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Although the main body of the building is clapboarded, the gable end of the main facade is flushboarded. The building has wide corner pilasters, and an elaborate cornice with mouldings, frieze, and architrave on three sides. A two-stage bell tower rises above the main facade. On the property stand a series of horsesheds, a long single-story frame structure built partially on a stone foundation; these date to the 1880s.
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