Architecture:
Style: Folk
House
Description: This is a one and a half story wood frame structure with
aluminum siding and cut stone foundation.
The roof has a low pitch. A small
rear wing has a side entry on the east side.
The full width front porch has modern wrought iron supports and
railing. The front door is off center
left, with an overhead transom. The main
decorative element is a large window to the right of the door, which has a
transom surrounded by smaller colored panes of glass.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: 1850’s or 1880’s
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: A
house was on this lot in the Geil and Siverd Map of 1859.
The 1903 Sanborn Insurance Map shows the same outline as today’s
structure. The first documented residents were the Stone family from 1885 until
1888. Mrs. Hannah Stone lived with James
R. Stone, a traveling agent for Rush & Sons, and Miss Mary E. Stone, a
dressmaker. Charles Magee, an employee
of J. A. Davidson & Company, lived there in 1893. The history of this house is primarily that
of the Gibson family, who lived there from about 1899 to at least 1940. William was a member of Richardson, Gibson,
and Company who specialized in plumbing, gas, and steam heating at