3. Historic Resources 



The circa 1881 Randall house is the only remaining building on the 

 property. Declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, 

 the house is on the List of Classified Structures. The site of the Daniel Seaver 

 dairy has been vacant for most of this century. 



a. Sarah Seaver Randall House (OV-05.01) 



The Randall house is a wood frame Victorian structure with Italianate 

 detailing, with stick type brackets at the eaves and trim at the outside corners 

 and with handsome pediments over most of the front and side windows. A 

 combination hip and gable roof has a middle flat portion which contains the roof 

 access hatch. Some fascia trim is missing and there has been an addition of a 

 small single story room off the kitchen side. A front porch had been added 

 which interrupted the pediments over the downstairs front windows; this 

 deteriorated porch has been replaced by the park with a flat shed porch, the 

 sole purpose of which is to protect the front of the building. The front porch 

 covers about 110 square feet, and the side porch 56 square feet. The house 

 rests on a brick foundation. 



The building is sheathed in horizontal siding, all painted white. A major 

 portion of the of the south side has been treated with an added finish of banded 

 shingles-alternate bands of horizontal shingles and shingles of fish-scale 

 pattern-each band being about three and a half or four feet wide. This was 

 added over the original horizontal siding at some time in the late 1800s when 

 the chimney was removed from that side of the house. The original windows 

 were wood two over two double hung sash. A side porch with a concrete floor 

 has been put on adjacent to the small addition by the kitchen. The rear 

 elevation is essentially unadorned with no special window trim and no brackets. 

 Exposed plumbing and vent lines are evident and were no doubt added to 

 accommodate a bath which was put in on the second floor. 



The interior shows four large rooms on the lower floor with a generous 

 entry/stair hall and with the add-on room and bath off the kitchen. The first 

 floor contains 1,084 square feet. There is a fine open stair which leads to the 

 second floor, but the bannister has been stolen by vandals. Upstairs are four 

 generous bedrooms, a nice upper hall space, and a large bath and storage room 



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