Pavey said.

Pavey retired from the medical profession in 1988 after practicing for 57 years.

After saving enough money with his practice as an obstetrician, Pavey started his real estate business with the hopes to preserve the community he was born and raised in, Martin said.

“I was influenced to start acquiring real estate by my father in the early 1900s,” Pavey said. “My father said it was a good place to invest and earn money and I agreed with him.”

Even at the age of 97, Pavey is still concerned with the welfare of his tenants, Martin said.

After Eventide Inc. attended the OSU Student Housing Fair last weekend, the units are in very high demand, Martin said.

“In fact, the prospective tenants were swarming the on-site management office this past weekend hoping to put a security deposit down on their first-choice unit before somebody else did,” Martin said. “It was wild and crazy; students had first choices and second choices in case their first was already taken by the time they returned from their tours.”

The rentals for Pavey’s buildings range from $350 to $1,750, depending on number of bedrooms and the square footage.