Nicholas Eckis House

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Nicholas Eckis House
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LocationHigh Street, East Fairfield, Ohio
Coordinates 40°49′21″N80°38′9″W / 40.82250°N 80.63583°W / 40.82250; -80.63583 Coordinates: 40°49′21″N80°38′9″W / 40.82250°N 80.63583°W / 40.82250; -80.63583
Arealess than one acre
Built1833
NRHP reference No. 80002962 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 158.
  3. Eckis, Nicholas, House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-04.