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. The most significant house in the village,Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2.

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, 1911. into one of the area's pioneer families, Trimble was a

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in Mount Gilead, operating a shop on Main Street by 1848. Finding his wealth growing, Trimble paid less attention to his

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store, opening a warehouse and becoming involved in selling grain in the nearby village of

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along Iberia Street in Mount Gilead, Trimble chose to build his house on the property in 1853. Constructed of brick, and designed by the architectural firm of Miller and Smith, it is the largest and most elaborate house in the village, due largely to its unusually high degree of preservation. Few ornate

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houses built before the

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remain in the area, and the large lot makes the house even more prominent in Mount Gilead, one of Ohio's smallest

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s. Trimble lived in the house for twenty-five years; in April 1878, his investments in other businesses proved ruinous when those businesses failed, and he was forced to sell the house in his

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. For many years after this event, it was the home of Perry Cook and his family; they sold it to another family in the 1940s, and it was purchased from that family by the local

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church in 1982. In 1982, the James S. Trimble House was listed on the

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, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture.,

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, 2007. Accessed 2011-04-26. Fully of land were designated as historic, and five different buildings in this area qualified as

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. Trimble's home is one of four Mount Gilead properties to have received this distinction, and one of fifteen countywide.

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