| Additional Information: | This farmstead property, currently known as Avonstead Farm, contains a house, dairy barn, and seven other associated agricultural buildings and structures. The farmhouse is a two-and-one-half-story, cross-gabled, vernacular farmhouse built in 1906. Resting on a mortared fieldstone foundation, the walls are clad in vinyl siding. A central cream brick chimney extends above the moderately pitched asphalt shingled roof. A single-story porch spans the north-facing main elevation, supported by turned posts topped with cutout brackets and spindled valences. A one-story addition is attached to the east elevation and a single-story rear addition extends from the south elevation. Most window openings contain replacement, one-over-one, vinyl sash; exceptions are the Chicago-style picture window on the east elevation and the three single-light casement windows of the east addition.
The main barn, silos, and milk house are located to the east of the house. The c.1910 gable-roof bank barn (AHI# 222411) is built on a fieldstone foundation and clad in board-and-batten siding. Basement window openings contain glass blocks. A large single-story ell is attached on the east elevation. The milk house (AHI# 222416) at the barn’s southwest corner is built of concrete blocks, and its low-pitched hip roof is covered in asbestos shingles, topped with a small wooden ventilator. The milk house is connected to the barn by a frame hyphen with a shed roof that is clad in drop siding. Two concrete silos are located adjacent to the barn, one of which lacks a roof. A smaller gable-roof hay barn (AHI# 222412), sited to the south of the main barn, has a fieldstone foundation, board-and-batten siding, and an asphalt roof. A two-car garage is attached to the second barn’s west elevation. A c.1940 side-gable building (AHI# 222414) is used to house farm equipment and is located north of the house. Built on a concrete foundation, it has a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles, walls clad in vertical bead-board, and two sliding bay doors on the east side. Two small outbuildings are located at the rear of the house; identical in size and form, one is clad in board and batten siding while the other is built of fieldstone. Both have gable roofs clad in asphalt shingles. |
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