Report on the Garrity House, circa 1980

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(4) PRESENT DESCRIPTION The Garrity House, as extant, is a modest vernacular building with Greek Revival features Two stories high, it has an "L" shaped plan, with a one and one-half story lean-to shed filling in and squaring the "L" There is a further one story shed addition at the east side of the house The main "L" has a four bay southern facade with the door in a central location at the second bay in from the west On the left of this facade, the second story has one window centered over the door and window below The shed addition to the east has one centrally-positioned window on its front facade An exterior door to the addition is located on the addition' s soutwest wall adjacent to the main building ( The main "L" has a simple gable roof The shed roof of the lean-to addition intersects the gable pitch in the rear The eastern third of the lean-to shed roof has been raised to create a square dormer The eastern addition has a gable roof, with ridge running east/west This complex roof line was highlighted by Samuel Chamberlain in his book A Small House in the Sun (see Figure 2) Fenestration varies throughout the Garrity House The upper windows on the north and south facades and those in the eastern addition are six over six The lower windows are six over nine The western facade, facing Hancock Street, has two bays with eight over eight windows on the upper level and eight over twelve below