Seville, Medina County,Ohio (pop. 2160)

 

From the village website:

 

"In the gently rolling farm land of Southern Medina County, the residents of Seville enjoy all of the advantages of rural-suburban living as well as the benefits offered by Akron and Cleveland.

 

Settled in 1816, Seville is enhanced by many century homes and historical sites. You will find our New England heritage reflected through much of our architecture, our road systems and our village government.

 

Committed to the preservation of Seville's all-American quality of life, we practice an active yet planned and controlled method of growth and development.

 

As we appreciate the beauty of our land and thrive on our fresh, clean air, we wonder why anyone would choose to live anywhere other than ... Seville."  :roll:

 

 

 

Corner store with soda fountain:

 

The other facade of the hardware store, around the corner:

 

 

Seville State Bank, with classic burglar alarm on the right of the building:

 

 

Antiques:

 

An antique parked behind the antique store:

 

The chairmaker store:

 

The pizza shop is the only vacancy I could see in downtown:

 

 

Infill?

 

 

 

 

 

The former Seville Inn, now New Hope Christian Center

 

 

Cute cottage:

 

A classic old gas station:

 

All in all, much better than Rittman!

 

Always a good sign when the barber shop calls itself a barber shop and not a "salon" by some hackneyed attempt-to-be-clever/sophisticated name.

 

I was ready to move there, until I saw that the pizza place is closed.

"As we appreciate the beauty of our land and thrive on our fresh, clean air, we wonder why anyone would choose to live anywhere other than ... Seville."

 

It's because Wooster is about twenty minutes away! :-D

 

Other than that, good shots of Seville. How about that old mansion across from the old gas station? Oh, and I think the "cute cottage" might be city hall...

You are becoming another ZacariahDaMan.

 

Thanks for the pics (I hoping for more)!

You are becoming another ZacariahDaMan.

 

Thanks for the pics (I hoping for more)!

 

Since you have the lock on county seat photos, I had to find some other towns to show off... maybe Lodi next weekend.

Oooh...West Salem too please!

You are becoming another ZacariahDaMan.

 

Thanks for the pics (I hoping for more)!

 

Since you have the lock on county seat photos, I had to find some other towns to show off... maybe Lodi next weekend.

 

Funny that you say that; I have pictures of Lodi, I just haven't posted them yet. Don't let that stop you, though. LaGrange was small but interesting when I passed though on the way down to I-71 from Elyria back in April, but it was raining so I didn't stop. The town hall made me think of Wellington's, but--again--it was raining so I didn't get a good feel for the town.

I used to pass through Seville on the way from Wooster to Cleveland... "Welcome to Metro Cleveland"

I had to give a talk about a year ago in southern Medina County about farmland preservation and smart growth. I had a bit of time beforehand to see the lay of the land, and drove through Seville, which I had never even heard of. You captured its assets quite well. In my talk, I pointed out that towns like Seville ought to be a model for our future development: Such towns are built at near-urban densities with small lots and and are very walkable. It would make so much sense to extend the grid of Seville with the same kinds of densities. But, alas, Seville, no doubt (like most places in Ohio), adopted some boilerplate zoning code 40 or 50 years ago that made it illegal to duplicate the town's charm. So as you go north on 3 out of town, you see larger lots and then the kind of hideous sprawl that surrounds towns all over the state.

 

Side B :

Returning to America, Captain and Mrs. Bates bought a farm at the edge of Seville, built and furnished a house (razed in 1948) proportioned for their comfort, and retired to small-town agricultural life. Martin raised blooded stock and draft horses; Anna entertained and taught Sunday school. In 1879, Anna gave birth to a child who weighed a record 23 ? pounds, but lived only 11 hours. The Bateses and their child are interred in nearby Mound Hill Cemetery. Seville continues to celebrate their symbolic larger-than-life neighbors.

 

City

Seville

 

Location Directions

Pleasant and West Main Streets

 

Keywords

Circuses & shows

 

Categories

Entertainment/Recreation

 

Sponsor(s)

Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Seville Kiwanis and Lions Clubs, The Guilford Grange, The Seville Historical Society, and The Ohio Historical Society

 

Year

2000

 

^----- Too bad the house was razed. That would be something to see.