Marcus Curtiss Inn
Encyclopedia
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
, 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 (275.6 ha) of land and began to farm; part of his land was very clay
ey, 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.
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 inn
s. 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. Today, the building is covered with a metal roof.
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
, both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its place in local history.
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
located near Galena
Galena, Ohio
Galena is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 653 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Galena is located at ....
in Genoa Township
Genoa Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Genoa Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,293 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
, Delaware County
Delaware County, Ohio
Delaware County is a fast-growing suburban county in the state of Ohio, United States, within the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2004 population estimates, Delaware County's population of 142,503 made it the fastest growing county in...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. A native of Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, 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 (275.6 ha) of land and began to farm; part of his land was very clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
ey, and Curtiss decided to start a brickworks
Brickworks
A brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock often with a quarry for clay on site....
on the site. Although he left home to serve in the War of 1812
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
, he returned to modern Delaware County after the war and resumed construction on the present house.
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 inn
INN
InterNetNews is a Usenet news server package, originally released by Rich Salz in 1991, and presented at the Summer 1992 USENIX conference in San Antonio, Texas...
s. He designed the structure with a simple floor plan
Floor plan
In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan, or floorplan, is a diagram, usually to scale, showing a view from above of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure....
: measuring two-and-a-half stories
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
tall, the building is laid out as a rectangle with a simple arrangement of rooms. The present building was completed in 1822. Today, the building is covered with a metal roof.
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
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its place in local history.