269:-story masonry structure, built out of roughly-dressed granite blocks, giving walls that are 26 inches (66 cm) thick. Its gabled roof is oriented north–south, and there is a shed-roof porch on the east side and a cross-gabled wood-frame addition extending to the west. The house is built on the sloping bank of the river, and exposes a full basement story on its north side, where an entrance faces the stone remains of a wharf. Its south side is its main facade, with the entrance set in the leftmost of three bays on the ground floor, and two windows at the attic level.
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