268:. The two-story brick house sits on a stone foundation. It is of solid brick construction and includes three interior wall chimneys. Its windows have stone lintels. It has a Queen Anne-style wrap-around front porch, supported by Tuscan columns and decorated with sawn-cut wooden shingles. Its front windows are leaded glass. Its four-square interior plan includes a paneled central hall with a parlor on each side and a dining room and office in the rear. Interior decorative features include pocket doors and original baseboards and window trim.
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The Spence House was originally constructed near West
College Street at an unknown date. It was moved to its current location at 503 North Maple Street in 1866 and became the residence of Elizabeth and John Cedric Spence. Elizabeth purchased the lot from their son-in-law, William Roulet and the house
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Children's Discovery House Museum in August 1985. The museum sold the property to Greg Tucker. Kious and Rogers, PLLC,
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Children's Discovery House Museum sealed the fireplaces and removed the mantles throughout the house. Brown's addition was replaced with a frame addition in
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