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Second Street 4
Virtual Walking Tour
The Mahlon Schooley House
Mahlon Schooley (b.1788), who later helped establish a Quaker
community in Iowa, built this brick house in 1817. Like many
Waterford dwellings, the original portion is a three-bay
brick bank building on a stone foundation, with a metal gable
roof. The rain gutters almost hide a mousetooth cornice.
The house was enlarged at the rear in the 1840s, and late
in that century an owner reconstructed the south wall of
the house, adding windows and lengthening the first story
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Asbury Johnson House
Asbury Johnson erected this home in 1886. It is the earliest
of the Victorian houses lining Second Street, and is less
exuberantly embellished than others of the period.
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The Flavius Beans House
Flavius Beans, proprietor of the Waterford Market, either
built or had this house built circa 1899. It is similar to
the Asbury Johnson house next door, but the details are a
bit more fanciful and ornate. |
The Elton James House
Attorney C. Elton James (c.1872-1962) commissioned the Washington
architectural firm of Hunter and Bell to design this summer
home for him in 1896. He chose a Victorian Queen Anne design.
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