| The Murton E. and Lillian DeGuire House is a 2½ story, frame Queen Anne-style house with Colonial Revival design elements. It has a front-gabled roof featuring flared, bell cast eaves, and opposing wall dormers on both the east and west (side) elevations. All four of the gables of the main roof have a wide frieze band and pent-roof, creating a pedimented overall impression, and a pedimented entry porch on the south (front) elevation. The house has a square landing bay between the first and second stories on the east (side) elevation, and a canted bay on the first floor west (side) elevation. An inclusive, two-story rear-corner porch in the northeast corner of the house is found on the first and second stories, and both the front and rear porches are supported by fully-round, wood Tuscan columns. The southeast corner of the first floor of the house is clipped and canted with a three-bay window. The walls are finished with double-drop weatherboard siding, and wood shingle in the gable ends and wall dormers. The foundation of the house is rough-dressed, coursed granite, which reaches nearly full-height as presented on the west elevation, where the ground sloped sharply. The interior of the house is organized around a centered hall and modestly styled with built-in cabinetry, pocket doors, and original wood door and window trim. The house totals 3,078 square feet. |
