Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1928, this photograph shows the Ephraim Brown house (or "Brownwood Farm") on State Route 45 in North Bloomfield, Ohio. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It was built around 1820 in the Federal style. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_2933_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Historic houses;
Places: North Bloomfield (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1924, this photograph shows the doorway of an unidentified house, likely abandoned, located in North Bloomfield, Ohio. Wooden columns frame the door, along with windows and decorative sunburst transom woodwork. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54A_2138_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Doors & doorways
Places: North Bloomfield (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Ephraim Brown house (or "Brownwood Farm") on State Route 45 in North Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It was built around 1830 in the Federal or Greek Revival style. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F01_013_1
Subjects: Ohio; Architecture; Greek revival (Architecture)
Places: Trumbull County (Ohio)