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15. The Rowan House
| John Goff sold this property
(with a house) on the west side of what is now Water Street, to Archibald Earle in 1811.
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| The first house was a one-story log house. A two-story three-bay frame I-house was built in front of it after the Civil War, the part of the structure visible in these photos. | |
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The two houses were later connected by
an ell and the logs covered by clapboards, making it into one large house. The bay
windows and matching entry portico were probably a late 19th-century addition. A mid-20th century remodelling had installed tall columns on
the front of the house. (See the black and white photo below.) In a
carefully done recent restoration, these columns have been removed and the
earlier portico restored, as shown in these recent photographs. |
