23 South Holcomb Road

This Italian Revival style house was built by/for N. W. Stewart in 1867. Tax assessment records cited a "new house" on the property in 1868. A footprint of the house may be seen on the 1872 Map of the Village. Some of the elements of the original architectural style may still be seen: the original two story cube is finished with a wide bracketed cornice with deep eaves under the hip roof; and iron fretwork caps the hip roof where a cupola, or bevedere, would have risen on larger more elaborate examples of the style. A circa 1900 photo shows a Queen Anne style front porch which was replaced circa 1920 with a gable roofed vestibule. It is not known if this house originally had a wrap-around porch/veranda which was typical of such Italian Revival style houses. Frank Walter & family owned the house for fifty years, 1880-1930. The small building to the rear of the house was built as Walter's first general store. In 1919 Walter purchased the brick Italian Revival style building at 5 S. Main, the location ofFrank Walter & Son Dry Goods, Footwear & Groceries for the next 40 years.