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You are standing in an addition built during a major renovation of the original house. In 1939, the Tidewater-style plantation house was modified to reflect Colonial Revival taste. This recreated clapboard wall represents the location of the original house exterior wall in 1800. It looks similar to the clapboard seen behind the Bracket family, renters, who are standing in front of the original porch of the Riley House in the 1919 photo. |