Clovernook, building in Ohio, United States
Clovernook is a brick house built in 1832 in North College Hill, Ohio, on the Cary family's property. The structure features simple wooden floors, a small winding staircase, a kitchen with a fireplace and bake oven, and an outdoor well, with all bricks fired from clay sourced on the property itself.
The property began with Robert Cary in 1814, a descendant of a Revolutionary War veteran, and the current brick house was built in 1832 to accommodate the growing family. In 1903, William A. Procter purchased it and transformed it into Ohio's first home for blind women, which grew into today's Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Clovernook was the home of Alice and Phoebe Cary, writers whose poetry and stories shaped American literature in the 1800s. The farm and its simple way of life appear repeatedly in their published works, connecting this place to their artistic legacy.
The site is easy to locate in North College Hill and stands out as a single brick structure on the Clovernook Center grounds. The grounds are quiet and well-maintained, allowing for a peaceful walk to appreciate the building and its surroundings.
The bricks of the house were fired from clay sourced and fired directly on the property, making the building material tied to the land itself. This practice grounded the home in its location and remains visible today as a tangible connection to its origins.
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