File, Heritage Home

Name/Title

File, Heritage Home

Entry/Object ID

2011.900.090

Collection

Heritage Home

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Heritage Home

Publication Details

Date Published

1825 - 1860

General Notes

Note

Status: Record Updated Street Address: 9364 Forsythe Lane City: Mentor Original Owner: Joseph Sawyer LCHS ID #: 90 Architectural Style: Greek Revival Architect: Jonathan Goldsmith Description and Notes: The house was originally at the corner of Mentor Avenue and Chillicothe Road. It was moved to it's present location on Forsythe Road approximately 1968. The house is a gable and wing, in the Greek Revival style. The front facing gable portion of the house has three bays with the left most one being the main entrance to the house and is two and a half stories tall. This entrance way has thin sidelites and a transom. There are two windows which make up the other bays. The second story windows are placed above the bays on the first floor. All the windows are 6/6. There is a small window in the pediment which is the half story. Doric pilasters appear to support the pediment. The side gable part of the house is three bays wide with the roof extending over a porch supported by square columns. The central bay is a door with the left bay being a 6/6 window and the right being a large picture window. The roof has two hipped dormers with windows.