We have just come back from our annual trip to the North country (Ohio). My ancestors and family all came from the area around Lake Erie.
On the way home, just outside of Savannah, Ohio we spotted a large old victorian house on a hillside about a mile away. We took a side road to investigate and this is what we found.
A sign on the barn said "Castle Hill Farms". When we returned home I did some research and found out that this house was built in 1878 by a farmer named Charles Crittenden on 660 acres.
This house was built when architecture was still taken seriously as a form of art and beauty.The man who built this house knew that it would be used by multiple generations of his family, and it still stands over 130 years later.
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Inside the home there is a 3-story spiral staircase made of walnut that goes from the ground floor to the top of the tower. You can read more about Castle Hill Farm here.
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As we were getting back on the main road, Kim spotted this Amish gentleman putting out his hand-made baskets. We stopped and talked with him for a while and of course, came away with a couple of very nice baskets (and an apple pie).
4 comments:
Wow - what a great house! It's so good that you all make the effort to enjoy past history and "present history" by making good memories.
Glad you got to enjoy your family.
The Dischers
What a pretty old house. I love Victorian architecture and grew up in the Buckeye state too. Thanks for sharing this.
Victoria
What a beautiful house!
Notice the "Yes on Issue 2" sign in the yard. Unfortunately, Issue 2, which provides for severe limitations of Ohioans freedom as far as farming goes, passed yesterday. Even more discouraging, Issue 3 passed, allowing casinos to be built in Columbus, Toledo, Cincinnati, & Cleveland.
Please pray!
~Johann Van De Leeuw
(Sorry I am commenting anonymously, my blogger profile isn't working.)
What a beautiful piece of architecture! At first I thought that was a "for sale" sign in the yard. I, too, am saddened by the continued march toward restricting our freedoms to grow and share healthful, natural foods in America.
Thanks, Powers family, for a look at beauty from the past. And how nice that you were able to take home some wonderful handwork!
Mrs. Frodge
in Florida
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