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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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 1851 -
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| Name |
DAVISSON Oscar Fulton |
| Birth |
12 Jun 1851 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Notes |
- Central Avenue
• c1890
• Oscar F. Davisson House
• Colonial Revival
The Philadelphia Centennial of 1876 is generally recognized as the event which created an interest in our Colonial architectural heritage generally referred to by the umbrella term Colonial Revival. The Georgian and Adam or Federal styles dominated the Revival. The earliest Colonial Revival houses were rarely historically correct copies of original prototypes but were instead much enlarged free interpretations, with only the details inspired by colonial precedents.
The Davisson House is typical of the style. Essentially rectangular in form, the facade is symmetrically balanced with a large, slightly extended second story pavilion topped with a pediment gable dormer rising above a flat-roofed porch. The porch is supported by slender, paired columns (usually a dead giveaway for Colonial Revival houses as original prototypes would have had single columns), and enclosed with a balustrade supported by square posts.
A somewhat unique feature of the house is the two story porte-cochere, from which one can imagine guests disembarking from buggies and carriages. A large carriagehouse, later converted to a garage, repeats the roof line of the house.
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| Person ID |
I36534 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
DAVISSON Josiah, b. 06 Oct 1808, Harrison Co., WV  d. 21 Nov 1863, Preble Co., OH (Age 55 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
FOOS Hannah, b. 13 Feb 1819, Warren Co., OH d. 15 Jul 1896 (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
12 May 1846 |
Preble Co., OH |
| Family ID |
F18586 |
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