127 W. 8th Street

J Davis Addition

Built 1840

Style: Gothic Revival Cottage (with Italianate Influence)

Gothic Revival Cottage attributes of the home:

• Steeply pitched front gable roof

• Tall, narrow arched windows with decorative hoods

• Brick construction with bracketed cornice and ornate trim around the door

• Upper level balcony

• A rare, early Gothic Revival cottage with Italianate elegance.

At the time when this house is recorded as being built (1840) this lot was part of a 40 acre parcel purchased by William Papus in 1839.  He doesn’t sell the parcel again for a few years so we are guessing that he built the house.  However, there are multiple sales of the lot after Mr. Papus.  At some point the larger acreage was divided resulting in the lot size  the house now sits on.