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Charles Cossum, a local real estate attorney, built the house sometime around 1890. His office was three blocks away on Market Street. He had been very successful, and the location of his home on the northern end of downtown
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264:project, one of which has a cutaway
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243:weathervane
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731:Montgomery
716:Livingston
621:Chautauqua
401:References
270:vergeboard
266:bay window
227:decorative
219:foundation
188:Queen Anne
121:Queen Anne
84:73°55′37″W
81:41°42′25″N
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221:sided in
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596:Allegany
518:New York
345:See also
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300:moldings
281:brackets
277:pediment
209:Building
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112:ca. 1890
58:Location
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