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‘first story and is supported by large curved struts. There are
shingled bows in the front gable peaks, and a tall, stone chimney
rising above the roof. The building was built as a stable for Clara
Stanton’s house, The Wickiup, and was converted into a residence in
1.900.
226 The Tepee, now Montrose 1899; attributed to John A. Tompkins of
New York, architect: The main block of this Shingle Style dwelling,
turned end to the street, has a massive, overhanging flank-gable
roof encompassing its second story and attic. The roof mass is
interrupted by a ta-i, end-gable, central front dormer flanked on
each side by smaller gabled dormers. An entrance porch is recessed
into the first story and an exterior chimney on the street end
pierces up through the gable overhang. At the rear of the main block,
running along the street front, there is a 2½-story, gable-roof eli
with a slight second-story overhang and a long shed dormer that breaks
through the eaves . ‘the exteri or walls are now covered with a I itmi num
siding. This house was built by the R.A . Sherman Company as a rental
property for Clara H. Stanton.
227 Spencecl i IF, now House -on -Iii 1 .1 1902 : A rninb I i iig , asynhlnet t i cal
complexly massed stone and shingle Shingle Style dwelling set on a
stone-walled terrace atop a hill. The main block is a 1½-story,
flank-gable-roof mass with a recessed, arcaded rubblestone entrance
porch at one end of the facade. This porch is flanked by a 2-story
semi-circular, semi-conical roof stone stairhall tower which is
- backed by a 2½-story, end-gable pavilion that rises above the main
roof and the tower. A gable-roof, stone-post porch projects From
the Other end of the facade, and a 1-story, flat-roof, balustradetopped
addition extends from the main block beyond this porch. Other
detailing includes two stone exterior chimneys, one, on the end and
one on the front flanking the tower; an oriel window in the side
gable end; and hipped, shed, and eyebrow dormers. The house was
htti lt for Jacob S. Burnet, one of three Cincinnati men invoived in
the subdivision and development of the Everett Farm property.
228 The Bungalow 1899; attributed to John A. Tompkins of New York,
architect: A sprawling, picturesque, stone and shingle dwelling
dominated by a massive, symmetrical hut complex roof mass encompassing
* its second story and attic. The roof is a modified "M" gable with
extended side slopes, a flank-gable connecting hyphen in the valley
of the "N," and hip extensions across the gable ends forming pent
roofs over the first- and second-story doors and windows. The twin
front gables contain paired second-story oriels with shingled bows
See Continuation Sheet #51