Granville in Licking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Pen Coed

Edge of the Woods

— c. 1855 —

Pen Coed Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 25, 2024

1. Pen Coed Marker

Inscription. This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.

Location. 40° 4.155′ N, 82° 31.006′ W. Marker is in Granville, Ohio, in Licking County. It is at the intersection of North Pearl Street (Ohio Route 661) and East College Street, on the right when traveling south on North Pearl Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 240 E College St, Granville OH 43023, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian

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Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roswell Graves House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Evan D. Evans House (about 300 feet away); Wallace Carpenter House (about 400 feet away); Tan Y Bryn (about 600 feet away); College Town House (about 600 feet away); The Robbins Hunter Museum Avery-Downer House (about 700 feet away); Granville's Broadway (approx. 0.2 miles away); Granville's Earliest Residents (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Granville.

Regarding Pen Coed. Excerpt from “Historic Homes of Granville, Ohio” by the Granville Historical Society:

Called the Pen Coed House, a Welsh name meaning “Head of the Woods,” it was at one point the home of Charles Webster Bryant, founder of the Granville Historical Society, whose notebooks describing headstones at the Old Colony Burying Ground are integral to the cemetery’s restoration. Pen Coed was built around 1850 in the Stick style which flourished from 1850-1870. Joseph Sinnett is the first recorded owner of the property.

Also see . . .
1. Granville Historic District (PDF).

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 25, 2024

2. Pen Coed Marker

National Register nomination for the district, which includes this property and was listed in 1980. (Prepared by Nancy Recchie, Columbus Landmarks Foundation; via National Archives) (Submitted on June 1, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Historic Homes of Granville, Ohio (PDF). Photographs and details about more than 135 historic houses, places and structures in Granville, compiled by the Granville Historical Society for the town's bicentennial in 2005. (Submitted on June 1, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 25, 2024

3. Pen Coed

Front view of the house.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 321 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 1, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.