Miscellaneous Styles

For those houses that do not fit into the previous architectural styles

Clarence Darrow House, Kinsman

Built around 1854, this house served as the home for lawyer Clarence Darrow from 1864 to 1873. In 2016, the home was purchased by Gary Moss and his wife, who hope to turn the residence into a bed and breakfast. The Darrow house is one of twenty-five octagon houses in Ohio.

Dan O'Brien, "Developers Reconstruct and Update Historic Kinsman," Business Journal, July 30, 2019.

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This house is built by 1x6 beams which have been spaced and plastered on the inside and outside to create a tight house. The house contains two large rectangular rooms, two smaller square rooms, and two triangle rooms.

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With the cabinets on the side of the fireplace, it is believed that this room was the kitchen.

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One of the triangle rooms in the house.

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One of the rooms on the second floor.

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The circular and straight saw marks on the beams in the pictures indicate that the beams were placed in the house at different times. The beams with the circular saw marks came much earlier, and are holding up the beams that were put in later.

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Behind the shelf is an old pump that is being used as a post.

Mesopotamia, Ohio

This house contains an inset porch with an entrance in the middle. Houses like this typically contained entrances into each of the side wings.

These houses show up in Greek Revival and Gothic style periods.

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Moss Ancestral Home, Mineral Ridge

Built around 1830 by William Dunlap, Jr., the house is what is known as a bank-house - it was constructed into a hillside. It was bought by Samuel Burnett, Jr. in 1832. Ownership then passed to the Rice, French, and Cook Coal Company in 1858. Jacob Moss and his family arrived in Mineral Ridge in 1859, purchasing two houses, this house from the coal company. From 1900 to 1975, the house was owned by the Stouffer family, then purchased by the Chips family. In 1990, the house was bought by Mary Lou Godleski, whose great-great grandfather was Jacob Moss. She remains the owner.

"Moss Ancestral Home Families," Moss Ancestral Home.

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The blank space on the bottom left corner indicates that there is a staircase tucked into this corner. The three plates are from the steel beams that have been placed in the house to strengthen its structure.

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The bank house style is more prevalent in Eastern Pennsylvania.

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The shed roof section is located at the back of the house and is divided into three sections: center inset porch, a pantry and a smaller room. The pantry is on an outside corner and is cold for storage.

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This room would have originally been plastered. The pantry in the back was rebuilt, and the ceilings had been lowered as a heating system was added to the house.

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Pictures of the upstairs bedrooms. The sidewalls in the bedrooms are low.

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