George Sweet House at 32345 Detroit Rd., Avon

Journal Staff Writer Hermaine Speigle wrote some terrific articles about historic homes in the Journal in the late 1960s and early 70s. Each writing assignment is a treasure, containing interviews with the homes’ owners at the time, as well as little-known details about the history of the house that otherwise would be lost to time.

I’ve posted a few of Hermaine's articles on the blog, including one about the stone house at Nagel and Schwartz in Avon; the Budmar Farm in Amherst; and the Steamboat Inn house in Vermilion.

Well, here’s another one of her great articles. It's about the historic Avon home at 32345 Detroit Road that was originally built by George Sweet in 1833-1835.

It ran in the Lorain Journal on January 25, 1970.

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And here’s a ‘drive-by’ photo of the house today, courtesy of Google Maps.