G. Walter Shumway

1915 Lake County, Ohio Atlas
GRAND VIEW FARM owned by G. Walter Shumway.
Post Office Address, Painesville,Ohio. R.F.D. No. 5.
Its location is South Ridge Road, corner of Lane Road, one and
one-quarter miles from Lane Station, Stop 7, of the electric
Railway. Soil products are general in character, but Mr. Shumway
is a breeder of thoroughbred Jersey stock, all registered, and
including on an average 30 head. The dairy product averages
about seven and one-half gallons of cream per day.

The water supply is obtained from wells and springs by windmill
power. Its name is derivedfrom location, the view from the farm
buildings being extremely picturesque. Building improvements
are of a high class including cement floors in cattle barn, a vitrified
block silo, smoke house, poultry house, dairy house and a modern
farm residence of twelve rooms. The farm's surface is mostly level
with southern exposure, commanding a fine view of the country.
The owner of this farm is considered one of the practical and
successful farmers of the County.