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This page describes the house in detail
For detailed pictures, Floor plan, Survey and historical information
Go to Left Block "St. James House"
you will see 5 boxes appear
Click on any of the 5 boxes
Pictures of
Kitchen and Dining Rms recently added
go to rooms 10 & 11
If you go to the floor plans and print them first,
the rooms are numbered.
You can follow the numbers to properly orient yourself
with the pictures.
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Greek Revival Southern Colonial
Originally built in 1910 for Golf Champion Archibald Graham as a concrete built 4-square home.
1924, the house was sold to the “English family”, Alice McLean bought and hired Lawrence Butler to remodel it expanding it to about 4,500 SF as it stands today. The full basement, 1,200 SF with 8’- 4“ height to the bottom of the rafters above, reflects the area where Archie Graham built the original home. The crawl space reflects where Alice McLean expanded the home in 1924. the basement and crawlspace are solid poured concrete.
HIGHLIGHTS
Interior Exterior
9 ft ceilings 3 exterior porches
6 baths, 4 full, 2 half Most windows: 3 ft w x 5 ft ht
3 bedroom suites with full baths Windows have storms/screens
6 working fireplaces Garage 25 d X 40 w
Very Large Rooms 6,800 sf asphalt driveway, cobble edge
Kitchen with Commercial Vulcan stove Easy handicap access.
Dining Room is about 17x18 Architectural asphalt roof inst 2004
Floors most are all wood, installed 1924, Flat roofs have new rubber lining 2004
possibly maple, not oak, 9 zone in-ground sprinkling system
long lengths, minimal seams.
Laundry Room on 2nd Floor
First floor is approximately 2,030 sf
Second Floor is approximately 1.610 sf.
Third Floor is approximately 750 useable sf, the rest is storage.
The 3 bedrooms and full bath on third floor used for hobby room and play room,
train board, can be a place for mom or older kids own space.
3 bedroom suites
2 of them are each 15x18 plus dressing rooms and full baths, totaling 15x28.
The third is about 16x17 plus a 5x7 marble full bathroom. Dimensions approximate
Useable basement is 1200 sf, height is 8'-4" to bottom of rafters,
with 4 ft wide outside entrance. crawl space is about 800 sf.
Kitchen has 5 feet wide Commercial restaurant Vulcan stove, with 6 burners,
two full ovens, huge broiler and griddle.
85 gallon gas heated hot water tankboiler installed in 2001.
Oil hot water heat (not Steam) with 8 section boiler.
1995 - New oil tanks installed, 1,100 gals.
1980 - electric and plumbing was updated by previous owners
and again since then.
The concrete inner structure keeps house cooler in summer.
Maintains heat well in winter. Average winter uses 2600 gals per year,
fill up in late December, 2nd week January, end of March, which supplies through
November. Very cold winters will be about 3,000 gallons annually.
Garage is 40w x 25d with 32 outlets, water, cable, phone, and heat with separate oil tank.
Flat .93 acre Park-like grounds, no hills, with gardens all over. 9 zone in-ground sprinklers.
Driveway is 6800 sf, asphalt with cobble stone edging and herring bone design brick aprons.
Quiet large tree-lined road north of 25-A, borders Head of the Harbor.
The neighbors across the street are Head of the Harbor residents,
our side of the street is not part of Head of the Harbor. Mixture of all ages.
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