2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE MUSEUM.
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January 19, 2012
Homestead Classes at the Museum
http://www.heritagehomesteadclasses.blogspot.com/
The preservation of the buildings and artifacts of history is important, but…..
December 6, 2011
Saving Local History
A major goal for the museum is to save, protect and restore fast disappearing Northern Ohio history. (more…)
November 25, 2011
Museum Displays at the Richfield Library
October 7, 2011
Photographs of the Museum & Village
Many Photographers frequent the Museum and Village. We welcome everyone to come a spend a day finding the view that speaks to you. (more…)
September 8, 2011
September 2, 2011
“Fryburg” Telegraph Office –at the Museum
September 1, 2011
New at the Museum, –United States Post Office - from Randolph, Ohio
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…It’s been considerable work getting this building back in shape. (more…)
July 25, 2011
June 25, 2011
June 4, 2011
Hotz Blacksmith Shop
Mike Hotz and a friend came to Richfield in 1878. They went to work at Killiffer’s Blacksmith Shop. Some years later Mike built his own shop. …That was later to cause some confusion for various of Richfield’s officialdom. (more…)
April 27, 2011
John Casto Print Shop
Photos by Arlan Heiser
John Casto was the head printer at Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron. (more…)
April 6, 2011
The Highjack House and Farm
Photo by Arlan Heiser (Picture taken with infrared camera.)
The last murder committed in Summit Co. for which the perpetrator was hung, was done in the Highjack House.
Eastwood/Rooy Slaughter House & Icehouse
Before electricity came to Richfield, much of the town’s butchering was done by Mr’s. Eastwood and Rooy. (more…)
Pittenger Sawmill
Photo by Arlan Heiser
I went for a walk in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park one day. I am told that there are over a thousand Indian sites (mounds, camps, villages, ceremonial places and more) within the area now part of the park. I was dowsing for a mound that was supposed to be somewhere in the woods near Wetmore Rd. (more…)
March 28, 2011
Karasek Equipment Building/Lewis Weaving Mill
Visible in the exterior picture is the “Karesec green” building paint used on the trim of all their farm buildings.Vallen Farm Outhouse
I received a call from one of the local golf courses. It was time to move the outhouse that had been standing for years near one of the greens. (more…)
Rev. Searles Farm Barn
The Rev. Searles was the preacherman at the Hinckley Baptist Church quite some years ago. He lived just down the road from the church. Behind his home may have been what is one of the oldest barns in Ohio. (more…)
Knopp Farm Milk House
I remember years ago visiting the Knopp Farm, on Columbia Rd. Richfield Twp., Summit Co. Of the two homes on the farm, there was “Uncle” Frank’s house. Every winter he closed up the rest of the house and lived in the kitchen. It was the only room he could keep warm with his wood stove. (more…)
March 27, 2011
Hamburg Horseshoeing & Jobbing
March 26, 2011
Davis Barn (update)
The Lloyd Davis Barn (Lloyd was Buzzy and Roy Davis’s uncle) is finished and an addition was added in the spring of ‘09.
Richfield Collar Shop
This is an interesting building. Almost nothing is known about its original use, or its original name.
March 24, 2011
Baumgartner Pavilion/Chicken Coop
Some forty years ago, Mr Firestone began acquiring acreage in Bath Twp., Summit Co. He eventually purchased about 2,000 acres for his estate.
Randolph Post Office
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