Eileen Starr, the executive director of the Riverview at Hobson Grove museum, has stepped down.

Starr, whose last official day was Friday, said she left her position for medical reasons but expects to return to Riverview regularly as a volunteer.

“I love Riverview and I love … that people in Bowling Green, for 45 years, have been donating objects to the museum and donating their time and their money so people can visit,” she said.

Starr became Riverview’s interim director November 2014 and executive director April 2015, she said.

Starr said she enjoyed her time as executive director. “I think it’s been fun. It has been great getting to know all the volunteers,” she said.

The end of Starr’s time as executive director comes shortly after the Bowling Green City Commission set aside $100,000 for Hobson House repairs.

The Daily News reported Friday that the repairs are expected to cost $150,000 to $200,000 and that the Hobson Commission and nonprofit Friends of Riverview have committed to contribute $50,000.

Starr said the structural issues that need to be fixed stem from the settling of the house, causing the windowsills to “point in.”

Normally, exterior windowsills are angled so rainwater flows away from the house, she said. Over time, she said, the Hobson House’s windowsills have come to be angled so water seeps into and slowly erodes the building’s masonry.

“The house has settled,” she said. “It’s over 140 years old.”

Brooke Westcott-Peterson, a docent with Riverview, is taking over as interim director.

“She’ll be very, very missed,” Westcott-Peterson said. “She’s such a knowledgeable and generous person.”

During her time as Riverview’s director, Starr notably took charge of a push to organize the site’s store of paper records, Westcott-Peterson said.

“She really has emphasized the historical documents, cataloging them and documenting them,” said Riverview Deputy Director Kate Regan.

While the need to organize Riverview’s inventory of papers had long been identified, the project was repeatedly put on the back burner before Starr became director.

“It had always been on the list, but she really spearheaded that movement,” she said.

Westcott-Peterson said that, as interim director, she wants to work toward cultivating an interest in Riverview among younger people.

“It’s a beautiful place and I want to make sure everyone knows about it,” she said.

This story has been updated since its initial publication to correct the spelling of Brooke Westcott-Peterson’s name and to correct descriptions of Riverview’s work to organize its paper records.