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mantel-pieces, are yet in a lair state of pre¬ 
servation, and the building is now used as a 
museum of Revolutionary relics. The Ehle 
house is of the most primitive character, hav¬ 
ing but one story and a dark attic; the interior 
arrangement of the rooms is about the same 
as in the ordinary log cabin. The building 
is at present occupied by Italian laborers. In 
the Frey house the attic has been utilized for 
small sleeping rooms as is denoted by the 
modern dormer windows, but the attic rooms 
to be more exact, in 1743, he erected a dwel¬ 
ling which, in outward appearance at least, 
was devoid of any lines of architectural 
beauty. The interior was divided into lour 
rooms and central hall on the first floor, the 
second (half ) story being reached by a wide 
open stairway at the rear of the hall. The 
building is shown on page 218. Mr. and 
Miss Wilson, the present owners of the 
house, have attempted to retain the old 
structure in its primitive condition, although 
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of the Van Alstyne house are more spacious 
and of much greater heighth, owing to the 
gambrel root that covers this unique struc¬ 
ture. That the above houses were built of 
stone instead of wood is owing to the fact 
that good building stone may be quarried with 
ease in the vicinity of all these buildings. 
In the year 1735, a patent was granted to 
Walter Butler, senior, the father of Col. 
John Butler of Wyoming massacre notoriety, 
for 4,000 acres in the vicinity of the present 
town of Johnstown, N. Y. Shortly after, or 
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the hall and stairs have been removed and 
the lower story now consists of three rooms, 
the ceilings of which show heavy exposed 
timbers rudely fashioned with an adze. 
The side walls were originally finished 
inside with sun-baked brick, placed between 
the upright timbers and whitewashed. Back 
of the parlor, or “ best room,” is a long 
narrow room with but one very small window. 
The strong double doors by which this room 
is entered show evidence of heavy strong 
fastenings and suggest the presence of a 
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