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- Firestone Farmhouse - Benjamin and Catherine Firestone raised their three children in this farmhouse, including tire maker Harvey Firestone. Originally located near Columbiana, Ohio, the 1828 house was updated in 1882 to appear more stylish and up-to-date. The traditional Pennsylvania German layout of the Firestone's farmhouse was transformed, with a central foyer, separate dining room and kitchen, a sitting room, closets, wallpaper, and fancy new furniture.
- 1882-1889
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Firestone Farmhouse
Benjamin and Catherine Firestone raised their three children in this farmhouse, including tire maker Harvey Firestone. Originally located near Columbiana, Ohio, the 1828 house was updated in 1882 to appear more stylish and up-to-date. The traditional Pennsylvania German layout of the Firestone's farmhouse was transformed, with a central foyer, separate dining room and kitchen, a sitting room, closets, wallpaper, and fancy new furniture.
- Tombstone of Peter Firestone, 1853 - After his death in 1853, Peter Firestone – grandfather of tire magnate Harvey Firestone – was buried under this tombstone in New Waterford Cemetery, near the family's Columbiana County, Ohio farmhouse. The tombstone includes Peter's exact age at death, and the epitaph "We cherish thy memory." When Peter's wife Sally died in 1885, the headstone was replaced with a marble monument bearing both their names.
- May 13, 1853
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Tombstone of Peter Firestone, 1853
After his death in 1853, Peter Firestone – grandfather of tire magnate Harvey Firestone – was buried under this tombstone in New Waterford Cemetery, near the family's Columbiana County, Ohio farmhouse. The tombstone includes Peter's exact age at death, and the epitaph "We cherish thy memory." When Peter's wife Sally died in 1885, the headstone was replaced with a marble monument bearing both their names.
- Firestone Barn - The Firestone barn is a Pennsylvania-German bank barn, an American barn type with Swiss origins. They are called bank barns because the barn is built into a bank, allowing wagons to be driven into the upper floor. Bank barns combined multiple farm functions under a single roof. Livestock were kept in the lower floor, crops on the upper floor.
- circa 1830
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Firestone Barn
The Firestone barn is a Pennsylvania-German bank barn, an American barn type with Swiss origins. They are called bank barns because the barn is built into a bank, allowing wagons to be driven into the upper floor. Bank barns combined multiple farm functions under a single roof. Livestock were kept in the lower floor, crops on the upper floor.