Name/Title
Brittain HouseEntry/Object ID
2023.10.337Description
Ornate clapboard home with cupola that once stood on the SW corner of Mason and Griffith Streets. The bare yard is patchy with snow. Behind the house, a building with a curved roof, possibly the back of the Ford dealership building on Culver Street, is visible.
This image was featured as History Mystery #92 with the question "Built by a lumber baron ca 1855. Where was it who were the first two families to own it?" and the
solution "Built in the 1850s by O. R. Johnson, lumber baron, and next owned by two generations of the Brittain family. It was located on the corner of Griffith and Mason where the bank parking lot is today."Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital scanSubject Person or Organization
Parking Lot/249 Mason/Captain R.C. Brittain house c.1868-1967Context
Italianate house with cupola built ca. 1868 by lumber baron O.R. Johnson, razed 1967 for a bank parking lot.Collection
Buildings: LostCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.10Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionNotes
These photos were published by Jack Sheridan for Commercial Record "History Mystery" features.Location
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItGeneral Notes
Note
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.Create Date
November 3, 2023Update Date
September 22, 2024
