James Smith House - Ottawa, Ontario - Ontario Heritage Properties on Waymarking.com

James Smith House
72 Steeple Hill Crescent

Part of Lot 21, Concession 5, Rideau Front.

The James Smith House built circa 1830 by a New England millwright is an excellent example of early rural vernacular architecture. The site, in the Village of Fallowfield, is on an escarpment known locally as Piety Hill and fronts onto one of the earliest settlement roads in Carleton County.

The home, set into the escarpment, is built of local limestone and sandstone. The front facade, a storey and a half in height, boasts a semi-eliptical fan transom with side lights. The twelve paned windows flank the doorway in

Georgian symmetry. The rear facade, a full two storeys in height, has a suicide door. The inscription ''Charles Smith, 1861'' is found in plaster on a rear interior window surround. A former log carriage shed which was moved from its original location, is found on the property.

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Link to Property in The Ontario Properties Database: [Web Link] Building or Property Type: Residential Building County or Regional Municipality: Ottawa-Carleton

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