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Adam Johnson House

 

This modest, Queen Anne style house was constructed circa 1883. The one-and-a-half-story, frame building has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, one-over-one double-hung windows, and a cross-gable roof with a brick chimney centered on the ridgeline. The prominent front facing gable, patterned shingles in the gable, and wraparound porch are characteristics of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The hipped-roof porch, which is now enclosed, has square Tuscan columns, which indicates that this house is an example of the Free Classic subtype of Queen Anne architecture, which is more commonly associated with turned spindles. A one-story, front-gabled ell is located on the rear elevation.

This house was built by carpenter Adam Johnson circa 1883, who resided in the house for a short period of time. According to the 1892 city directory, Johnson and Frank Anderson, a rafter, were the primary residents of the house. Jenney Linn, a clerk, was a boarder in the house in 1892. Adam Johnson lived in this house for over thirty years.

Source(s): Information complied by 'The 106 Group' on 9/15/2008

Washington County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 2803020310036

Common Property Name: Adam Johnson House

Neighborhood: Greeley Addition

State Historic Preservation Office Inventory Number: WA-SWC-540

Construction Date: Circa 1883

Builder: Johnson, Adam

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Architectural Style: Queen Anne