Mason Cornwall House

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Mason Cornwall House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
2007
2007
Location: 308 S. Hayes St.
Moscow (Latah CO) Idaho
Coordinates: 46°42′57″N 117°00′01″W / 46.71583, -117.00028Coordinates: 46°42′57″N 117°00′01″W / 46.71583, -117.00028
Built/Founded: 1889
Architect: Lauder and Taylor for Mason Cornwall
Architectural style(s): Victorian Italianate
Added to NRHP: December 12, 1977
NRHP Reference#: 77000465 [1]

The Mason Cornwall House is located in Northern Idaho at 308 South Hayes Street in Moscow, Idaho. The residence is a Victorian Italianate style house constructed of brick with a stucco finish. It is architecturally significant as one of the finest houses of its period in this area. The Cornwall house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently used as a private dwelling.

[edit] Construction details

The stucco was applied to the brick in a technique that simulates cut stone. The house was built in 1889 by Lauder and Taylor, builders in the Moscow area. The builder used Troy brick from a brick company in Troy, Idaho to construct the 16 inch thick exterior walls on the first floor and 12 inch walls on the second floor. This house has other Italianate features including a hipped roof and first story round arch windows which are bordered by a band of molding all the way around the house. There are rusticated quoins located underneath the roof cornice. The two-foot high metal brackets under the eaves are handmade.[2] The original roof was covered with interlocking metal shingles and had a small square structure with windows atop it. The shingles have since been replaced with red tile.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Idaho – Latah County. National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
  2. ^ Otness, Lillian Woodworth (1983). A Great good country: a guide to historic Moscow and Latah County, Idaho. Moscow, ID: Latah County Historical Society, p.94-95. ISBN 0-914429-10-8. 

Coordinates: 46°42′57″N, 117°00′01″W