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Joseph Fisk Cottage
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| Date: Possibly 1818.
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| Feature: A single door is located
asymmetrically on the south end of the east side of the building with a
small 1/1 window centered on the opposite side. The gable ends on
the north and south have no openings. A 1970s photo shows the
stone work revealed in a small section on the north gable end,
indicating the original line of an outside chimney and a flue hole.
The rest of the building's exterior was covered with plaster. One
of the owners said that much stone was found buried in a hole between
the main house and the small stone building. She surmised that it
might have been stone from a chimney missing from the north exterior
wall of the small building. There are hand-hewn joists and pegged
rafters inside.
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| Owners: The earliest deed for this
property is dated August 22, 1818 when Benjamin Robbins, who was a first
settler and platted the area, sold Lot 21 to his son-in-law, Joseph
Fisk, for $150. This price indicated a significant building was on
the property. A two-story brick house sits between this stone
building and the street and may have been erected by this time.
In addition to the Fisks, Henry Reeder, a blacksmith, owned the property from 1829 to 1873. From 1874 to 1920, Nathan Lincoln, a first cousin of Abraham Lincoln, and his wife owned the property and used the house for funerals.
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