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Mason Cornwall House

Coordinates: 46°43′56″N 116°59′17″W / 46.732176°N 116.988079°W / 46.732176; -116.988079
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Mason Cornwall House
2007
Mason Cornwall House is located in Idaho
Mason Cornwall House
Mason Cornwall House is located in the United States
Mason Cornwall House
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Interactive map showing the location of Mason Cornwall House
Location308 S. Hayes St.
Moscow (Latah CO) Idaho
Coordinates46°43′56″N 116°59′17″W / 46.732176°N 116.988079°W / 46.732176; -116.988079
Built1889
ArchitectLauder and Taylor for Mason Cornwall
Architectural styleVictorian Italianate
NRHP reference No.77000465 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1977

The Mason Cornwall House is located in Northern Idaho at 308 South Hayes Street in Moscow, Idaho.[2] 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.

Construction details

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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 (410 mm) thick exterior walls on the first floor and 12-inch (300 mm) 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 2-foot-high (0.61 m) metal brackets under the eaves are handmade.[3] 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.

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Idaho – Latah County". National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  2. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Department of the Interior. 1979. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  3. ^ Otness, Lillian Woodworth (1983). A Great good country: a guide to historic Moscow and Latah County, Idaho. Moscow, ID: Latah County Historical Society. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-914429-10-8.