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Firestone Homestead 1828

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Harvey S. Firestone, founder of The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, was born here on December 20, 1868. The house, one of the first brick houses in Columbiana County, was built in 1828 by his great-grandfather, Nicholas Firestone, who had acquired title to 640 acres in 1804 through a land grant signed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and James Madison, Secretary of State.
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