Mesopotamia Township in Trumbull County was part of the Western Reserve, 3.3 million acres in northeast Ohio claimed by Connecticut. After the Treaty of Greenville extinguished American Indian title in 1795, the state sold most of the land to the Connecticut Land Company, except for the Firelands to the west. The company’s proprietors then sold the land to settlers from Connecticut and the east, who brought west their ideas of what a solid home should look like. Built along a ridge south of Mesopotamia Center about 1825, this house has a front facade of stone chosen from a nearby quarry for its purple mineral bands. Central front and back doorways divide the facade symmetrically, and a hallway between them divides the interior and leads to an addition built in 1997. The house is an example of Greek Revival architecture, featuring cornice returns in the gable ends of the roof, a wider frieze beneath the roofline, and sidelights at the front entrance, a style common in the Western Reserve at the time.