Users' questions 

What can you do at Richfield Historical Park?

Leia Doyle

What can you do at Richfield Historical Park?

A great video has been made of the Richfield Historical Park featuring all of the buildings and the RHS events held in the Park. Click here to enjoy!! What Happened to Andrew Messer …. Read More Many, many years ago, the Messer/Mayer Mill’s source of power was a gas engine.

When is Richfield Historical Society ice cream booth?

2021 Richfield Days – August 27-29. Be sure to stop at the Richfield Historical Society’s Ice Cream booth on Saturday and/or Sunday! Monthly Programs are Cancelled until September due to the uncertainty of the COVID situation. Did You Enjoy Art at the Mill on June 19, 2021 as Many Others Did?

Where is the Mayer mill in Richfield located?

Many, many years ago, the Messer/Mayer Mill’s source of power was a gas engine. The Richfield Historical Society purchased a similar engine to “Get the Mill Grinding”. An addition to the Mill is now being built to house that engine. The roof is in place with the cedar shingles installed on the upper and lower level roofs.

Is there an addition to the Richfield mill?

An addition to the Mill is now being built to house that engine. The roof is in place with the cedar shingles installed on the upper and lower level roofs. This engine shed will replicate the original structure as closely as possible right down to the variety of wood being used — ash and white oak.

Who was the first person to live in Richfield Ohio?

Pioneers had pushed in from the East to Hudson and established there an outpost several years before the first settler came to Richfield. This was some years before Akron was settled and Cleveland was a village of only a few homes. The first white settler of Richfield arrived in 1809: a man called Lancelot Mays.

What was the road called when the first settlers came to Richfield?

This road, now called Columbia Road in the eastern part and Boston Road in the western part, was found grown over and abandoned when the first white settlers came. Friendly Indians told of the soldiers who had travelled the road, and articles of military equipment found along the forgotten route confirmed the story.