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Frostville Living History Museum (North Olmsted, Ohio)
Frostville museum is a part of living history. Frostville was created in 1965 by the Olmsted Historical Society in order to preserve the Prechtel House as a museum.[2] It is located at 24101 Cedar Point Road, North Olmsted, OH 44070 at the corner of Cedar Point and Lewis Roads in Cleveland Metroparks in Rocky River Reservation.The museum is open from 9 a.m. -- 1 p.m. every Saturday and for special events.[1] The museum is staffed and operated by the Olmsted Historical Society. Frostville is named after an early nineteenth century post office operated by Dr. Elias Carrington Frost out of his house.[2]

The Frostville Museum consists of eight buildings: the Prechtel House, Jenkins's Cabin, the Briggs' House, the Carpenter House, the Gifford General Store, the Wensink Display Barn, the Events Barn, the Frostville Village Church, and the Stearns Carriage house.[1] Originally, the museum consisted of only the Prechtel House which was furnished with nineteenth century items donated by descendants of early North Olmsted settlers. Over the years, the museum grew into a complex of buildings. A number of these buildings are early nineteenth century houses and other structures which were moved to Frostville in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, when they were facing demolition as a result of the growth of North Olmsted as a Cleveland suburb and regional retail center. [2]

The Prechtel House was built by Adam Poe in 1877, and purchased by German immigrants Martin and Margaret Prechtel a few months after its completion. The Prechtel homestead was purchased by the Cleveland Metroparks in 1925. Despite lacking electricity and plumbing, the farmhouse was operated as a rental property of the Park Board until the 1950s. The small farmhouse was saved from demolition by the North Olmsted Historical Society in 1962.

Frostville's Jenkins Cabin is the oldest house in North Olmsted. Dating back to around 1820. The sturdy post and beam cabin was built by Benjamin Clark, a squatter, who was soon-after evicted by the land owner. The homestead was later purchased by William Jenkins around 1860, and donated to the museum by his descendents. The cabin was moved to museum grounds in 1976.

The Briggs House was built by carpenter John Ames circa 1836. The home was passed on through descendents of the early pioneer family for nearly 130 years, over which time the structure saw its share of remodeling and renovations.. Once relocated to museum grounds in 1969, the Briggs House was restored to its original Greek Revival style.

The Carpenter House was moved to Frostville in May of 1987.The Carpenter House was built circa 1831 by Vermont emigrant John Carpenter upon settling in what would become Olmsted. The home was designed in the Federal Style, which was popular in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Like many Federal houses in the North, the house was designed around a central chimney fed by the home's multiple fireplaces. The Carpenter House was placed on the the Historic American Building Survey in 1935.

A wedding chapel was dedicated in the tiny village of Frostville on August 10, 2008. The Greek Revival structure was constructed in 1847 on the land of Amos Briggs, son of Olmsted Township pioneers Thomas and Abiah Briggs. The church served the region's Methodist community until 1868. The First Congregationalist Church soon-after purchased the building, where they held services until moving to a new house of worship in 1964. The building was eventually donated to the Olmsted Historical Society by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and relocated to Frostville in 2005.

The Stearns Carriage House is the last standing building in North Olmsted that can be traced to one the region's earliest Euro-American settlers, David Johnson Sterns. The small structure was moved to Frostville in 2006, and converted for use as public restrooms. [3]