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house remained in the Beatty family until 1796, when it was sold to
Sebastian Graff, together with 1,004 acres (406 ha) of surrounding land. The property was described on maps as a farm or plantation. Census data suggests that the household had four white males, five white females, and 15 slaves. In 1829 the property was sold to John P. Thomson or Thompson (most likely Thompson). In 1848 the property was sold to John Myers for $ 8,800. Myers sold the property in 1855 to Jeremiah Henry Cramer for $ 12,901, comprising the house and 191 acres (77 ha). During the Cramer tenure, the roof was rebuilt, new siding was added, and the previously offset floor levels were equalized.
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above. It was built and expanded in three phases. The original house is the timber H-bent-framed house. A log section was added in 1855, and the north side was encased in a frame overlay at a later date. There were two rooms in the original house on the ground floor, vertically offset from each other by 32 inches (81 cm). The lower room was raised to match the upper room when the addition was built.
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or clay daubing over horizontal planking, with plaster finishes. The original interior arrangement included an offset floor level, or "opkamer," typical of Dutch colonial practice. The house is two stories high, 58 feet (18 m) by 22 feet (6.7 m), with seven bays on the lower level, and six
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