This description is based on information
compiled by the Avon Historical Society.
Built by Ebenezer Wilson just prior to the Civil War, this gray box-on-box structure is privately owned and proudly restored. Wilson was a 34 year-old immigrant from Northhampshire, England. A practical man, he came with a deed to 180 acres from the Connecticut Land Grant Company, and promptly put up a log cabin.
Almost immediately he began work on a permanent home, directly across the dirt road from the cabin. Amherst sand-stone blocks were hauled in. Material and labor costs were $600. The 5-foot-thick foundation tapers to to three foot walls. Plaster was mixed with horsehair and; as one owner said, is "hard as iron." This is truly one of the most unique homes in Avon.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF AVON, OHIO, TO 1974
Century Homes of Avon, Ohio
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