Mary Hess House

Date

large barn burned-1939, brick tower- 1959, barn burned- 1959, tenant house- ca. 1939-1955, remaining buildings- 1966.;1925

Description

Shown here is Herrick Archives Number H 954, Mary Hess House. It was located at 2442 Olentangy River Road on The Ohio State University campus. Alternative names noted: Mary Hess or Mamie Hess Property, Resdience No. 3. Outbuildings: a. Brick tower, which once had a windmill on top. b. Not identified. c. Frame barn with cupola (see Photograph X 1339). Housed sheep. d. Frame barn (see X 1339). Corn storage in 1959. e. Not identified. f. Not identified. g. Not identified. h. Not identified. i. Not identified. j. Not positively identified. Believed by Prof. Emeritus Lawrence Kunkle to be the tenant house occupied by Cecil Bayes, Farm Superintendent. Ivan Cotterill concurs. k. Not identified. l. Not identified. m. Not identified. n. Livestock Barn. Keywords: United States, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, OSU, The Ohio State University, Hess, Mary Hess, Mamie Hess, Olentangy River Road, drawings.

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