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Edward H. Darrah House

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1872. 340 Main St.
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

Stylistically, there are several houses like this in the lumber territories of northern Pennsylvania (see Tionesta, p. 446). This house, commissioned by lumberman Edward H. Darrah, is of wood, but he chose to cut the wood into rusticated wood blocks to imitate stone. Paired brackets, quoins, and pedimented window surrounds complete the ornamentation. The veranda and curved bay windows on the south facade were added in 1897, while Darrah's daughter Mary and son-in-law Judge Charles Corbet were resident. Many single-family homes that retain their historic integrity remain on Brookville's Main Street.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lu Donnelly et al.
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Citation

Lu Donnelly et al., "Edward H. Darrah House", [Brookville, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-JE7.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 1

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 465-465.

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