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Title	Gorman Heritage Farm Buildings
Subject	Architecture Agriculture Daily Life Farms
Place	Evendale (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	In 1835 Scottish immigrant Edward Brown purchased 100 acres of land in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio and established a farm for his family. Early buildings date from his ownership and are historic centerpieces of present-day Gorman Heritage Farm. Photographs show the bank barn and springhouse. The barn was built into a hillside and offered shelter for animals on the lower level with storage for grain, hay, and equipment above. An addition was made in 1900 using timbers from an old covered bridge. One picture, measuring 3.6 x 4.5 inches (9.04 x 11.28 cm) shows the front and side of the barn. A second 4.0 x 4.8 inches (10.16 x 12.09 cm) photograph highlights an overhang called a cantilever or forebay that protected buggies from rain and snow. Ax marks on one of the hand-hewn, white oak beams from the early section of the barn are seen in a third photograph, 3.7 x 5.8 inches (9.36 x 14.66 cm). A fourth picture, 5.5 x 3.7 inches (3.97 x 9.43 cm) shows the springhouse that served as a cooler for dairy products. A stream of cold water pooled in a trough and maintained a constant temperature that kept food cool in the summer and prevented it from freezing in the winter. The springhouse was located down a hill from the house, requiring up and down walks to deliver and retrieve food. A hydraulic ram pump, which sent water to an upper springhouse, replaced the need for hillside walks in 1890 and still operates today. In July 1863 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his troops raided through southern Ohio. Two Brown horses were "stolen from the stable about daylight". A claim was filed and compensation received from the State of Ohio. The farm continued to remain in the same family for four more generations. It became the Gorman Farm in 1881 when a Brown daughter, Isabella, and her husband, Amos Gorman, moved onto the property. In 1995, the Gorman's grandchildren donated the property to the Cincinnati Nature Center to insure its preservation.
Date of Original	1835
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution	Gorman Heritage Farm
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om303_896656_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om303_896656_001.tif
Image Height	1332
Image Width	1068
File Size	450.212 KB

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