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History of the Knight-Biddulph House <br />The R. H. Knight - William Biddulph house at 4302 Porter Road has been an important part of <br />North Olmsted's history for more than one hundred and fifty-two years. It is important for its <br />unique architectural design and style, as well as the history surrounding the lives of its many <br />owners and occupants. <br />It is the only stone house in North Olmsted. It is Italianate style in design. It was built by Richard <br />Harrison Knight between 1850 and 1860, on Lot 4 in Dover Township. Dover was Township 7 <br />in Range 15 of the Connecticut Western Reserve. <br />Richard Knight, who in later years became the publisher of the Akron City Times in Akron, Ohio, <br />was the second son in a family of seven children born to Jonathan and Deborah (Barber) Knight <br />of Connecticut. Richard was born November 11, 1813 in Litchfield County in Connecticut. His <br />father, Jonathan Knight was of English descent, but was born in Norwich, Connecticut, where he <br />followed farming until 1832, the year he moved his family to Ohio. Jonathan and Deborah <br />Knight settled in Ridgeville Township, Ohio and resided there until their deaths. They had three <br />sons and four daughters. <br />On December 31, 1837, Richard Knight, a young man of 24, and Miss Emma Beebe, age 17, of <br />Ridgeville Township, were married. After their marriage, they lived near Emma's brother, <br />Sidney L. Beebe and his wife, Sylva Lucetta (Hickox), in Ridgeville Township. <br />William Biddulph family at the R. H. Knight - Wm Biddulph house around 1900