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Show CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE EXCELLENT -DETERIORATED .^UNALTERED X.ORIGINAL SITE GOOD -RUINS -ALTERED _MOVED DATE. _UNEXPOSED The Booth House is a two-story brick structure, largely intact, with excellent Victorian detailing. Most of the decorative work is applied to the two-story gable end facade, especially at the attic story. A large octagonal bay projects from the first floor, with three one-over-one sash windows trimmed with rusticated stone sills and lintels and panel brick decoration below the sills. The second story above had a balcony (now missing). A door with sidelights opens into the roof above the first floor bay window. The door and sidelights are framed with a rusticated stone lintel above. In the attic story, a tripartite window is framed behind a projecting round arch below the cornice which is decorated with scroll saw and turned wood trim. The gable end is covered with imbricated and diamond-pattern shingles. The front and rear doors--extravagances of wood detailing are intact, the front door bell still rings. Interior wood work, though painted, is also intact. The home was built without fireplaces, pie three chimneys were built for coal burning stoves, all of which have long since been removed. The front wooden porch is intact, although in poor condtion. A cement foundation was poured in the 1930s replacing the wood latice work and closing off the venting system for the cellar. In the one and a half story section of the house, the only changes are one old and two new shed dormers. The front dormer was added in the 1930s when the house was converted into two apartments. The other two dormers were recently added by the present occupants as part of the refinishing of the atic. Although gable roof dormers would have been more compatible, their visual impact is not severe. The back wood porch is missing. The original wood fence still surrounds the property, although it is in need of repair. The small ,banv which was built for the Booth fs race horse, Mack, is also intact. |
