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, ' mortga.ged bhe l-ot in 1847 and again in 1B/+8 du-rina i,rhichbime the house c-ogf-d have treen buil-b. In !t,53 it ' l ibchesonsold Tor,ln Lot 1fl-?-subdivision of Lhe original properLv,to John ]r ienziejs. Photogr"apnic err iderrce lndicates thatjrienzies did occtlp-lr a builci inn on ihe lot and t,hab ire didoperate t ,he baseme:: i f ioor as a sto: :e of some ] i ind. 0verbhe nexb fif 'h',r rrears i 'he o'vt:lersnip oi the propertrr appearsbo harre renaineo, in l ' , ienzies? hands al-ihou-r,ln the:.e area larse number oJ' confusinl ' ,u-i 'no1'ers. In 1f;50 i"ienziesassigned the nrojcerLrr io 1. .L. lJr l inerr r , {ho, in burn, soldiL to Rober, t i iacirar" lbne { in t r .usi) . Iet in l$g.9, ! , i6.n, Agnesl i ienzies v l i l leC, possession hack io Jonn l ' lenzies and oLhers.In Iu92, iob 19(al lJ was pu.: :chased b1' J. l . Gemm.i l l - fort : ' \ .711 bub r ' las also sol-d to F: 'ancis A. Ha] l - . } {opefulh ' , th isconfu.sion can be cla:' i f ied 1:,.r fu:: ' ihe:' resear.ch.F!nall-r ', ir1 1c33,. i. ' l innif:.ecl Gennj-l-l_ sold ""he lot io B.?atterbon f or l f 5OO (a, o.1. s n ) aN i . , lL l ic j r t inte iL r ,uas probablrrrestored to the conC.i i ion i : : v l : :ch i i is to,ca. , r . fn iq&f:

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L . l i he : .a t , i ons a :d add : i i ons : Tne house coes no t see r t c na l? 'elai ar".- nrajoi^ si: ' r-r-ctu:"al- cnan::es made. Arina::enil-r ' :- t ' vJasr^esior:ed eo l-433 ia a st,af,e l^l lr ich \re:a:r acnu": 'a' l ;ejJ" r 'ef lectsi,he o: 'rginai siructu-::e as c' ieplct,eC i:r earJlr lhotoi iraohs"l--ror-me:s 14,ere, hotr ' ter.ero aC.cied. at thai binie, The l^Jesi,ernbgrr sF.1.o ce_]_ l -ar l -eve1 vdal - i fv \ ta \ . r nA.S been enclosed. AS Wel l ,a bre-l$$tr nr-rnboct'aj lh shon'rs bhai ihe DresenL l:^enchr.tino.or.ls on ihe ce:-l-ir lerrel- riep]-ace rihr-r"n1e-hu.nr' sasht^;ini'l ows rThe vera:r,d.ah annears l ;o i iarle e-' : iencl ied ai. ori t i ime along botnthe souihe:r: and easie::n en:is. r- l :a'" vl ini.ovl on ihe easte l -evaf , ion i " rh : -Fd*Aoes i roL oui ie mai ,ch lhe s f , r r lo of ihe house[la.-r: lrali€ been ac]cjecl t'Jherr t,trat po::t,ion of the lrer"enCa.h ,;rl3S':'emO\ted,

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J. ' rJa11 const lucbj-on, f i : r ish and coJ-our: lu.e to the extremebhicl:ness of the r'{a-' l l-s bhroughout the buil-ding and. boetricience of int,e::r-or: stone 'r,Jall-s found on ihe second floor,i t is fe l t b i ra. t , the Te' , , ""er?s is actual l -v a stone bui id ingsheabhed r . ,J iLh c l apiroa: 'd. The wal l surfaces of the u-pperstorel, ' and a half are a1l- sheathed i 'r ith lhis l"thitecl-apboard. 0n the f i i 'sb sborerr of the east e ' levat ion, thetqa l l - i s f in ished in t i re boarC and ba t ten s i r r - le , p l s^ nn in f ^ ' * lr . , t h i t a

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5, ?o". ' i r "=: Tl ie: :e is a l -ong open r iez 'a:rc iah lchich s i ret ,c i resacross ihe f i : :st , st ,o: :et" of the souther i - r e ' levat ion. The\rer:andail is supporied h\r v.toodei: niers and its roof is inbu"r : r su.pporf ;e- l b:- o t rer- l - l - is uosts. The l . rooden trei l laqe,a s inp3-e diano: id des:f l , is :ef iecied in the :"al l ing.

6', Chinnevs: There a:e i l,r lo l-"r ' icl: chinne:'s o:r t,he peal: cf bi::egabl-e. One i -* o i fset , - f : :om bire easb end, t ,he oiher s i tson t l - re pea l ; o f ihe wes i enC.

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\5 l - i r :htsJ and side- l iehts. The door i -bsel fhas f ou'r nanels.{' l 'nobe- cbn':parin.i thrs house to a similar onein Tor l : Oountr ' , the ?icharoson House (see ?ura1qnter i_q, p i -ate"?b), ib ma. ' be possible thai l -the asvmmetrical placement of the main d.oor isdue to the fact , that i t once occupied thesouthern bar. oF the eastern elevation rather bhanits p::esent position. Tnis is purd-rr supposition,of eburse)

b) i,,t indor.vs and shuibei.s: The majoritrr of thewi-ndorl ooeninis are verli D1ain'l rr finisired viii,hthe e : :cep t ron-o f those bn" t ,he e is t v la l I , g roundf loor. The cornice of tne second stot :err"r" t indowson that, sid.e cioes have some E:.:-not: mou-l d.i nS bubthe moul-di:rr of the tri-rn and cornice of bheproiectr-nq barr l ' t indotl is more vigorous thanthat of anr; other l; indorJ on bhe house.The windows bhemseh'es appear to have beenreplaced in bhe resboration and. are generall1'one-over-one 3-ight double-hung sash. The dormerwindoi,,rs and the ce}lar ulndor^ts are, howtrer, ofcasement desi , f in.

8 . Roof :a ) Shape, cover ing : Th i ' s house has a s l r jn r ]ed- l r rEh

gJlie roof uith bell-cast, -s*iftH ;;.,if-;i Ih;"veranCah, There is a central- gaHle on bhe mainelerrat ion.

Descr ipt lon of Inber ior : i lot done.

D. S i te :General seibin3 anC or ie:r tat ion: The rnain elerrat ionfaces south, o ' ier ' ]ool : in,1 the : l iss issippl l iver,directJ-r' tor,tard bhe Town lla]1.

Outbu.il-i.itits : llone .

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