Discover Salem’s place in the history of Charles Ephraim Burchfield’s life and art!

Considered to be one of America’s greatest artists, Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) lived and painted in this Salem, Ohio house from the age of five to twenty-eight.

Nearly half of his lifetime’s output of art was completed here. Burchfield loved Salem and this neighborhood. Many of his paintings are views from the windows of the Burchfield Homestead which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.