Note
Status: Record Updated
Street Address: 7892 Garfield Rd.
City: Mentor
Original Owner: Abel Russell, Sr
LCHS ID #: 21
Year Built: 1844
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Applicant Name: Delilah Brichford
Description and Notes: "The Homestead".
Maple sugar and strawberry farm.
The house was constructed by Abel Russel Sr. and passed down through the family from it's construction in about 1844 to the 1960s. The house was willed to the Birchfords and ran as a farm for many years.
The two and a half story, symmetrical seven bay side gabled Greek Revival style house is divided into three sections. The main section consist of the two and half stories with three bays.The bays are divided by Corinthian columns supporting a pediment with a decorative cornice which has two half moon windows. The front door is off center with sidelites and a transom. the windows are all six over six. The other two portions of the house are two single story wings on each side of the central portion.