- Nicholas Eckis House
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Nicholas Eckis House
Front of the house
Location: High Street, East Fairfield, Ohio Coordinates: 40°49′21″N 80°38′9″W / 40.8225°N 80.63583°WCoordinates: 40°49′21″N 80°38′9″W / 40.8225°N 80.63583°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1833 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 80002962[1] Added to NRHP: January 3, 1980 The Nicholas Eckis House is a historic house in East Fairfield, Ohio, United States. Located along the community's High Street,[1] it is one of the oldest houses in East Fairfield.[2]
Founded in 1803, East Fairfield is the oldest community in Fairfield Township. Most of the earliest buildings have been destroyed long ago; no more than four remain to the present time, and three of them have been heavily modified. Only the Nicholas Eckis House,[2] built in 1833,[1] remains with few changes. Its symmetrical floor plan is characteristic of early Ohio architecture, with features such as chimneys on each end, a curved water table, and detailed cornices. Also typical of the period is its simple facade,[2] built of brick and covered with an asphalt roof.[3]
Little is known about Nicholas Eckis himself; he is believed to have been a leading member of the mercantile community in northern Columbiana County during the 1820s and 1830s, but few other details of his life have survived, except for his house.[2] As the oldest house in East Fairfield never to have been significantly modified, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 158.
- ^ Eckis, Nicholas, House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-04.
National Register of Historic Places in Columbiana County, Ohio National Historic Landmark 
Historic districts Diamond Historic District | East Fifth Street Historic District | East Liverpool Downtown Historic District | Hiram Bell Farmstead | Gaston's Mill-Lock No. 36, Sandy and Beaver Canal District | Hanoverton Canal Town District | Lisbon Historic District | Salem Downtown Historic District | South Lincoln Avenue Historic District
Other properties Burchfield Homestead | Carnegie Public Library | Richard L. Cawood Residence | Cherry Valley Coke Ovens | Church Hill Road Covered Bridge | City Hall | Columbiana County Infirmary | East Liverpool Post Office | East Liverpool Pottery | Nicholas Eckis House | Elks Club | Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse | Godwin-Knowles House | Hanna-Kenty House | Franklin Harris Farmstead | Daniel Howell Hise House | Hostetter Inn | Ikirt House | Jones-Bowman House | Homer Laughlin House | Daniel McBean Farmstead | Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church | John H. Morgan Surrender Site | Odd Fellows Temple | Mary A. Patterson Memorial | Potters National Bank | Potters Savings and Loan | Salem Methodist Episcopal Church | Charles Nelson Schmick House | John Street House | Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge | Cassius Clark Thompson House | Travelers Hotel | YMCA
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