Unknown house on sloped lot

Unknown house on sloped lot

Description

Unknown house on sloped lot

Building Type

Single Family Residence

Street/Number

Neighborhood

Springfield area

Date

Photographer

Griswold & Steele

Collection

Ralph Slate

Current Condition

Notes

This is an older house, maybe around 1850. It has a brick foundation, but is unusual in that it is built on a sloped lot, with the lower level exposed.

The rural setting, coupled with the steep hill, suggests that this house could be in a town surrounding Springfield, rather in the city itself.


If you zoom in to the house in the background on the right side, you will see chickens in a coop.

The windows on the left part of the house are six-over-six, yet the windows on the right part are 2-over-2, suggesting that the right portion could be an addition, and perhaps the main house was older than 1850.

Reverse Text

Addressee

Postally unused