Kyle-McCollum House

The Kyle-McCollum House, thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited residence still on its original site in Youngstown, was built by War of 1812 veteran Joshua Kyle and his wife Mary Stewart. The Kyles moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to the Mahoning Valley around 1800 and purchased about 1,300 acres of land on a hill above Mill Creek. Using stone quarried from the property, they built the house, completed in 1813. Its Federal style is typical of early 19th-century homes built in the Connecticut Western Reserve, and the structure rises two and a half stories with stone load-bearing walls two feet thick. Besides his farm, Kyle built a sawmill on Mill Creek near Slippery Rock, at a site now under Lake Glacier. Their daughter Hannah Kyle married Ira McCollum in 1831, and after Hannah inherited the estate, the McCollum family lived in the house for three generations. The Kyle-Price Cemetery, also known as Home Cemetery, was established in 1824 after Thomas Kyle died from a fall and was buried near the homestead, and Joshua and Mary Kyle, Ira and Hannah McCollum, and many other family members were buried there as well. In the 1890s, the family sold 36 acres to help create Mill Creek Park. The house remained in the family until 1937, when new owners hired architect Charles F. Owsley, who designed additions including the kitchen area, garage, and library.

Youngstown, Ohio · United States