The Evans House takes its name from a family who occupied it beginning in the late nineteenth century. Whereas Windy Brow (preceding entry) is aligned with the road on a terrace, this only slightly earlier house in the same format is angled to the road in the old-fashioned manner, south facing and raised on a mound, probably augmented with the dirt of its cellar excavation. The front, which at Windy Brow seems generously stretched in keeping with a trend of the Federal style, is here compact, drawn in toward its central brick chimney. Both have twelve-over-twelve sash on the first story and, unusually, twelve-over-six above; but these windows are smaller. The framing is also heavier, with decisively projecting sills and heavy boards cut in exaggerated diagonals on either end as lintels. No elegant fan over the door, nor side lights to illuminate the hall; this one is narrow, set deep within a broad, simple frame and capped by a small transom with a strongly
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Evans House
1805. 11 Tarkiln Rd. (pole 2)
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