The farmhouse consists of three distinct sections: a main block, a shed and a cottage. The two-story, 3 x 2 main block with an eaves front was built in 1813. The exterior wall is sheathed with soft, sand-struck red bricks laid in an American bond, with mortar of lime and sand and rests on a foundation of cut and dressed redstone. A central hall entrance is positioned an the first floor where a storm door protects the original paneled door. The central paneled door with a storm door is crowned by a splayed brick lintel. A tall, slender, interior end wall, brick chimney is positioned at the northern part of the slate-shingled roof. The roofline is adorned with a simple entablature; situated below are paired and scrolled Italianate brackets enclosed in a shaped fascia board. Underneath the southern side-gable is a round, louvered, gable opening, which is used for ventilating the attic. Except for six windows, all of he windows are 2/2, double-hung, sashed. A large, fixed-lighted window is situated on the southeastern bay of the rear wall; a large rectangularly shaped casement window is located on the north wall's first story; two 9/6 double-hung sash windows are positioned in the northern wall's gable; and two, small cellar windows with nine fixed lights are located at the bottom of the southern wall. Each window is crowned with a splayed, brick lintel as well as encased by a wooden surround. A 4-deep-bay entrance porch covers the facade's first story, which consists of Doric columns and a balustrade. Lattice work is positioned underneath the porch.
Abutting the main block's northern wall is a former wood shed built circa 1813. In 1951, aluminum siding was placed over the original clapboards, and this siding connected the shed to the main block. The two buildings are separated on the inside, however, by a four foot hallway. Attached to the northern end of the shed is a circa 1813 cottage, whose exterior walls were covered with aluminum siding in 1951 as well. The cottage's front facade has two 9/6, double-hung sash windows dating from 1813. Both buildings have concrete foundations.
Interior:
The main block's floor plan revolves around a central entrance hall. An oak staircase with a tapered, polygonal, newel post leads upstairs. To the left of the entrance hall is a dining room, with Italianate cabinets built into the rear wall. Situated between the two cabinets is a four-paneled door leading to the kitchen, located behind the entrance hall. A sitting room, which provides an entryway to a piano parlor, is positioned to the right of the entrance hall. From the piano room, a four-paneled door leads to the kitchen. A short kitchen hallway provides access to a bathroom situated near the main block's northern side wall. The main block's second floor consists of two bedrooms to either side of a central hallway running from the front of the house to a bathroom in the rear. Each bedroom can be entered through a four-paneled door with a porcelain doorknob.
main barn
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