Garfield, Halsey, House

years, but ittisninhbasic harmony with the rest of the house and is not a major Alterations have taken place in the kitchen and the bathrooms, and central heating to the west, but with open fields to the east. Since that time the parcel has CONDITION DETERIORATED EXCELLENT RUINS FAIR UNALTERED The lateral wing is three bays wide and features window openings which are which is finished off in clapboard siding similar to the original. has been inserted in the building. shade trees on the periphey obscure the newer houses.

a farmhouse with the Greek Revival house known as the Douglas Smith House nearby a smaller one story wing adjoins the central section and is recessed further back framed by pilasters and an entablature, Greek-inspired designs are executed in feature is the main entrance, which is beautifully detailed. The doorway is in- The Halsey Garfield House is a two story wood frame building that is Greek Wood and applied to the pilasters. The entablature features a peaked architrave, CHECK ONE XGOOD - UNEXPOSED Revival in style.. Its shape is in the form of a cross, with a two story central central position are all original double-hung, six-over-six sash. These window later then the rest of the house. The central section is highly oramented with identical to those in the central position.

Originally, another doorway existem and has one outbuilding, a garage, on the property. Originally this building was openings are ornamented by architrave moldings and carved corner blocks. cealed by clapboard siding.T which forshadowss the arched window openings which became popular in the Italianate narrow rectangular side and top windows from the actual door opening.

Richard N. Campen, in his picture book on architecture of Ohio's Western symbolizes the influence of the Greek Revival style in favor of the is unusually well detailed in the vocabulary of the Greek Revival, although there This building is in,good state of preservation and enjoys a setting along a of the old community of Sheffield, across from the Village Hall and the Garfield with the Milton Garfield House, which is located about five hundred feet to the House, the Halsey Garfield House, the Village Hall and the Cemetery, will beimajor 1816 from Tyring, Massachusetts. Milton Garfield built a large, impressive Greek adjacent to his fathers, probably sometime after 1950.

Douglas Smith, a local 1600-1699 1400-1499 1700-1799 X1800-1899 EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS LAW COMMERCE ART RELIGION BUILDER/ARCHITECT 1900- ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE PREHISTORIC PERIOD CONSERVATION XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE SIGNIFICANCE INVENTION AGRICULTURE MILITARY INDUSTRY LITERATURE circa 1850 THEATER burban development. _TRANSPORTATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT While the cluster of buildings around the village hall and cemetery remains visible as a district settlement, there are too many newer structures for this pointed arch treatment over the main entrance.

He notes that the raked pr sloping capitals that occur on the corner pilasters Cemetery, give the Halsey Garfield House special historical signifiance.Along Reserve, features this house prominently in his discussion of Lorain County. are most unusual.This treatment where the pilasters meet the entablature master builder, has been credited with this house. of the four key landmarks in the old town of Sheffield:the Milton Garfield Halsey Garfield was the son of Milton Garfield, who came to Sheffield in east, this house is the key pre Civil War building in the old town of Sheffield. _PHILOSOPHY Italianate, which did not utilize partial returns at the gable ends.This building _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _ENGINEERING _ECONOMICS -MUSIC Revival House in 1839, which still stands.