William Cron House

The original home was built in 1887 for William Cron of the Cron Furniture Manufacturing. Just ten years later the house was sold to J.G. Battelle president of the Piqua Steel Mills who later started Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus Ohio. The two story home was built in the Queen Ann Style but was later remodeled and greatly enlarged in 1903 and again in 1911 by Alan Hance to include elements of the Neo-Adamesque style. This home features wood herringbone floors through out, hand painted Asian murals in the dining room, two massive chimney stacks with stone caps that pierce the green tile roof, a classic revival porch with paired fluted Doric posts and spindle balustrade that wraps around to a porte cochere. After several years of the home sitting vacant, in 2021 the Townsend family purchased the home and have begun the renovations to bring it back to its original glory.

The house was originally built in 1887 for William Cron of the Cron Furniture Manufacturing in the Queen Ann Style. It was later remodeled and greatly enlarged in 1903 and again in 1911 to include elements of the Neo-Adamesque style with wood herringbone floors, hand-painted Asian, two massive chimney stacks, green tile roof, a classic revival porch with paired fluted Doric posts and spindle balustrade that wraps around to a porte cochere. In 2021 the Townsend family purchased the home and have begun renovations to bring it back to its original glory.