71 Washington Avenue

In 1871 B.E. Cook and his son purchased lot no.30 of J.H. Searles and J.M. Minor's subdivision plan for Washington Avenue for $350.00. Ten years later they sold the same lot for $250.00 to Edgar and Sally Ann Buckingham. The Buckinghams weren't listed here in the 1885 directory and the house probably wasn't constructed until the early 1890's. Phillip Class was listed here in the 1894 directory.

The house is 2 and 1/2 stories in height, L-shaped with a porch in the crook of the L. Fish-scale shingles are used in the gables and as decorative panels between the windows of the first and second floor. Wide vertical and horizontal boarding is used as "string courses" and corner posts. The porch has a hipped roof, turned posts with brackets and turned balustrade.

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