Nicholas Eckis House
Nicholas Eckis House | |
Front of the house | |
40°49′21″N 80°38′9″W / 40.82250°N 80.63583°W / 40.82250; -80.63583 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1833 |
NRHP reference No. | 80002962[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 3, 1980 |
The Nicholas Eckis House is a historic house in East Fairfield, Ohio, United States. Located along the community's High Street,[1] it is one of the oldest houses in East Fairfield.[2]
Founded in 1803, East Fairfield is the oldest community in Fairfield Township. Most of the earliest buildings have been destroyed long ago; no more than four remain to the present time, and three of them have been heavily modified. Only the Nicholas Eckis House,[2] built in 1833,[1] remains with few changes. Its symmetrical floor plan is characteristic of early Ohio architecture, with features such as chimneys on each end, a curved water table, and detailed cornices. Also typical of the period is its simple facade,[2] built of brick and covered with an asphalt roof.[3]
Little is known about Nicholas Eckis himself; he is believed to have been a leading member of the mercantile community in northern Columbiana County during the 1820s and 1830s, but few other details of his life have survived, except for his house.[2] As the oldest house in East Fairfield never to have been significantly modified, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 158.
- ^ Eckis, Nicholas, House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-04.
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