Benjamin Franklin Coppess House
Benjamin Franklin Coppess House | |
Stick-Eastlake | |
NRHP reference No. | 78002052[1] |
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Added to NRHP | March 10, 1978 |
The Benjamin Franklin Coppess House, built in 1882, is a historic
This historic residence is made more beautiful by the extraordinary flower gardens planted expertly by the current resident- accenting the property and period structures (gazebo/pavilion) within. Definitely worth driving by in May 2021.
Architecture
Featuring an unusually detailed
Historical significance
In 1978, the Coppess House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture; it is one of two such houses on Washington Street, along with the Leftwich House elsewhere in the same block.[1] As well as its distinctive porch, the house is historically significant because of a bathroom — it is believed to have been the first Greenville building with a flush toilet. Its builder, Benjamin Coppess, was a farmer and local government official in Darke County and the grandson of one of the county's earliest pioneers.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 303.
- ^ Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2014-01-13.