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Butts-Cook House

 

Circa 1881, Edmund G. Butts constructed a modest Gothic Revival style house on this property. Butts was an attorney and real estate investor. He also built the house at 122 North Sherburne Street. According to the 1892 city directory, Henry Cook, a laborer, was the primary resident. Cook resided in the house for approximately 20 years.

This house started out as a simple, one-and-a-half-story Gothic Revival style residence. Gothic Revival was a popular style in the United States from around 1840 until approximately 1880. The frame dwelling has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, and a cross-gable roof. The character defining Gothic Revival features of this house are its ell-shaped plan and steeply pitched cross-gable roof that are found on approximately a third of the Gothic Revival houses in the United States. The Classical Revival door surround with fluted pilasters and entablature reflects earlier and later Greek Revival and Colonial Revival influences.

Over time, the original windows were replaced with one-over-one, three-over-one double-hung windows and fixed, six-light windows. At some point in time, a shed roof extension was added to the rear of the side gable wing and the front porch was enclosed.

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

Washington County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 2803020320132

Common Property Name: Butts-Cook House

Neighborhood: Greeley Addition

State Historic Preservation Office Inventory Number: WA-SWC-682

Construction Date: Circa 1881

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Architectural Style: Gothic Revival