The Cases, along with their 5 children and one milk cow tied to their two-horse covered wagon, left Granby, Connecticut in May 1814.   Arriving in Hudson 6 weeks later, the family moved into a cabin across the street on Lot 17. It was made of logs, hewn outside and inside without chimney, doors, floors or windows.
The Chauncey Case built a fireplace of cobble stones built up with clay mortar with an 8 foot hearth. The chimney was built of sticks and mud. A wooden crowbar provided a place to suspend a large iron hook to hold kettle for cooking. The puncheon floor was laid. Boards hung with wooden hinges created a door. The door was fastened with a wooden latch to which was attached a string that passing through a hole in the door, opened it from the outside. At night, the string was drawn in which locked the door. Holes were cut in the boards for windows, which were made to slide back and forth.
In August, Edward was born. Chauncey fashioned a wooden cradle in which 3 of the little ones could sit and rock the baby for the busy mother as they often did, singing the hymns she had taught them. Four more children were born in the log cabin.
In the late 1820’s, the family built a brickyard and kilns. The Cases sold brick to Western Reserve Academy and others, and constructed the brick farmhouse. A wooden addition was added later.
The Barlows donated the homestead to the First Congregational Church of Hudson in 1996. The farmhouse has been restored and furnished with period appropriate pieces and artifacts spearheaded by the three Hudson chapters of Questers, International.
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Brick Walk Ways
A mix of old and new brick have been used to make walkways between the farmhouse and the driveway, from the farmhouse to the garden and from the side porch to the front of the house. More than 350 linear feet of bricks have been laid in wide paths that will allow for easy access for everyone regardless of the weather.
The old bricks used for the walkways have been donated to the farm over the past years by several individuals and organizations. Decades ago, Don Barlow, salvaged large sandstone slabs once used as sidewalks in downtown Hudson. The sandstone slabs have found a new life at the farmhouse front door as a stoop and front walkway leading out to Barlow Road.
New bricks were contributed by individuals or groups who want to have a commemorative inscribed brick. These special bricks are interspersed along the walkways.