119 Water Street, c. 1800’s; private residence

The original structure was a two-story house with a porch and a fireplace at each end. The restructuring renovation in 1956 removed the two chimneys and raised the back part to give the house a classic salt box appearance. Evidence uncovered during a 2004 renovation suggests building methods and construction techniques used by shipbuilders of that era. The siding and return of the porch in 2013 gave a more colonial cook to the house.

The original structure was a single story bungalow measuring about 30 feet across and 20 feet deep with a fireplace at each end. The wall timbers, sills, and ceiling joist are all hand hewn with mortise and tenon joinery. The front two upstairs rooms were added sometime around 1920; floorboards in those rooms appear to have been past the original roof, some being 24 inches wide. The timing of this coincides with a first that damaged many homes along Water Street. In approximately 1940, the house was again expanded by a two story addition toward the back.