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Date Built:
Architectural
Style: Eclectic, “Eastern Colonial farmhouse”
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The
house was built in two or three stages (a brick near the kitchen
door bears the date 1844, and a brick near the south door has 1861
scratched into it).
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An oak slab in the
ceiling of the attic also has the 1844 date on it.
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The
front section of the house is only one room deep due to a lingering medieval tradition which persisted in the eastern
states.
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The symmetrical
facade and chimneys centered at each end of the house suggest Late Federal style.
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The cornice along
the eaves, the rectangular transom and sidelights suggest Greek Revival.
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Double-sash windows
on second story with “six over six” are Colonial.
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There are also hints
of Georgian and French provincial style
Who has lived here:
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Asa
Talcott was born in Connecticut, and probably moved here in 1833.
He was a bricklayer and plasterer, and he and his wife were among
the founder of the
Congregational Church in Jacksonville.
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Barton
Stone Christian Home now operates the home as a meeting room
Interesting notes:
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Mr. Talcott likely had a brickyard behind his house.
Neighbors in the
area still
occasionally find bricks in their yards.
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Mr. Talcott was an abolitionist. He was also a member of
the Underground Railroad movement although there is no record of
his hiding runaway slaves on his own property.
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This is one of the earliest Jacksonville
houses which still exists.
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