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Item Title
Gray House, County Road, Connersville, Fayette County, IN
LocationCounty Road,
Connersville vicinity, IN
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IN-108
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-34 ; FN-49).
Building/structure dates:
1846 initial construction
Significance: The Gray House was built ca. 1836-46, and is more sophisticated in design and appearance than most of the local vernacular constructed during this period. The rectangular brick structure is distinguished by a symmetrical five-bay facade articulated by giant pilasters, a recessed central entrance framed by fluted Greek Doric columns in antis, and topped by a low gable roof trimmed with a wide denticulated entablature, punctuated at regular intervals by elaborate cast-iron grille openings. Hugh Gray came to Fayette County from Vermont in the late 1810s, settling here in the 30s, becoming a prosperous farmer in the area. The house remained in the Gray family for more than eighty years, and has been excellently maintained since it was erected in the early 19th century.
Related Names
Gray, Hugh
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer January 1975 GENERAL VIEW OF EXTERIOR FROM SOUTH
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer January 1975 VIEW FROM SOUTH
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer January 1975 GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher Photographer January 1975 DETAIL SOUTH (FRONT) ENTRANCE
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher Photographer January 1975 VIEW OF EAST (SIDE) FROM SOUTHEAST
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher Photographer January 1975 DETAIL ENTABLATURE GRILLE WINDOW
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher Photographer January 1975 DETAIL ENTABLATURE GRILLE, EAST (SIDE) FACADE
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer January 1975 GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTHEAST PARLOR
9. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher Photographer January 1975 DETAIL SOUTH END OF EAST WALL, SOUTHEAST PARLOR
10. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer January 1975 DETAIL DRAWER IN SOUTH WALL, SOUTHEAST PARLOR
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