Still in the Buckeye State

My parents were dairy and grain farmers, and my mom still lives on the farm I grew up on. The farm is just outside of Wellington, Ohio, 30 miles due south of Lake Erie and about 50 miles south west of Cleveland.  Wellington was settled in 1818 and has over 200 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.  It does have amazing-looking homes; in fact, in 2010 Wellington was named a "best old house neighborhood" by This Old House magazine.  The story an be found at http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20343298_20738508,00.html 

In the 1800s, Wellington was the cheese capital of America thanks to the many Holstein cows, which what we raised. And, Wellington played an important role in the underground railway, an informal network of safe houses and secret routes used by 19th century slaves to escape with the aid of abolitionists.  

Wellington claims Myron T. Herrick, an ambassador to France and former Ohio governor (Warren G. Harding was his lieutenant governor) and Archibald Willard, a painter whose best known work is "The Spirit of 76" as two famous sons.

Wellington homes have interesting architecture. The village web site at http://www.villageofwellington.com says the architectural styles found include Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Shingle Style, Colonial Revival Greek Revival and American Neoclassicism. 

Another pretty home.

Wellington's town hall.

The steeple at the church I attended as a child and young adult.  In memory of my dad, my mom donated lights that shine on the steeple at night.

Another Wellington church.

Downtown Wellington.