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Title
Joseph
Ferris
home
Subject
Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc
May Department Store Company
National Register of Historic Places
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Mariemont (Ohio)
Fairfax (Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
The
Joseph
Ferris
home
was at
one
time
located
at
5801
Wooster
Pike
(US
50)
in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
on a
700
acre
farm
in the
village
of
Mariemont
in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
. The
Federal
and
Greek
Revival
style
house
,
designed
by
Joseph
Ferris
himself
,
now
has the
address
of
5729
Dragon
Way
,
Fairfax
,
Ohio
,
due
to the
expansion
of the
roads
going
through
the
property
. The
home
was
originally
built
either
in
1815
or
1820
of
red
brick
with
white
trim
and a
large
porch
. The
home
was
improved
upon
many
times
.
First
, a
narrow
offset
two
story
addition
,
which
may
have been
later
connected
to the
main
house
, with the
result
being
a
grand
three
story
home
with
Ionic
columns
supporting
a
portico
,
which
today
stands
on.9
acres
of
land
. The
building
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
June
30
,
1975
and
is
now
occupied
by the
Eisele
Gallery
of
Fine
Art
.
Joseph
Ferris
,
son
of
Jedathan
Ferris
, was
born
in
Fairfield
County
,
Connecticut
on
September
20
,
1776
and
died
May
16
,
1831
. He
moved
to the
Cincinnati
area
with his
two
brothers
,
Andrew
and
Eliphalet
Ferris
. They were
one
of
only
a
dozen
or
so
families
in what was then
Spencer
Township
. He
married
Pricilla
Knapp
, with
whom
he had
eight
children
;
Phoebe
,
Andrew
,
Charles
,
Joseph
,
Sally
(Sarah)
,
Mary
,
James
and
Ruth
.
Joseph
built
a
frame
house
school
on his
farm
, the
first
in the
area
, and
hired
teachers
,
whom
he
paid
himself
, to
educate
not
only
his
children
, but any
others
who
wanted
to
attend
. He was a
prominent
member
of the
community
, a
Whig
and a
member
of the
Masonic
Lodge
of
Cincinnati
. His
children
Joseph
(died
December
22
,
1891)
,
Andrew
(died
May
8
,
1890)
,
Charles
(died
September
2
,
1883)
, and
Phoebe
(died
December
18
,
1896)
never
married
and
remained
living
together
in the
family
home
until
their
deaths
. The
Peabody
Museum
of
Archaeology
and
Ethnology
of
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
explored
the
area
in
1880
and
found
many
important
Indian
relics
including
earthwork
remains
of
three
forts
,
about
1400
skeletons
,
weapons
such
as
jasper
spearheads
,
bone
and
stone
implements
and
cooking
vessels
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Image Width
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File Size
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Format
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Date created
2010-03-17
Date modified
2010-06-25
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