The home at 619 N. Fairfield Road dates to 1896 and was built for C. Coy.

After cresting the hill heading south on North Fairfield Road, you‘ll find the farms of Daniel and Moses Shoup on the west.  Just beyond Fairbrook Elementary school is the Shoup-Durnbaugh House located at 182 North Fairfield Road.  Originally built by Moses Shoup, a prominent farmer and 50-year German Baptist minister, in 1820.

Later it became known by another locally famous owner, son-in-law Benjamin F. Darst.  Benjamin served as a Lieutenant and Captain in the Civil War.  Son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Shoup), Harry was a prominent local banker who entertained graciously in the house until his death in 1962.  The home has been lovingly restored by John & Brenda Durnbaugh since their purchase in 1982.

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Turn right onto Patterson Road.  Both homes at 3927 and 3928 E. Patterson Road date to c.1900 and were on Shoup land.  On the right at 3827 E. Patterson Road is the Daniel Shoup House.  This Vernacular style all-brick home was started in 1857 by Solomon Shoup and completed by his son Daniel in 1858.  

The home and 200 acres were assumed later by Arthur Shoup, Daniel’s son, who was a progressive farmer for his day; incorporating crop rotation.  He was the first dairy farmer in the area to employ an automatic milking machine.  Unlike his father and grandfather, he did not pursue the tradition of being a minister in the German Reformed (Dunkard) Church.