Harrington House and Gardens

Harrington House and Gardens is the kind of place that you never knew was there:

Nestled in the quiet Historic Perkins Homestead Neighborhood of Warren, Ohio, Harrington House and Gardens is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise wild and hectic existence.

The present owners and residents, the Ortzen-Abbott family, moved from London, England in 2006, buying this property in 2008.
They took a house whose only future was condemnation and demolition, and continue to turn it and the surrounding land into a lifestyle for the benefit and empowerment of residents, guests, passers-by, and, of course, themselves!

Since the start, It has been their dream to turn the house and gardens into as close to a self-sufficient urban paradise as is possible, eventually boasting (among other things) low maintenance, and water and energy conservation.

Timeline

What else happened in 1870?

The Residents

Findings in the House

Façade Transformation

This structure is Italianate in style.

The land on which Harrington House is situated is lot #29 of Perkins First Addition to the City of Warren.

Completed in 1870, this property was lived in as a residence until the 1970’s.
The first residents were the family of Attorney Charles Adams Harrington and then that of his son, Frank Wales Harrington.

From the early 1890’s until 1912, the Hutchinson family resided here, followed by Henry E. B. Coursen and his daughter Camille, who taught music from the house.

It was converted into Medical offices in the late 1900s, and was later used as Office Supply sales quarters.

Most recently, it appears that there might have been an intention to convert this house into residential apartments, as when purchased by the current owners, there was evidence of extensive demolition work.

272 Washington St. N.W. was named ‘Harrington House and Garden’ in honour of its first residents, and underwent extensive restoration by Frank Abbott and Rebekah Mancino to revert it to its original purpose as a single-family dwelling.

If you have any information on the Harrington, Hutchinson, or Coursen families, please contact us!
We’d love to know more!