Cahoon, Samuel C., House

is three bays wide and features a doorway at its eastern edge, with two windows on the other side of cast iron. Above the capitals, pairs of very elaborate wooden brackets accent the corners of To the east of the central portion is a side wing that has a larger porch. This porch is sup- The floor of this porch is constructed of massive slabs of sandstone. Above this porch, a se- development, but the house still retains a spacious lot. CONDITION UNEXPOSED MOVED DATE EXCELLENT tablature. UNALTERED ported by smaller columns with cast iron Corinthian capitals. One column is missing, however. XFAIR door below. The entrance is inframed by a small, elaborate porch. This porch is supported by roof line of the main house.

A wing to the rear is finished off more simply than the main portion, major parlors to one another. Surprisingly, the house has no main stairway to the second floor, Latin cross as a prominent part of their design. An interesting and unusual,feature of this house is cross shaped in plan with a lower two story wing extending to the rear. The front of this building The Samuel C. Cahoon House is a two story brick building designed in the Italianate style. It the porch roof. The window openings have stone sills and round arched openings.The sash are is a broad, overhanging cornice that is supported by pairs of massive, very elaborate brackets. lot along a major highway.

Its environment is being threatened, to some extent, by commercial The brickwork in between these brackets has been painted white to give the appearance of a en- two round wooden columns which have highly detailed Corinthian capitals. The capital are made ways in various parts of the house.

This house is significant primarily because of its architecture. It is unusual that an Italianate building would have been constructed so early in this area, but extensive research into probate records by local historian Dorothy Painter had pinpointed the construction to somewhere within a ten year period after 1844.The huge, elaborate brackets are the most striking features of this mental and quite unusual. On the whole this house is an unusually good example of the Italianate landmark by the people in the community. Owned by the R.W. Beckett Corporation, which has its factory and officesi nearby, this house had been allowed to deteriorate with the idea that it would eventually be demolished.

Now, the Beckett Corporation has entered into an agreement with the Lorain County Historical Society and a crafts shop, whereby the heuse will be operated has begun. built around 1845. His son, James B. Cahoon, later owned this farm and operated a mill and 1500-1599 ART 1700-1799 1600-1699 1400-1499 ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT CONSERVATION LITERATURE THEATER PERIOD SCULPTURE style. SIGNIFICANCE MILITARY LAW POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SCIENCE XARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY house; they give the house a unique and very impressive appearance.

The rounded window open- ings are also quite distinctive.Inside, the plasterwork on the front parlor ceiling is very orna- The Cahoon House is perhaps North Ridgeville's finest historic house and is recognized as a _COMMERCE _ENGINEERING _PREHISTORIC _EDUCATION he bought a farm in Ridgeville Township.He lived in a log cabin for years and had this house ment proves successful. Restoration of this house under the guidance of the historical society as a combination museum and craft shop, with the Society overseeing the restoratioh work and -TRANSPORTATION factory across the street from the house.