Note
Status: Record Updated
Street Address: 100-102 Main Street
City: Madison
Original Owner: Elisha Wood
LCHS ID #: 22
Year Built: 1827
Builder: Elisha Wood
Architectural Style: Adam
Applicant Name: Mrs. Oliver Bates
Description and Notes: The house was built by Elisha Woods, who also owned a tannery, and completed in 1827. The house was passed through the Wood family for 115 years before becoming a law office.
The five bay, side gabled Georgian/Federal style house has two stories. The main facade is symmetrical with a central doorway that has a transom light with a door surround. The first floor windows are four over four and slight more elongated than the second story ones which are one over one. All of the windows have shudders.
The house shares a wall with one of its neighbors and on the opposite side there is a small wing. The wing is slightly set back from the main facade and house two stories. There is a small porch that is in front of and on the roof of this wing. The wing has a door and a multipane picture window.