PRE 1900 HOMES

• Among the older residences are the E. N. Sill home that was on Front Street, The Newberry home on East Broad Street. Both of these homes were constructed of a high quality, reddish brown sandstone which was quarried on the bank of the Cuyahoga River, just where the High Bridge Glens was formally located.

• Elkhannah Richardson moved to Cuyahoga Falls from Stow in 1822 and built the "Big Red House" just north of the Big Spring on the east side of Front Street north of Wadsworth Street. 

 

• The beautiful brown stone mansion built by the Newberry family at the east end of Broad Street afterwards known as the Cook home was converted for a few years into a "Keely Cure Sanitarium,: and in 1894, it was converted into a sanitarium known as "Fair Oaks Villa." Many years later this property was purchased by the State of Ohio. The building was then removed, and the Fallsview Psychiatric Hospital was built in its place.

This cabin was built to house the Riches on Front Street below the Hathaway Home

Farm on Sackett

Babb House

Babb Barn

Names and addresses taken from the notes of Ellen K. Crawford

Mrs. Myra Stanley         95 Big Falls Avenue

Mrs. A. L. Parker           Stow Corners

Mrs. Clarence Wilcox    Corner 2nd and Sackett (My Great Grandmother)

Mrs. C. K. McKahan       5th Street 

Mrs. Effie Ward              South 2nd Street

Mrs. Lovina Heinlen       81 Coal Street

Mrs. Jennie Smith            May Avenue

Mrs. Hagerdon

Mrs. Carol Cox

Miss Maude Hart            77 East Bailey Road

Miss Ellen Greegor        North Front Street

Miss May Price               South 2nd Street

Miss Emily Dildine         Front Street

Miss Gwen Phillips         Tallmadge Avenue

Miss Jessie Jones             55 South 4th Street

Miss Elsie Todd               Broad Street School

Miss Way                        Marathon Rubber Company

Heslop Homes

Post 1900 Homes

What They Look Like Today

Buildings

• The L. W. Loomis Block, on the corner of Portage and Front streets is among the oldest brick buildings and the three story Apollo Block on the opposite corner was constructed by Israel James. 

•  

• Most of the buildings were destroyed due to new construction throughout the years. One of the old buildings was originally built as an insurance company headquarters and afterward turned into a store on the ground floor and the upper floor was used for residence purposes. It was known as the Jones Block or the Alhambra Building.

•  

• Another old building is situated on what was the Tifft & Vogan property, on the east side of Front Street- a large old frame building which was formerly known as Mechanics' Exchange Building. It is said that the Mechanics here, years ago, had an organization which held meetings in the upper part of this building.

•  

• 1883 Town Hall, a fine two story town hall, 45x80 feet with a basement was erected on the northwest corner of Front and Broad streets at a cost of about $10,000. On the first story was the Council Chamber, School Board, two-roomed library, and a Band room. On the upper floor was one room used for caucuses and a gymnasium. The basement was a fire department, marshal's office and a lock-up.

•  

• Still standing in the 1900's was the Old Tavern and Hotel. it was located at, like everything else, the corner of Portage and Front streets. The building had its share of fires and remodeling.