Mesopotamia Village District

Mesopotamia Village District covers the central part of a small village in Trumbull County, Ohio, arranged around a public green about 1600 feet long and running north to south. The land dips slightly to the north, which makes the green look larger than it is. The district holds about 48 buildings, including houses, stores, a town hall and churches, most of them frame structures from before the Civil War. Greek Revival and Gothic Revival details appear, though simple builder's vernacular dominates. A marble monument topped by a globe and eagle marks the south end. Early settler families such as the Sperrys and Tracys shaped the village, and several buildings, including the Sperry Block and Peck's Store, appear in an 1874 county atlas. Few structures are landmarks on their own. The district was listed because the whole village gives a rare, nearly intact picture of a New England-style green village of the nineteenth century in northeastern Ohio.