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518 Second Avenue SW, c. 1849
The Monteith house, which is now located at 418 Second Street SW (it was moved from the corner of 2nd and Washington in about the 1880s) is an example of a style of architecture that was popular on the East Coast during America’s Federal Period (1776-1820).
It was very common for the early settlers to duplicate buildings that they left behind which explains why the Monteith house closely resembles New York farmhouses built in the 18th century. Its main characteristics include:
- An internal structural frame, which is made of hand hewn beams.
- Lumber siding that was made at a small local lumber mill. (Historians believe that Sam Althouse built the first lumber mill in Albany in 1848).
- Window sashes, glass and hardware purchased at the Hudson’s Bay Company store at Fort Vancouver.
- Six over 6 light (or more) double hung windows.
- Rectangular or box-like shape with low pitched roof.
- Symmetrical placement of windows and doors.
- Interior chimneys.
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