Jonathan E.Herrick, arrived in the Twinsburg area soon after 1828. In 1845 Johnathan and Phila Clark-Herrick erected a stone house on Darrow Road (Rt. 91 by Old Mill Rd.) where they raised their 5 children. The house had stone walls 20″ thick. The home was one of the best in the township. Mr. Herrick was a prominent citizen; he served as a Township trustees for several years and was also chairman of the committee which erected the soldier’s monument on the Twinsburg Square.

Mr. Herrick lived in the house for 44 years, His wife Phila died in 1889, later he moved to Akron with his daughter and died in 1898. Upon Jonathan’s death in 1898, the house and 100 acres of land was willed to a former employee, Anna Simmonds, Anna took possession in 1916 from Earl Herrick.

In 1974 the stone Greek Revival Herrick House was listed on the National Register. A few years later the house was slated for demolition. The house was offered to the Western Reserve Historical Society provided they paid the expense of moving the massive stone home. In 1981, the house was dismantled stone by stone and relocated to Hale Farm & Village. Today it displayed as the home of the “Meredith Family” of “Wheatfield,” successful dairy farmers.

The Herrick House at the Hale Farm and Village is rumored to be haunted. The Staff has reported objects being moved while the house is closed and other unexplained activity. There have been a few sightings of a male apparition caught inside the house as well.