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James M. and Maggie Mahoney House

 

This Folk Victorian house was constructed circa 1870 for James M. and Maggie Mahoney. The 1887 city directory indicates that James M. Mahoney was a plasterer and Maggie was employed as a milliner at 225 East Chestnut Street. According to the 1890-1891 city directory, Maggie and Mary Mahoney were the primary residents of the house. By 1890, Maggie was employed as a clerk at Samuel Mathews and Company. Maggie Mahoney lived in the one-and-a-half-story, frame house on this property for over twenty years.

The house has clapboard siding with corner boards, a front gable roof with overhanging eaves, and a tall brick chimney rear the ridgeline. The defining features of this Folk Victorian house include its tall and narrow one-over-one double-hung windows; one-story, rectangular bay windows on the north and south elevations; and full-width front porch with a mansard roof, turned spindles, and decorative brackets that was added sometime in the 1890s. The Folk Victorian style that was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth century features details that are evocative of the Italianate and Queen Anne styles. A one-story, gable-roof addition on the rear elevation was constructed circa 1905. The addition rests on wood posts and is faced in clapboard siding. The one-story, front-gabled, clapboard-sided garage is located adjacent to the house was built in 1982.

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

Washington County Parcel Identification Number (PIN): 3303020110019

Common Property Name: James M. and Maggie Mahoney House

Neighborhood: East Half of the Churchill, Nelson, Slaughter Addition

State Historic Preservation Office Inventory Number: WA-SWC-1360

Construction Date: Circa 1870

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Architectural Style: Folk Victorian