History
This brick Italianate home was built circa 1868-1870 in a style inspired by Italian Renaissance villas and farmhouses known for their decorative features and vertical emphasis. The home was a collaboration between architects Alexander White and Robert Rankin. White later became mayor of Madison and is believed to have been the architect for the Walnut Street Fire Department in Madison and the Presbyterian Church in Hanover. The home was featured in the October 1988 edition of Colonial Homes Magazine. The Dorseys purchased the home in 2011.
Renovations
- Replaced 14 radiators
- Renovated kitchen
- Refinished wood floors and staircases
- Removed wallpaper and patched plaster walls
Special Features
- Frontal gable which became popular after the civil war
- Full two-story structure with steep pitched gabled roof, decorative eaves, and scrolled medallions
- Small passageway running through a closet in the hallway allows upstairs guests access to the upstairs bath without disturbing those in the other bedroom
- Six-over-six Romanesque windows
- Stained glass windows found throughout, including the front door, transom, side yard windows, and the staircase landing
- A framed copy of the Colonial Homes Magazine article hanging in the font parlor displays the wall coverings, flooring, and window treatments as there were when the house was purchased by the Dorseys
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