McKusick-Converse House
This handsome, Stick style house was built circa 1885 by Chester McKusick, a local real estate speculator. The grand home was assessed at $1,800 in 1885. The two-and-a-half-story, frame residence has a cut limestone foundation, clapboard siding, and a hipped roof with prominent cross gables. Its steeply-pitched roof of irregular shape, dominant front facing gable, patterned shingles, trusswork in the gable peaks, and the character defining stickwork that wraps around the house above the second story windows are characteristics of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The house features one-over-one double-hung and one-light casement windows that replaced the original windows. In 1905, the house was purchased by Theodore R. and Minnie Converse. According to the 1908-1909 city directory, Converse was the treasurer of the Bronson-Folsom Company. Soon after purchasing the house Mr. Converse had Stillwater contractor, Frank Linner build a $1,100 addition on the house. The two-story, side-gabled addition was built on the east elevation. Later Converse paid $1,200 to construct a small, one-story, gabled addition on the rear of the house and to replace the front porch. The hipped-roof wraparound porch has square Tuscan piers and an elaborate cornice with dentils that are Free Classic details, a common variation of Queen Anne architecture, which was a closely related relative to the Stick style. Mr. Converse lived in this house into the 1930s.
McKusick-Converse House
This handsome, Stick style house was built circa 1885 by Chester McKusick, a local real estate speculator. The grand home was assessed at $1,800 in 1885. The two-and-a-half-story, frame residence has a cut limestone foundation, clapboard siding, and a hipped roof with prominent cross gables. Its steeply-pitched roof of irregular shape, dominant front facing gable, patterned shingles, trusswork in the gable peaks, and the character defining stickwork that wraps around the house above the second story windows are characteristics of the Queen Anne style that was popular in the United States from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The house features one-over-one double-hung and one-light casement windows that replaced the original windows. In 1905, the house was purchased by Theodore R. and Minnie Converse. According to the 1908-1909 city directory, Converse was the treasurer of the Bronson-Folsom Company. Soon after purchasing the house Mr. Converse had Stillwater contractor, Frank Linner build a $1,100 addition on the house. The two-story, side-gabled addition was built on the east elevation. Later Converse paid $1,200 to construct a small, one-story, gabled addition on the rear of the house and to replace the front porch. The hipped-roof wraparound porch has square Tuscan piers and an elaborate cornice with dentils that are Free Classic details, a common variation of Queen Anne architecture, which was a closely related relative to the Stick style. Mr. Converse lived in this house into the 1930s.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Heirloom Homes and Landmark
