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Peter J. Kraus was a successful early mercantile business owner in Marshfield who subsequently operated an insurance agency in the city.
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earliest Period Revival style house in the district and it is also one of the most impressive, thanks in large part to thorough maintenance. This is the only Neo-Classical house in Marshfield found by the Marshfield Intensive Survey and it is a superb example.
two-stories-tall, almost square in plan. Main facade is dominated by a two-story-tall, colossal order portico whose flat roof is upheld by paired, fluted Ionic columns. The house rests on a stone foundation, its exterior walls are clad in wood clapboards, and these walls are sheltered by a shallow-pitched hip roof covered in red tiles. The main north-facing elevation of the house is symmetrical in design and three bays wide, with the main entrance door placed in the first story of the center bay and having a balcony supported on console brackets placed just above it.
All of the windows on the house are twelve-over-twelve-light double hung sash and larger windows are used in two projecting one-story ells on the east-facing side elevation of the house. The Kraus house occupies a sizable corner lot and it also has a large garage located behind it that has a tile roof as well.
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