The original settler and builder of the now Meyer House was Christian Hess, Farmer - Banker. The house was built in the 1860’s and subsequently torn down and moved 75 – 80 feet up on the hill in 1882. The bricks were made on the property from the clay rich soil. Christian Hess had eight children, 6 boys and 2 girls. The house was passed on to the next generation of the family, Martin and Jane Hess. Jan Hess left the house to her daughter Jenny Hess Borne. In 1931 the 98 acre farm was leased to Ralph and Lucile Wolf, who subsequently purchased it in 1941. They had three Children, Gayle, Mary and Faye. The house originally had five bedrooms, four upstairs and one downstairs. They renovated after the war in the 1940’s converting the dining room to the kitchen, changing the parlor to a bedroom, and adding a bathroom with plumbing. The house remained in the Wolf family until 1981 when it was sold to Bob Tefft from Cleveland. In 1992 Interstate Sign Company purchased the property for the rights of the billboard which is situated on the property next to the barn. After being on the market for a lengthy period of time, Dan Meyer, Mason Contractor, purchased the house in 1996 and seized the opportunity to save an old brick house with a “lot of character and good bones” which had fallen into disrepair. He immediately stabilized the roof and barn foundation to ensure no further damage. It wasn’t until he re-met Terri Simpson at their 20 year high school reunion in August of 1999 (now Terri Meyer) that a major renovation was started a year later. Together on Thanksgiving Day in November 2000, they started taking out the deteriorated plaster from the now master bedroom. It took approximately one month to gut the entire house down to the brick. After lengthy discussions and contemplation about restoration, it was decided to reconfigure the entire house to make it practical to today’s standards. The old summer kitchen was torn off (the brick was recycled and additional brick was used from a house located up the road which was being razed) to make room for a larger kitchen and garage. The old kitchen was converted back to a dining room. The staircase to the basement was converted to a half bath, the entire upstairs which once housed 4 bedrooms and a large attic was made into a master suite with vaulted ceilings. The interior renovation took 1 year and 4 months. The Meyer’s moved in March 18, 2002 and were married June 12, 2002. Since the first stages of the initial renovation many additional improvement have been made. A pond was dug to house the geo-thermal heating system of the house in 2001, a wrap around porch was completed June 12, 2004 to replace the small Victorian one, the conservatory was completed August 2004 just in time for a 25th high school reunion party, the milk house was turned into a potting shed, the basement was finished to make room for a new home office in October 2005, two stone bridges are currently under construction, several sidewalks have been installed using old paving bricks from the streets of Ashland and a studio space was created for Terri Meyer to conduct her business. In the future, plans are being made to turn the surrounding farm land back to wooded areas providing refuge for wildlife as well as providing privacy and a sound barrier from I-71. A courtyard off the kitchen is under construction and future plans are to expand the upper barn into a larger studio/gallery.