Marcus Curtiss Inn | |
Roadside view of the property | |
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| Location | 3860 Sunbury Road |
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| Nearest city | Galena, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40°11′30″N82°52′26″W / 40.19167°N 82.87389°W Coordinates: 40°11′30″N82°52′26″W / 40.19167°N 82.87389°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1822 |
| Architect | Marcus Curtiss |
| NRHP reference # | 76001415 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
The Marcus Curtiss Inn is a historic house and post office located near Galena in Genoa Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States. A native of Connecticut, [2] Curtiss moved to present-day Genoa Township in 1808, becoming the first settler in the area, along with his family, his brother's family, and a third family who also moved from Connecticut. Here, he established himself on 681 acres (276 ha) of land and began to farm; part of his land was very clayey, and Curtiss decided to start a brickworks on the site. Although he left home to serve in the War of 1812, he returned to modern Delaware County after the war and resumed construction on the present house. [2]
A post office is a public department that provides a customer service to the public and handles their mail needs. Post offices offer mail-related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels; provision of post office boxes; and sale of postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. In addition, many post offices offer additional services: providing and accepting government forms, processing government services and fees, and banking services. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.
Galena is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 653 at the 2010 census.
Genoa Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. Genoa Township boasts scenic open spaces including two recreational reservoirs, excellent service including its own police and fire departments, high quality schools, and proximity to job and entertainment centers.
Curtiss was a pioneering member of local society in multiple ways due to his new building: besides being the first brick house in the area, it was the township's first post office and one of the first inns. He designed the structure with a simple floor plan: measuring two-and-a-half stories tall, the building is laid out as a rectangle with a simple arrangement of rooms. The present building was completed in 1822. [2] Today, the building is covered with a metal roof. [3]
Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging and usually food and drink. They are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommodation for horses.
In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure.
A storey or story is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people. The plurals are "storeys" and "stories", respectively.
To the present day, the Marcus Curtiss Inn remains in use as a private residence. In late 1976, the inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, [1] both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its place in local history. [3]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
