Historical Homes
Stay at the Jackson House of Gamaliel. The Victorian-style house was built in 1904 and underwent a complete renovation in 2017
While the form of the house is essentially a T-plan, the 1.5-story frame house just drips with exterior ornamentation – spindles, finials, turned and chamfered balusters, spandrels, fretwork, and brackets. The effect is of a scrumptious gingerbread treat – perhaps one reason the dwelling was coined “Gingerbread House” in the 1983 historic resources survey form.
There’s a front porch – a side porch – AND a small balcony off of the front gable dormer on the upper story of the facade. The gable of the polygonal bay on the facade appears to be clad in historic metal shingles, while the pressed metal shingles gleam brightly on the hip on gable roof (resplendent with numerous snow catchers).
