Here's an undated vintage postcard of the
Mill Hollow House that was recently on Ebay.
I'm not sure why I decided that it would make a good "then and now" subject, seeing as how it probably wouldn't look very different being a historical subject. But it gave me a good excuse to drive over to Mill Hollow on three successive weekends, trying to get a nice shot.
Unfortunately, several trees and a large, overgrown bush made it impossible to recreate the original photo's composition. But here's the best I can do (below).
If you wonder what the exact same view as the postcard would look like, well, here it is (
below).
The Park District should really consider getting rid of that bush and some of the trees; they just detract from the scene as far as I'm concerned.
Here's the view from the back.
Anyway, according to a Lorain
Journal article published on Saturday, June 13, 1964, the restored Mill Hollow House was to open to the public on July 4, 1964 – the 147th anniversary of the first people arriving in Brownhelm.
