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Burchfield Homestead

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
99000320

Phone
  
+1 330-332-8601

Built
  
1898

Opened
  
1898

Added to NRHP
  
23 March 1999

Burchfield Homestead

Location
  
867 E. Fourth St., Salem, Ohio

Address
  
867 E 4th St, Salem, OH 44460, USA

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Godwin‑Knowles House, Daniel Howell Hise Hou, Elks Club, First United Methodist Church, John Street House

The Burchfield Homestead was the boyhood home of Charles E. Burchfield. It is located in Salem, Ohio and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Charles Burchfield was noted for his paintings of scenes in and around this home. Art historian Henry Adams, curator of American Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, called the house “a building of extraordinary significance.”

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Charles E. Burchfield

Charles Burchfield grew up in Salem, Ohio and is considered one of America's premier watercolorists. He moved to upstate New York where his career and reputation as an artist flourished. The neighborhood and home in Salem where he was raised have not significantly changed since Burchfield lived there. The inspiration for many of his works were the scenes visible from the windows of the home.

Burchfield Homestead Museum

In August 1999, the Burchfield Museum opened after years of fund-raising and construction to restore Burchfield's home.

The Burchfield Museum was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in April 1999.

References

Burchfield Homestead Wikipedia