Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
This residence is, so far as I'm aware, Ohio's
only extant building with explicitly English antecedents (Muskingum County's
Smith House, erected in 1833, is one possible exception); the stone trim, round-arched doorway, window configuration, and slate roof are elements infrequently seen in northern Ohio.
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| The home before its collapse. Photo by Jon Cutrell, 1996. |
Joseph Maltby (1817
–1879), a native of
Derbyshire, England, immigrated to Williams County after his 1846 marriage, purchasing 120 acres in Springfield Township. Maltby's residence, now ruined, likely dates from the 1860s.
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| The house in 2014; its current condition is a travesty. |
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