The Singletary House Museum

Description: (Recorded July 22, 2026) The historic Singletary House and Museum was built in 1828. In this episode Bob Long talks with local Streetsboro historian Mike Kuhstos about the multiple successful efforts to save the wooden frame house over nearly 200 years. TOPICS (0:49) - The beginning adventures of the house in 1928 (1:42) - John Singletary, the original owner (3:11) - Ownership changes over the decades (Singletary, Porter, Hannum, Collins, Klaus, Defer) (4:35) - It was a house of many uses (tavern, stagecoach inn, post office, telephone switchboard, antique store) (6:58) - The Defer family saves the house and moves it to their farm on state Route 14 (11:12) - Walmart purchases the land, saves the house, and moves it to its current location (13:00) - The house is now a museum open to the public (14:!0) - What’s in the museum (including the 1972 bicentennial tIme capsule) (17:23) - The highlights of the museum including the nationally recognized famous front door (18:49) - When and how you can see the museum