John Thayer's home

There is an old farmhouse at No.22300 Fermon Avenue, which was built at 1877 according to county records. Therefore, it is one of the oldest houses in Shakespeare Heights. Although there is a question whether it was built by Jacob Strong, Henry Colet or John Searle, Cleveland's history holds that it was probably built by John Searle (1826- 1894) according to county tax and contract records, county maps and other documents. Searle is an immigrant from the Isle of Man. 187 1 bought 68.5 mu of land at No.27, Warrensville Town. Six years later, the house was built on this land. Sayer was one of thousands of immigrants who came to northeast Ohio from the Isle of Man in the early19th century. There are different records about the exact date of John Searle's arrival in the United States, but at the time of 1860 US federal census, he lived in Cleveland Near East (Old District 6) and was employed by a butcher. Living with him is his wife Mary, an immigrant from Ireland. 1858, he married three children in Cleveland. His oldest child was born from his first marriage and was born in the Isle of Man on 1848. So John Searle probably immigrated to the United States between 1848 and 1858.

Like many of his compatriots, Manxmen, Searle finally bought land in the northern part of the town of Warrensville at that time and the northeastern part of Shakchi today, and became a farmer. From the 1970s of 19 to the 1920s, the Searle family cultivated 68.5 acres of land south of Woodland North Road (now fairmont Avenue) for about 50 years. John E, the son of John Sayle, sold about 67 acres of family farm to Van Sweringen Company, which developed it into Area 28 of Van Sweringen, which is located south of fairmont Avenue and between Belvault Avenue and Green Road. John Thayer and his wife continue to live in the old farmhouse at 22300 fairmont Street. They kept an acre and a half of land until their death in 1937.

The house at No.22300 fairmont Avenue was awarded the plaque of the House of the Century by the Shakespeare Historical Society, and was designated as the landmark of Shakespeare Heights at 1976. This house is famous for its floor with arbitrary width, beautifully carved doorframes and woodwork.