On the upper hilly west side of Main Street stands a group of five homes built between 1840 and 1923, including a Prairie style house built in 1923, the only 20th century home in the group, and two Greek Revival homes built circa 1840. The upper Greek Revival house served as both a home and business for more than 40 years as Ruth's (Droski) Beauty Shop until 1994, and its three front second-story windows were removed in a 1995 modernization. Nearby, a modestly sized but unusually high-style Greek Revival house was distinguished by its elaborate door surround, frieze band windows, and engaged pilasters; during a spa boom, a large rear addition was built for guest rooms and later demolished in 1990, and the house also contained a gift shop for several years. George Smith, a mason, and his family lived there in 1855, then bought adjacent vacant land to the north and built an Italianate house in 1889 with ornate plaster ceiling moldings, tall windows, and a cherry staircase. By 1866, the census listed the young Mrs. Smith as a widow, most likely because of the Civil War, and in 1871 she sold the house for $3500 to Louisa and George Klinkhart, an affluent businessman. All eight Klinkhart children were born there, and the six sisters became known as musicians, milliners, artists, and actresses. George Klinkhart signed the village's incorporation and served as treasurer, trustee, and town clerk. He opened a tinner's and hardware shop near Rockville, later moved it down the street, lost his stock in the 1885 Empire Block fire, and then built a new store with an upstairs opera house called Klinkhart Hall. Known for generosity in the community, especially toward young people, he organized and funded a coronet band whose rehearsal room lease depended on the boys' good behavior, though they were once evicted for throwing a snowball at a visiting Evangelical minister. In 1911 his store exploded because of flammables stored in the basement, destroying everything and killing his wife Louisa; George died in 1915 at age 67. Their daughter Lulu remained in the house, rented guest rooms, and died in 1984 at age 98. Dawn Belloise and Dennis Giacomo bought the Klinkhart homestead in 1992 and began restoring it, then bought the high-style Greek Revival in 1993 and, after restoration, converted it into Brimstonia Cottage in 1998. Active in village affairs, they founded the Sharon Springs Citizen Counsel of the Arts in 1993, served in local government, secured major grants for community projects, and in 1998-99 Belloise developed, designed, and wrote a grant for the Historic Main Street Tour, donating her work to the Sharon Historical Society, which received major support from the New York Council for the Humanities.