This house was built ca. 1900-1915 by local builder Eugene Preswick.
The Gauntlett & Andrus Paper Company was at one time located on this property, below the house and close to Fall Creek. Apparently the factory operated only from 1846-1851, and then stood unused for many years before it collapsed. The factory is shown in the Extract in 1853 Map of Tompkins County showing Free Hollow (now Forest Home) [
https://www.fhia.org/historic-maps-of-forest-home/#1853].
Included in
Forest Home Historic District with USN 10906.000065. To access the Building-Structure Inventory Form (sometimes referred to as the "Blue Form"), from which many of the details above are drawn, including the estimated date built, follow these
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