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Exterior Photos - Hardin H. Littell House - 2026 Photos

137 Summer Street ca. 1900 2 ½-story hipped [roof] with cross gable;   masonry and frame former house with Tudor styling;   stone foundation;   brick 1st story;   wood shingle 2nd story;   slate roof. ENTRY:  Recessed entry with stone supports;   partial width open sitting porch with clustered chamfered supports atop brick piers;   wrought iron balustrade. WINDOWS:  Windows typically 1/1 wood sash  double hung, paired and grouped.   Front wall dormer with patterned half timbering, multi-light  casement windows,  vergeboard.   Other sections of half timbering. - Elmwood Historic District (East) Nomination, Section 7, Page 288

Tudor syle with  Stick style additions Stick styling on the second story features decorated vergeboard. and half timbering       (Right side of this photo on the first story is the entrance) Three details below: Detail #1:  brick chimney and slate roof Decorated vergeboard              Half timbering                 Leaded glass in transom windows Glazed speckle bricks  in running bond pattern Note entry:  dark doorway to left of porch piers         Two entry details below: Medina sandstone steps                      Oak door with side lights Arts & Crafts design in door Stick style                  Two details below: Detail #1 Stick styling on the second story features decorated vergeboard. and half timbering                                        "Front wall dormer with patterned half timbering, multi-light  casement windows,  vergeboard.   Other sections of half timbering." - Elmwood Historic District (East) Nomination, Section 7, Page 288 Detail #2 Stick styling:  Corbels   Rectangular wooden shingles     Dentil moilding Porch                         Wrought iron balustrade - not original John J. Grimaldi & Assoc Website offices in the building Hightower LakeWater offices in the building .

Facade and east elevation East elevation East elevation                            Multipane bay window Wooden shingles at top                Gibbs surround around windows                      Medina sandstone sill       Scroll-sawn brackets                                  Gibbs surround around windows  Scroll-sawn brackets                                  Gibbs surround around windows Gibbs surround around windows .

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Special thanks to current owner Steven Grimaldi  for his cooperation and assistance in 2026.

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Photos and their arrangement © 2026 Chuck LaChiusa
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