Wilbur Cahoon House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Wilbur Cahoon House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Wilbur Cahoon House is one of the oldest homes in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.Guide to North Ridge Scenic Byway, Lorain County, Ohio; Charles E. Herdendorf; Sheffield Village Historical Society and Avon Historical Society, July 2010 The house is long with 12 rooms, situated overlooking French Creek. Wilbur Cahoon arrived in Avon in 1814 from Herkimer County, New York with his wife, Priscilla and family; he was Avon's first settler and an early industrialist.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 870. Cahoon purchased through a trade of in New York. His new land was covered by a forest, and he and his family constructed a log cabin as a temporary shelter. In the following year, he began to build a sawmill nearby along French Creek, and in 1818 established a gristmill. The log cabin was no longer the Cahoon family home after 1826, when the present house was erected. Later in life, Cahoon entered into local public service: he served as Justice of the Peace for Avon, Sheffield and Dover Townships, as well as holding offices such as overseer of the poor, elections judge, and constable. Read more on Wikipedia
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