It is listed as a SUMMIT COUNTY UGRR site. In 1874 it was purchased by Pearson Washington Rhoads, a Civil War Veteran and his wife, Sara Jane Foltz, a schoolteacher at the “Old Stone” school.

They made several Colonial Revival updates to the home, including literally “raising the roof” and built the Carriage House to the rear of the property. Here, in the tiny part of the original home, they raised eight fine children.

As you enter the Rhoads-Harter Home, you feel as if the family has just stepped out for a moment. It is a window into family life in a canal town at the latter part of the canal era. (Please don’t ask the Docent why there is a rooster in the kitchen.)

Entering the Carriage House, you step into Pearson’s Harness Shop and then into the adjacent Canal Industries Room. There you will see what made Clinton the “boomtown to be reckoned with along the canal”.

Both Museums are open for free guided tours the first Sunday of each month, April through December from 2:00 to 4:00.

Group tours are available at other times by appointment.

WE INVITE YOU TO SPEND A PLEASANT AFTERNOON VISITING OUR QUAINT VILLAGE!