47 Bright Street

This one-and-one half story, gable front house sits along the west side of Bright Street near Riverside Drive.  The house features one-over-one, double hung sash windows, shingle siding, concrete foundation, slate roof with raking eaves, and a larger chimney on the southwest corner, extending from the ground.  An enclosed porch extends along the south facade.  One addition extends from the rear, connecting the house to the original barn, and a subsequent, smaller addition protrudes from the back of the barn.  

The slate roof with raking eaves are characteristic of the 1870s.  The shingles, too, may be original, as the Shingle Style was becoming popular in the 1870s and 1880s.  The concrete foundation is also most likely original.  Although stone foundations were far more prevalent in the 1870s, concrete foundations were making an appearance in the late 1800s.  The windows are probably replacements.  

The first addition appears on the 1900 Sanborn map, and the second addition appears on the 1978 Sanborn map.

Carliss Lander was most likely the first occupant, in 1873.¹  Carliss Lander worked for Smith and Begley, and Peter Lander, a later occupant, worked for O.J. Walker Brothers, a wholesale grocer.²  The Lander family remained at this address until around 1883.³  The 1890 Hopkins map lists M. Flannery at this address.  M. Flannery could not be found as a resident, revealing he or she was most likely the owner and rented the house out to tenants.

See house on 1877 Birds-Eye Map