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A two-story outhouse is located in the town. It was built in 1869 for apartments that were attached to a general store. The top floor was used by the apartment dwellers while the bottom floor was used by patrons of the store. Although the store and apartments were demolished, the outhouse remained.
The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story building received a large addition by Mark Dunham in 1884 on the west side; Mark used it as the Oaklawn Farm office. In 1935, the Dunham Woods Riding Club was founded in the former house. The other two particularly significant buildings are barns used by the Dunham family. Both are on the southeast end of the property.
The farm's Classical Revival farmhouse, which dates from 1912, is representative of the spread of individualized architecture to farms; its design includes two-story Doric columns along the front porch and a pyramidal roof with a pediment-like dormer in front. The farm's main barn, a wooden structure used for livestock, was built in 1906.
The Caldwell Farmstead is a historic farmhouse located on Illinois Route 4 north of Chatham, Sangamon County, Illinois. The two-story Towered Italianate house was built in 1876. The red brick house features detailed joint work on the corners and groups of tall windows with molded hoods.
Historical community sanitation poster promoting sanitary outhouse designs (Illinois, US, 1940) Outhouse in the mountains in northern Norway An outhouse in Le Palais, Brittany An outhouse — known variously across the English-speaking world otherwise as bog , dunny , long-drop , or privy — is a small structure, separate from a main building ...
Apr. 6—This story was originally published in March 2021. There was a time when all it took to construct an outdoor privy in Maine was a shovel, some wood and a bit of sweat. Not anymore. Modern ...
Carnefix Mill, a three–story stone grist mill was built at Irish Grove 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Davis on Rock Run creek by George Raymer in the 1850s. The mill was still standing in 1970. [4] Davis Manufacturing Company Mill, built in Davis in 1876, was a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story stone flour mill with four run of stone powered by steam. The mill ...
The Garfield Farm and Inn Museum is a Registered Historic Place in Kane County, Illinois, United States. [2] The property is a 375-acre (1.52 km 2) farmstead, centered on an inn that served teamsters and the nearby community during the 1840s.