The Burton Village Historic District (11-28)
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N 41° 28.221 W 081° 08.708
17T E 487881 N 4590982
Quick Description: This marker describes some of the history of the buildings surrounding the village square.
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 8/25/2009 3:28:39 AM
Waymark Code: WM72X2
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Long Description:Marker Text
Side A:
In recognition of its noteworthy representation of the history,
culture, and architecture of the Western Reserve, Burton Village's
Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1974. The Historic District, an area of approximately 20
acres surrounding the Village Green and along streets at the north
end of the Green, includes 15 buildings of historical significance
built between 1815 and 1891. Preserved within the District are
commercial and public buildings and private dwellings that reflect
the cultural and architectural development of a village of the
Western Reserve of Ohio during the 19th century. Buildings in the
predominant architectural styles of the 19th century are all
represented in the Historic District, including Western Reserve,
Greek Revival, Second Empire, Italianate, and Queen Anne.
[Continued on other side]
Side B:
[Continued from other side] The Village of Burton epitomizes the
beginning of the settlement of the Western Reserve and today
maintains the unique charm and history of its earliest roots. On
September 16, 1873, then member of Congress and later president of
the United States, James A. Garfield delivered a message to the
Historical Society of Geauga County meeting in Burton in which he
said, "There are townships on the Western Reserve which are more
thoroughly New England in character and spirit than most of the
towns of the New England of today. Cut off as they were from the
metropolitan life that has gradually been molding and changing the
spirit of New England, they preserved here in the wilderness the
characteristics of New England as it was when they left it at the
beginning of the century."