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roof shingled in wood and pierced by two brick chimneys. It has a one-and-a-half-story wing on the east, similarly treated but with two large gabled
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handrail with simple square balusters. The original pine stair treads were protected by carpeting for many years.
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piercing the roof instead of chimneys. Connected to its northeast is a one-story shed-roofed kitchen wing.
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over the value of the land it wanted to take from them through
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hand-hewn timber frame building on a stone foundation. It is
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364:Concord, Massachusetts
193:Thomas N. Wheeler Farm
136:18 acres (7.3 ha)
47:U.S. Historic district
30:Thomas N. Wheeler Farm
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637:National Park Service
617:Contributing property
241:Buildings and grounds
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926:Steuben
856:Orleans
846:Ontario
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806:Madison
766:Genesee
721:Clinton
711:Chemung
490:May 24,
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358:History
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275:stables
271:granary
222:style.
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