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George A. & Bridget Moore House

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Circa 1873, George A. and Bridget Moore had an Italianate style house built on this property. According to city directories, George A. Moore, a local lumberman, resided in the house from 1892 to 1905. By 1919, John E. McCarthy was the primary resident and Alger M. Halvorsen owned the property in the 1940s and 1950s.

This circa 1873 house was designed in the Italianate style and was one of the first houses to be constructed along Olive Street, which was historically known as the old St. Paul Road that connected Stillwater to St. Paul. The two-story, frame building, with its limestone foundation, clapboard siding, and hip roof with a chimney centered on the ridgeline, is located in Greeley’s Addition. Its low-pitched hipped roof with overhanging eaves and decorative brackets, tall and narrow one-over-one windows with decorative wood surrounds, square plan, and corner boards are characteristics of the Italianate style that was popular in the United States in the mid to late nineteenth century. A one-story, hipped-roof addition on the east elevation appears to date from the turn of the twentieth century, based on its design, materials, and historical maps.

According to the 1904 Sanborn Map, a one-story porch was attached to the south elevation of the addition, which abutted the corner of the main block, and a one-story porch was located on the south elevation of the original structure. Sometime after 1956, these two porches were remodeled to create a one-story screen porch that extends across the entire south elevation of the addition and across one-bay of the original building. The existing garage dates from 1993.

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

Washington County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 2803020330044

Common Property Name: George A. & Bridget Moore House

Neighborhood: Greeley Addition

State Historic Preservation Office Inventory Number: WA-SWC-606

Construction Date: Circa 1873

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Architectural Style: Italianate