Josiah Kirby House [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Josiah Kirby House
The Josiah Kirby House is a historic residence in the city of Wyoming, Ohio, United States. Erected in the late nineteenth century, it was originally the home of a prominent Cincinnati-area businessman and politician, and it has been designated a historic site.
Josiah Kirby.
Josiah Kirby was one of the Cincinnati metropolitan area's leading industrialists in the late nineteenth century. Having invented multiple kinds of heavy machinery, he held high executive positions with two different railroad companies and served a term as
examples of the Shingle variant of the Queen Anne style of architecture. Virtually no changes have been made to the house's exterior since it was built, making it an exceptionally well preserved example of the style. Another such house, the Josiah Kirby House, is located in the same Wyoming neighborhood, but its substantially larger size makes it a mansion, unlike the smaller Sawyer House.
Historic context.
Good transportation is a leading reason for Wyoming's prosperity. The city lies near the old pre-statehood road that