Charles F. Brush Mansion

Following the success of the arc lamp, the Brushs purchased this 7-acre plot off Euclid Avenue. Construction started in 1880 and the house took four years to complete. They employed the architect George Horatio Smith (1848-1924) to design their new 17-room greystone mansion that was finished internally with panelling in English oak and Japanese Rosewood. The lighting fixtures, stained glass windows, transoms and skylights were designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1923), of New York.

Having seen the decline of Euclid Avenue, Brush stipulated in his will that the mansion was to be demolished after his death unless a family member was living there. He was survived by his two daughters, neither of whom wished to maintain the mansion and within a year of his death, his will was fulfilled. The Charles Brush mansion stood on the north side of Euclid Avenue roughly where the Red Cross building stands today.