Larson, Martin, House
SW of Clifton, Clifton, TXThe Martin Larson house stands on gently rolling land just east of the Boggy Branch of Neils Creek. This one-and-a-half-story, the wood-frame structure remains virtually unaltered and is in good condition. Its plan is asymmetrical, in the form of a "T The front, or north, the facade has a one-story porch with turned wooden posts, jig-cut brackets, and a frieze of turned spindles. A single doorway opens onto the porch, and the windows are double-hung with two-over-two lights and vertical muntins. At the east end of the front, a steeply pitched, dormer-like gable rises from the roof and has a single window wit h two-over-two lights. The cross-gabled roof is covered by wooden shingles and pierced by two corbeled brick chimneys. A small shed-roof addition was built in the 1940s on the rear (south) elevation.
The present owner (1984), who is a descendant of the original occupant, states that the frame house was built in 1904 for Martin Larson. Since that time it has remained virtually unchanged and retains its historic integrity to a remarkable degree.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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