Brewster Mansion

9 Aurora

Brewster Mansion was built in 1853 by Frederick Bunnell as the home of Anson Brewster after a fire in 1842 destroyed the earlier family home on the same spot. 

Stories have his wife, Sarah White Brewster who recently had a baby, being carried from the house fire on a mattress.  The earlier home was constructed by Owen Brown, who owned the property and had an early cabin there. Then, as now, it is the only stone Gothic mansion in the Western Reserve.

Brewster Mansion currently houses a number of shops.  In the past, it has been used as a nursing home (The Elms, now located on West Streetsboro Road) and The Park Hotel.

The building's Gothic style makes it a standout along the Green.  Note  the drip moldings on the windows, the second floor lancet window, the two story entrance motif, with minarets and small onion domes, the quatre foils in the front door.