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Vernacular

The majority of the small scale dwellings surviving from the nineteenth century have been significantly altered. Generally these were one story or one story with attic, frame houses resting on high cut stone foundations. Roofs were low gable or hip.

Later examples of worker’s housing exist in two sections of the city. The Paine Row houses at 1202-1318 Summit Avenue were constructed in 1925 as model, factory housing for Paine employees. On the south side of the city, a group of detached one story frame houses are located in the 400 block of 7th Avenue, these appear to be prefabricated units, and the association with a particular factory has not been established.