Benedict Cottage has been nestled in the Village since 1997, but its history is nearly 200 years in the making. The architecture of Benedict Cottage is a mix of Federalist and Neo-Classical Greek Revival. It was built somewhere along Mill Creek between 1825 and 1860, a simple two-room house workman’s cottage like its neighbors. As a way of enticing workers, many factories and mills would provide housing and Benedict Cottage is typical of the housing provided in the mid-19th century. In 1935, it was moved west of Springfield Pike near Glendale-Milford Road in Woodlawn. There it functioned as a caretaker’s home on the grounds of the Benedict Estate, then owned by the Burchenal Family of the Procter & Gamble Company. In October of 1997, the cottage was moved four miles to Heritage Village. Since its restoration, the cottage has been used to interpret 19th century textile crafts and to exhibit social history.

In 2024, Benedict Cottage was reinterpreted to represent a ca. 1840-1850 Free Black home. This interpretation portrays a typical African American living in the “Riverfront” or “Bucktown” areas of Cincinnati. The scope of interpretation includes a fully furnished home that explains socio-economic challenges, racial inequality, occupations, and daily life of free Black citizens living in Cincinnati.