The original structure consisted of a one-and-a-half story building, the gable end of which faced the street, with a one-story side wing. The structure remained largely unaltered until 1939, when a rear addition, designed as a complete apartment unit, was added to provide living space for the parents of the owners, Ralph and Julia Westervelt. In 1946, a former open porch at the front of the house was enclosed to provide a family room This addition, with its shed roof, was later modified and given a peaked gable roof. In 1954, the roof of the one-story original side wing was raised and a second floor was added. Frieze windows and a gable-ended cornice line with returns were incorporated into the new structure in an attempt to provide a link between the original house and the addition. The two chimneys are also twentieth century additions.
This house was probably originally a mill worker's home. This narrow section of land bordering Fall Creek between Warren Road and the downstream bridge was once a bustling, built-up section of Forest Home. At one time, there were a cider mill, a saw mill, a meat market, and at least three other houses in this area. This house sits below the grade of Forest Home Drive and is bordered at the rear by Fall Creek. It is adjacent to a small park.
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Forest Home Historic District with USN 10906.000057. 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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