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Kendall County house built in the 1860s designated historic landmark · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kendall County house built in the eighteen sixties designated historic landmark.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Eric Shelkopf. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A Bristol
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  Speaker 1: township house built around eighteen sixty by one of the
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  Speaker 1: early pioneers in the area, is now an historic landmark.
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  Speaker 1: At the June sixteenth Kendall County Board meeting, board members
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  Speaker 1: voted to designate the house at thirteen N. Cannonball Trail
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  Speaker 1: as a locally designated historic landmark. The Gaylord House is
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  Speaker 1: the second locally designated historic landmark in unincorporated Kendall County.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen, the Kendall County Board designated the Gaylord
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  Speaker 1: House at fifteen forty two Plainfield Road in Naausey Township
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  Speaker 1: near Alsego as a locally designated Historic landmark. The Gaylord
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  Speaker 1: House was built in eighteen sixty five by Gilbert Gaylord.
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  Speaker 1: David J. Fiori, junior owner of the house at thirteen
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  Speaker 1: EN Cannonball Trail, requested the property be designated as an
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  Speaker 1: historic landmark. He told county officials that Edward Booth, who
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  Speaker 1: was born in England in eighteen thirty, immigrated to the
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  Speaker 1: area in the early eighteen fifties and built the house
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  Speaker 1: around eighteen sixty. Booth was a carpenter by trade. The
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  Speaker 1: house still retains its original intact limestone foundation and wood
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  Speaker 1: support beams in the basement, fior told county officials. Over
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  Speaker 1: the last fifteen years, restoration was completed while carefully keeping
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  Speaker 1: historical elements true to the house's origin. That includes a
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  Speaker 1: wood like composite siding in yellow, a wrap around front porch,
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  Speaker 1: widewood door and window trim, and walk out style windows.
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  Speaker 1: Fiora said the house sits prominently along Cannonball Trail, making
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  Speaker 1: it an easily recognizable house for people passing through Bristol.
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Historic Preservation Commission said the house met several
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  Speaker 1: of the criteria for being designated as a historic landmark,
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  Speaker 1: in including that it embodies distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style,
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  Speaker 1: and that it is suitable for preservation or restoration.