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Langstroth Cottage

Oxford, Ohio
County of Butler.
National Register Number: 76001378
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: OH-8 Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 21, 1981):
From 1858 to 1887, this was the home of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (1810-1895), American Congregational minister, teacher, and apiarist, who in 1851 discovered the principle of the "bee space". This discovery led him to invent a moveable frame that made it possible to remove honey-laden combs from a hive without destroying it. The frame revolutionized beekeeping.

Condition:
Currently, there are no threats.

The exterior of the cottage was painted in 2007.


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