118 South Main St

118 South Main St

The building is one of the finest residential examples of Second Empire architecture in the town, built between 1874 and 1885 based on the Sanborn insurance maps. The building has a mansard roof with three dormers, a balcony, bay windows, and an entry porch with elaborate drip molds with incised floral designs supported by modillions. There are casement windows on the second floor over the double-hung windows on the first floor.

The Fishscale slate on the roof is a common element of this style, as are the brackets and panels beneath the eaves. The original porch featured patterned cutouts instead of the stock-turned spindles now in place.