Cowan house, 355 West Twinsburg Road
Among Brandywine’s earliest constructed houses, the Cowan house was located at the Northwest corner of the intersection of West Twinsburg Road and Schoepf Road. The Cowan house was next door to the Warrell house (separated by Schoepf road) as can be seen in the left of the study of Fantastic Snow, Silent House.
By the 1970s, the house had fallen into disrepair, was condemned, and subsequently demolished. A modern house has since been reconstructed in its place.
Cowan house, c1970s. Image courtesy Historical Society of Old Northfield
"Family Portrait", watercolor on paper. Exhibited 29th Annual May Show. Image courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts (March 19, 2016, Lot 373).
"Three Horses on a Farm", watercolor on paper. Image from Bill Hood & Sons Art & Antique Auctions, August 20, 2013, Lot 119A. Now private collection, Solon, OH.
Untitled Brandywine landscape, watercolor on paper. Image courtesy of WOLFS Gallery
Study for "Fantastic Snow, Silent House" depicting the Warrell house (right) and the Cowan house (left). Private collection, Boston Township
Interior of Cowan home, c1890s. Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Old Northfield
Exterior of Cowan home, c1890s. Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Old Northfield
Grandma Cowan feeding chickens, c1890s. Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Old Northfield
Exterior of Cowan home, c1970s. At the time of this photograph, the front porch had been removed, leaving behind a transition line. Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Old Northfield
Aerial of Cowan house, 1968. ODOT Aerial Archive. Schoepf Road can be seen on the right and West Twinsburg on the bottom.
Untitled watercolor featuring Cowan house with inscription, 1942. Private collection, Shaker Heights, OH.
1870 census of West Twinsburg Road showing the Cowan and Warrell families
Approximate extent of Cowan farm (orange) and Warrell farm (blue)
