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39 East Main Street LeRoy, New York
Built circa 1850, this house was originally sheathed in board and batten siding. This was replaced by clapboards and in 1977 vinyl siding was added. Despite the loss of details, its character as a Gothic Revival cottage can still be appreciated. The home has steeply pitched gable roofs, wooden finials and pointed arched windows with label moldings. The entrance is emphasized by a tower with an ogee shaped window and a tripartite door with sidelights.
John Murdoch puchased this home from Hamden Olmstead in 1867. The succession of owners : Maria Matthews in 1882, Edward Rogerson in 1891, William Niccloy in 1945, Robert Brooks in 1957, John Peterson in 1968, William Dunning in 1971 and Kenneth Benedict in 1985.
Home in North Bergen
7083 North Bergen Road. This house was built by Aaron Gifford, North Bergen Postmaster, in 1870. George Walker, a farmer, purchased the home in 1891. Until 1988, his daughter, Alice Walker, lived here. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the Gifford/Walker farmhouse is an outstanding example of carpenter gothic architecture. The steeply pitched gable roofs, bargeboards at the eaves, dripstone moldings and board and batten wall sheathing, are all elements of the Gothic Revival style. Of special note is the use of ogee arched openings at the recessed porch which employs both lattice works posts and fluted columns as supports.
From The Architectural Heritage of Genesee County, New York published in 1988 by Landmark Society of Genesee County.
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