Whitelaw Reid House - Cedarville, Ohio

 

The Whitelaw Reid House is a historic residence near the village of Cedarville, Ohio. The house was originally built in 1823 as a simple farmhouse by Reid's father, in original forest, and the oak and black walnut and poplar woodwork came from the site. During his life, Reid greatly modified the house, and as a result it is a fine example of changing tastes in architectural styles from his father's to his own. Due to the house's location on a small country road, southwest of Cedarville, the house and surrounding farm appear to be little changed from their appearance in the late nineteenth century. 

   The house was the birth place and home to an American journalist, Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912). He was an American politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of Ohio in the War, a popular work of history. After assisting Horace Greeley as editor of the New-York Tribune, Reid purchased the paper after Greeley's death in late 1872 and controlled it until his own death. The circulation grew to about 60,000 a day. As a famous voice of the Republican Party, he was honored with appointments as ambassador to France and Great Britain, as well as numerous other honorific positions. Reid was the party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1892 election. In 1898, President William McKinley appointed him to the American commission that negotiated peace with Spain after the Spanish–American War.
   Since 1974, the Reid House is the home of Mike DeWine, who is currently the Ohio Governor, as well as a former Ohio Attorney General and former US Senator.

 Architectural Style-Queen Anne. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1973. GPS: 39.75170°N, -83.83602°W.