Architecture:
Style: Colonial
Revival
Description: This is a two-story wood frame structure with wood
clapboard siding and a cut stone foundation.
The roofline is cross-gabled, with side gables dominant. The gables extend slightly outward over small
brackets, and the attic windows are recessed behind curved wood shingles. The front porch is to the right, has a flat
roof, and wood supports and railing that are not original. It covers a cutaway bay and a leaded window
near the entry. Above the porch is a
hipped wall dormer. To the left of the
porch is a massive two story semi-hexagonal bay with a flat roof. On the east is a one story semi-hexagonal bay
enclosing an interior stairway. There is a one and a half story rear gabled,
rear wing with a hipped wall dormer on the east. Other decorative elements include dentil at
multiple locations and decorative woodwork on the front dormer. This structure is being restored.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: 1897
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: The
first residents were Charles Sturmer and his wife
Ernestine (Hill) Sturmer, who lived there from 1897
to the 1940s. The house was given to
them in 1897 as a wedding gift by father-in-law Peter Hill, who resided next
door at 703 Wall. City Water Service was
turned on