Joseph Tice House
23 Maple St.
Date: 1808
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Joseph Tice House
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| Date: 1808
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| Features: An almost square two-bay house
on left (south), with a two-bay rectangular addition of lesser scale on the
north side. An L-shaped tongue-and-groove frame wing, perhaps a
mid-19th century addition, was covered with stucco and stones to blend
with the original limestone part in the 1940s. A 1974 addition
makes a U-shape now with a patio in the center of the U. Much
remodeling was done in the 1940s, installing stone for frame windowsills
as well as casement windows. The plaster was removed from the
interior limestone walls. The north section may have been the
original house. On the north end of this room was a fruit cellar
with a dirt floor, three steps down. This feature was replaced
with a closet and bathroom. An interior brick wall divided this
from the rest of that section. This part of the house has walls
that are one stone in depth: nine inches. (This is the only stone
building with a wall of this depth) This section of the house may
have been in place when Aaron Nutt was charged $250 tax for two houses
in 1809. The south section has walls 18 inches deep with flat
stone arches having radiating voussoirs over the window and doorway.
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| Owners: The builder of the south limestone
section was Joseph Tice who was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
His father kept a tavern where George Washington was often a guest.
Married to Jane Hulse in 1826, they moved to Centerville in 1833 where
he worked his trade of a stonecutter and stonemason until his death in
1871. He took possession of this south half of Lot 8 in 1834.
The stone cottage was once purchased by Isaac Hannahs for "five hundred
silver dollars which were carried to the village in a market basket."
This building continues to be used as a residence.
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