National Register #80003316
Posey-Campbell House
AKA Orlando Coolidge Rental House
94 Bush Street
Ashland
Built 1888
This Stick Victorian, one of the finest in Ashland, was built by Orlando Coolidge as a rental at the rear of his large lot facing
North Main Street.
For a while, the house was occupied by Coolidge's daughter and her husband, Minnie and George Ogg.
In the early 20th Century, Richard Posey Campbell, purchase the house. Campbell was a poet on the Chautauqua
circuit who toured under the nom de plume, Dick Posey, Riley of the West. His day jobs involved real estate
and insurance.
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