Victorian Homes in Ohio (Columbus, Cleveland: for sale, real estate, how much)

[CaramelSmoothie]

What cities, preferably in the northwestern(Toledo areas) or northeastern parts but you can tell me about other parts, of Ohio, have a good amount of stately Victorian homes? I'm seriously thinking about moving to Ohio and looking to move into a large Victorian. My budget is no more than 600k. I'm looking for something in a neighborhood that looks like it could be out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

ETA: I want to move to a mostly conservative city. TIA.

[ImaMichigander]

Check out the fantastic oil barron homes on Main Street in Findlay. Marathon Oil started here, and so they are grand, stately turn of the century homes. I think that you can find a few for sale on realtor.com.

[CaramelSmoothie]

Thank you! I will add it to my list of places to check out. Any more suggestions anyone?

[aquila]

I can't help but wonder why you're wanting to move to Ohio....particularly northwest Ohio. Not that I'm saying anything bad about the Toledo area. It's just so flat up there - and I'm not really sure what you mean by a "neighborhood out of a Norman Rockwell" painting, because Rockwell didn't generally show much in the way of outside scenery in his art. If you are primarily interested in Victorian homes, why not try someplace up in New England? I honestly don't know of many places in Ohio that would give you what you're looking for. There are pockets of areas in different towns around the state that have Victorians, but I'm not sure how "Rockwellish" they are.

You could of course look at Old West End, in Toledo itself. There is also Wyoming, which is a suburb of Cincinnati. Or perhaps Hyde Park/Cincinnati. Maybe Clifton/Cincinnati, Walnut Hills/Cincinnati. Parts of Columbus have Victorians north of downtown. Not really familiar with many other areas.

[JR_C]

Here's my photo tour of Massillon, in NE Ohio: http://www.city-data.com/forum/ohio/...-churches.html

Most of the houses pictured were on 4th street, on the NE side of town. I'm sure many cities and towns in NE and NW Ohio have districts like this. But, I think you'll have a hard time finding a place with a colllection of only Victorian homes.

If you're interested, at least one of the houses I pictured is for sale, and it's well under your $600k budget. Here's the link:
Massillon Real Estate - 107 4th St NE, Massillon, OH 44646 home for sale - Cutler Real Estate

There are 2 other houses for sale on that street, but I wouldn't consider them Victorian.

[CortlandGirl79]

I always thought Chagrin Falls outside of Cleveland had some really cool, well cared for older homes, not all Victorian, but very nice. Also, Poland Village outside of Youngstown has some pretty cool old houses as well.

http://www.relocateamerica.com/ohio/cities/chagrin (broken link)

I wouldn't necessarily consider this house Victorian, but it looks cool.
Listings Search: Eaton Group, Inc. GMAC Real Estate

[JR_C]

CortlandGirl, doesn't Canfield also have a nice collection of older homes (though probably not all Victorian) in the center? I rarely go down 224 that far, but was pleasantly surprised when I did.

In my first post, I also neglected to mention the village of Navarre, Ohio. I'll admit that I'm partial, but I think Norman Rockwell could have been born in Navarre. But again, many of the homes are not Victorian. I would say most were built between 1830 and 1930, though. Because it was always a small village, the homes are more modest.

Village of Navarre --

Nickle's Bakery is headquartered in Navarre, too. So, it's not unusual for the entire center part of the village to smell like fresh bread and pastries.

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by JR_C

CortlandGirl, doesn't Canfield also have a nice collection of older homes (though probably not all Victorian) in the center? I rarely go down 224 that far, but was pleasantly surprised when I did.

In my first post, I also neglected to mention the village of Navarre, Ohio. I'll admit that I'm partial, but I think Norman Rockwell could have been born in Navarre. But again, many of the homes are not Victorian. I would say most were built between 1830 and 1930, though. Because it was always a small village, the homes are more modest.

Village of Navarre --

Nickle's Bakery is headquartered in Navarre, too. So, it's not unusual for the entire center part of the village to smell like fresh bread and pastries.

Yes, Canfield does have some nice older homes. There are a lot of cool old homes out in the country too, you just have to know where to look. Many of the old farm houses in this area are Victorian.

[Cosmic]

Look at Barnesville and Salem. Both are sort of old money towns. Both relatively safe, your money can buy a lot of house compared to some areas.

Salem has lots of them as does some of the surrounding towns. Area of Harvey Firestone and all his big bucks from the past. They should be very affordable in today's market.

Barnesville is a bit different. Has some old money type houses, sort of unique, some are brick Victorians. Can bag one now for like $98K. There is even a museum to the era. Town is pretty laid back, safe, not very expensive. Lots of different styles in various parts of town.

Barnesville is down in Belmont county, pretty nice country. Salem is up toward Pittsburgh area in the eastern part of Ohio in Columbiana county.

I would be picking more criterion other than just a house. All the old money areas from the past have them, some of the areas I sure would not want to live today.

You can find them all over SE Ohio, many are made into B & B's.

[CaramelSmoothie]

Thank you all for your responses. I will check these cities out.