ONE OF THE OLDEST HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAINING MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL EXTERIOR, THE SAXON-MOORE HOME, DATING FROM THE VERY EDGE OF THE CENTURY, ILLUSTRATES TUSCAN COLUMNS, COLONIAL STYLE DOOR SURROUNDS, AND CORNICE RETURNS IN GABLE ENDS. ( FOR NEARLY A CENTURY IN ONE-FAMILY OWNERSHIP OF THE SAXON AND MOORE FAMILY, THE HOUSE IS NOW PRESENTED BY ELLEN TUTT).
THE WILL PARKER HOUSE
THE PARKER HOME WAS BUILT DURING 1908 BY MR. AND MRS WILL PARKER JUST AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE IN 1907.TIMBERS USED TO BUILD THE HOUSE WERE CUT FROM PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHN NUNN PARKER AND MILLED IN THE FAMILY SAWMILL LOCATED WEST OF TOWN.
ADDITIONS TO THE HOUSE WERE MADE IN STAGES AND MAKE A RAMBLING STRUCTURE BUT THEY DOCUMENT A FAMILY HISTORY.
THE HOUSE REFLECTS ARCHITECTUAL MARKS COINCIDING WITH THE ERA OF CONSTRUCTION AND REMODEL SUCH AS COLONIAL REVIVAL IN CORNICE RETURNS IN GABLE ENDS AND CRAFTMAN INFLUENCE IN PORCH SUPPORTS.
THE HOME IS CURRENTLY OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY BILL AND CAROL HAWKINS
THE WALKER- HOLLIMAN HOUSE
BUILT DURING 1898, THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OCCUPIED BY THE WALKER FAMILY DURING THE EARLY YEARS AND LATER BY THEIR DAUGHTER VERA ALICE WALKER/HOLLIMAN.
CURRENTLY OWNED BY BILL AND CAROL HAWKINS.
THE ATCHISON HOUSE OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY ORIGIN, IS A WELL KEPT EXAMPLE OF COLONIAL REVIVAL GENRE, ILLUSTRATING TUSCAN COLUMNS WITH TRANSOMS AND SIDELIGHTS DOOR SURROUNDS.
