March, George, House

two doors, leading into separate rooms, joined by a paneled surround and narrow overharing cornice molding forming a long lintel. To either side of the doorway are 6/6 light windows with plain linteled sills & wood shutters. the porch, one from the main house and one at right angles to it in The remaining portion of the addition has a single window, centrally front of the house, and of four small bedrooms on the rear. These original hardware, molding and floors are intact. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED EXCELLENT RUINS FAIR CHECK ONE placed on the north side.The wide cornice and corner pilasters the corner of the addition.Windows are 6/6 with plain surrounds.

behind a proch which features square pillars.Two doorways open onto A one-story wing extends to the east.A three-bay section is recessed of a central chimney and fireplaces for the main front rooms. the east gable end has been added for an upstairs bathroom. Interior alterations were made prior to 1940.Most of the addition both have centrally placed chimneys.A small window on The 1-1/2 story frame house is gable roofed.The ridgelinwruns latter have been removed to allow a living room to extend the entire of the main section are also employed in the addition.which dates -UNALTERED boards with returns at the gable ends.The facade hasa X-GOOD depth of the house. The cellar retains a chimney base, evidence parallel to the street.There are wide corner pilasters and cornice AREAS OF

The house was the main farmhouse on the property of George March, in the development of the region, actively recruiting settlers from The town of Chagrin Falls was founded in 1833 by Noah Graves, a native By the end of the summer of 1833 a dam across the river had including George March, arrived. 1500-1599 1400-1499 INVENTION ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LAW AGRICULTURE PERIOD INDUSTRY RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION ARCHITECTURE THEATER SCIENCE MILITARY COMMERCE MUSIC -1600-1699 Chagrin Falls area.He was a well-to-do farmer who was instrumental locally believed to be the oldest remaining building in the village.

to Chagrin Falls from Massachusetts in 1833 and began farming the land been built and a saw mill was in operation.Several new settlers, _PREHISTORIC the commercial center of the town, was purchased by Graves from The house lot is the only vestige of a farm which orignally totalled one Capt.Edward Paine of Chardon.The 210 acres were purchased for important locally as a reminder of the towns early settlement. _CONSERVATION LITERATURE _ECONOMICS -1700-1799 hundred forty acres.March was one of the earliestsettlers of the -SCULPTURE -1900- important early settler and promoter of Chagrin Falls and as such is SPECIFIC DATES 1837, 1840 of Sunderland, Massachusetts.

The land, encompassing what is now EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT the region near his home in Worcester, Massachusetts.March migrated where the house stands.The house itself was built in 1837.It is