Ada Townsend House

Site: V09-84
Municipality: Windsor, VT
Location: Route 5
Site Type: Farm

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
This farm complex: e.g., a house and two barns, is divided by U.S. Route 5. The house is located on the east side of U.S. Route 5 and the two barns are located on the west side.

The house is a 2 story, wood frame, Federal style I-house with (1) a hip roof (2) one interior chimney on each end (north and south) elevation, and (3) a 2-1/2 story, wood frame ell which is attached to the north end of the rear (east) elevation. From the road, U.S. Route 5, the ell masks the I-house configuration of the house and gives the house the appearance of being a 2-1/2 story, Federal style house with a "Georgian" first floor plan: i.e., basically, two large rooms flanking each side of a center stair hall. The house was erected in circa 1800 by Robert Lord.

The two barns are each 2-1/2 stories in height, are of wood frame construction with jerkinhead gable roofs, and are connected to each other by a 1-1/2 story stable section of wood frame construction with a shed roof. The two barns were probably erected between 1880 and 1900.
ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION: None given.
RELATED STRUCTURES: Barns, outbuildings, cottages.
BUILT: Not given.
REFERENCES: None given.
RECORDED BY: Courtney Fisher, Vt. Div.of Historic Sites. 4/74.
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