Littlefield House Near The End

The Littlefield house had definitely seen better days by the time this photo was taken. This was probably about the time it was torn down. Gone are the decorative brackets in the eves and the original front steps. The fantastic original Eastlake inspired fence around the property had been gone for many years . The Watkins house which had stood to the left in this photo was already gone too.

Littlefield House Revisited

In my Novemeber 9, 2011 post I featured a photo of the side bay and upstairs porch of the Charles F. Littlefield house, which once stood at 165 West 5th street. I recently found photos showing the house shortly after it was first completed and additional photos taken after the house was greatly altered about 1912 with the addition of a large craftsman style porch. While the massive porch gave the house a more impressive look it ruined the original pure Eastlake design .