This five-by-two bay residence has a gable roof with cornice returns, and a wide frieze band with four frieze windows. There is a recessed center porch with gable roof extension supported by Colonial Revival style Doric columns. A wall dormer with tripartite window group is featured above the porch. A rear, gable-roofed extension features a matching wall dormer and frieze band. Windows are six-over-six double hung sash. According to Albert Force, some subfloor planks measure twelve inches wide and two inches thick. The foundation of a barn which once stood behind this house, facing The Byway, is now used as a garage.
According to local historian Albert Force, the first owner of this house was Isaac Cradit, in 1830. Cradit will have built the house himself. From 1925 to 1979 the house was owned by Harry and Grace Bush.
It is believed that the main entrance and dormer windows are not original to the house, date of installation unknown. Another alteration of unknown date was a rear laundry lean-to. Circa 1948-50, the original wood clapboards were removed and replaced. Around the same period, a three-room rental apartment was created and a rear staircase and entrance-way constructed to provide access.
The apartment later became a studio apartment, after one of rooms in the apartment was incorporated into the main body of the house.
During the early 1950s, a carport was added and interior modifications were undertaken in the living room and den. The Forlano family bought the property in 1979 and remodelled the kitchen and laundry room. In January 1981 on the structure's western side, a window was removed and replaced by a bay extension and picture window.
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