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Show DESCRIPTION CONDITION EXCELLENT CHECK ONE _DETERIORATED _RUINS _FAIR X_UNALTERED -ALTERED CHECK ONE ^ORIGINAL SITE -MOVED DATE. _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Joseph Olpin Home is a two-story rectangular building of stone with a one-and-a-half story rear addition of brick. The front and sides are coursed ashlar, while the foundation and back are of nibble construction. The front is symmetrical, three bays wide, with wooden lintels above six-over-six windows. Two single stack, banded brick chimneys, recessed slightly from each gable end, straddle the ridge. At the rear of the original stone building is a one-and-a-half story brick broken salt-box addition, with a hipped roof porch. The addition is of stretcher bond. The rear door and window bays of the ground floor of the addition have segmented arches. The rear bays have corbeled voussoirs. The two smaller windows of the upper story of the addition have plain wooden lintels which break into the frieze. Both the addition and original building have a plain boxed cornice with simple mouldings and a plain frieze. The addition has two single stack brick chimneys, one at the peak of the ridge, recessed from the gable end, and the other on the shallow slope of the roof. Both the original structure and the addition are of vernacular styling. The condition of the building is good and the integrity is excellent. The plan consists of two rooms flanking a central hall on the first floor of the main building. The addition houses a kitchen and pantry area. The original curving wooden staircase still stands in the hall. The upper floor served as bedroom space. |
