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of an oVersize bungalow, with a massive, sweeping flank-gable roof
encompassing its second story and attic. The house is set end to
the street atop a slope. It originally had a recessed front veranda
which has beenenclosed, filling out the mass of the mai.n block.
The roof slope is- broken by a pair of hip-roof second-Floor dormers
and a central. jerkin-head atti.c dormer on the Front, and the gable
peaks at attic level overhang the second floor on each end. A small,
1½-story flank-gable side dl has a hip-roof, monitor-like dormer
unit set outside its roof ridge. Construction of this building was
initiated by Mrs. George Hoadley and a Mrs. Scarborough without the
knowledge of their husbands. The women ran out of money and thei r
husbands then had to finance completion of the project; hence the
name "the Folly." The house was First occupied by Alanson T. Enos
and later became the property of Mr. and Mrs. -William R. innis oF
South Bend, Indiana. Mr. Innis was a vice-president of the Chicago
South - Bend Railroad, assistant treasurer of the Studebaker Company,
- and a trustee of the New York Life insurance Company.
L. 124 Sunnycroft ca 1940 : A shingle and clapboard neo-Coloniai dwei ling
composed of asymmetrically disposed 1- and 2-story gable-rooF units.
it is set back on a large lot with a split-rail Fence that creates a
picturesque rustic setting for the building. The present house
stands on the site of the original Sunnycro-Ft , which was built in
1900 For William A. Procter and William P. Anderson. -
NC 125 Leitrim, now Dolobran 1951 : A ramhlng 1-story, gable-roof, ranchtype
dwelling composed of a few asymmetrically placed wings. It has
an ofF-center latticework entrance porch ofFset by a large how window
surmounted by a Front gable;
NC 126 House 1981 : A 2½-story, flank-gable-roof, contained
block dwelling with sparse neo-Coloniai detailing, set on
concrete-block foundation. It has a 2-story deck on each
balcontes on the westerly elevation.
NC 128 Sinunons llouse 1953
Cod - type dwel ting with
gable frontal wing.
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NC 127 Joseph Iesiliier House ca 1950: A 1½-story, Flank-gable-rooF
dwelling in the foim of an enlarged Cape Cod-type residence -
A 1½-story, h-plan, gahle-rooF, modi Fied Cape
an oFF-center entrance in its ofF-center, end-
129 Seaview, now Gitche Gumee 1895, 1898; Tracey Hagonigle of New
- See Continuation Sheet /29