Griffith Breese Farm, building in Ohio, United States
The Griffith Breese Farm is a historic farmstead located southwest of Lima in Shawnee Township, Ohio. It features a brick main house built around 1840 in Federal style, along with several barns and outbuildings made of wood and stone scattered across the approximately 65-acre property.
Griffith Breese, a Welsh immigrant, settled this land in 1832 on terrain formerly inhabited by the Shawnee people. He built the main house in Federal style around 1840 and developed the farm until his death in 1848, when it passed to his descendants who maintained it for generations.
The farm's name comes from Griffith Breese, a Welsh immigrant who settled the land in 1832. It stands on ground that was once home to the Shawnee people, and this layered history remains visible in the landscape and the structures that still stand.
The property is located on Fort Amanda Road, southwest of Lima, in a rural setting surrounded by modern suburbs. Since it is privately owned, viewing requires prior permission and no public tours are offered.
The farm was built on land where a Shawnee council house once stood, where Breese sheltered his family during their first winter. Archaeological traces and old apple trees planted by the Shawnee still remain, adding layers of Indigenous history to the landscape.
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