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<br /> Form No.10.300a O3 a
<br /> (Rev.10-74) .
<br /> U NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
<br /> NATIONAL PARK SERVICE •FOR NPS USE ONLY'•
<br /> TIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED= :�"-_ . - _ • ,,,
<br /> OF HISTORIC PLACES
<br /> INVENTORY•-NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED
<br /> CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 1
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<br /> of these is the presence of what appears to be brick Hogging in the south wall at the
<br /> first level. It does not extend to the second level, and it cannot be determined
<br /> whether it occurs anywhere else at the .first level. .
<br /> The front section of the house, the two-story Greek Revival block, was probably
<br /> built for the Binghams. It follows a center-hall plan one room deep, and the finish
<br /> is a curious combination of rather elegant paneling on doors and some wainscots and
<br /> beautiful marbleizing, and other features--mantel, stair, and other elements--of
<br /> very plain vernacular character. Whether this reflects the work of different crafts- •
<br /> men, the combination of some elements brought into the house and others made on the
<br /> site, or what, is not known, but the variation in sophistication is marked.
<br /> The house, three bays wide and two deep, is covered with plain weatherboards and
<br /> carries a gable roof. It rests on brick piers, a brick foundation, and a partial
<br /> basement. Doors and windows are framed by simplified Greek Revival moldings, consisting
<br /> of boards grooved to resemble symmetrical molding or fluting, accented by-plain corner-
<br /> 'ocks. Windows are unusually large, with twelve-over-twelve sash• at the first level
<br /> MU eight-over-twelve at the second. The double doors centrally located front and
<br /> back are very handsome, with a simple transom and three plain raised panels on each
<br /> leaf of the door, expertly woodgrained. A front shed entrance porch lacks base and
<br /> columns. Exterior chimneys of brick laid in one-to-five common bond, with single
<br /> stepped shoulders rise at either end. At the east end, the house has been extended
<br /> a few feat, reusing old materials, so that it is flush with the chimney.
<br /> The interior is essentially unchanged, and features sheathed ceilings and walls
<br /> plastered above a wainscot. In the hall and west first-floor parlor, the wainscot
<br /> is quite handsome, with a double range of flat panels outlined with a heavy molding.
<br /> The panels are subtly arranged to fit precisely the length of each wall, and in the
<br /> parlor a single range only appears beneath the large windows. Wainscots in the other
<br /> rooms are flush sheathed. Doors, too, are quite handsome, with the same rich moldings
<br /> around their six flat panels, which are expertly wood-grained. Door and window frames
<br /> are plain symmetrically grooved ones with plain cornerblocks, and at the windows
<br /> descend to the baseboard to frame the panels beneath the window. The baseboard, which
<br /> is marbleized, is absolutely plain. Mantels without: exception are unsophisticated
<br /> post-and-lintel compositions with simple shelves, of vaguely Greek Revival character.
<br /> Some marbleizing is present. The stair, which rises back-to-front in the hall, features
<br /> slim balusters square-in-section and square posts with molded cap, which carry a robust
<br /> rounded handrail, an inverted U-shaped in section. Risers are marbleized.
<br /> The office, featuring board and batten walls, has a broad frieze beneath the
<br /> heavy overhang of the hip roof. Details are of typical mid-nineteenth century '
<br /> •racter, including two-panel, woodgrained doors.
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