#2Kracke House
c. 1886 102 Rutherford Street
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The Kracke family purchased this one-acre property in 1885 and probably completed the house a year later , at which time Rutherford St. was a dirt road. Built with large framing timbers mortised, tenoned, and pegged into place, the main block accents symmetry and is original. Its raised basement, long front porch, tall triple sash windows, 13 foot ceilings, and wide central hall with two rooms on each side were designed to maximize ventilation in the days before air conditioning. Note the Victorian decorative architectural details. Though added near the turn of the century and disrupting the symmetry of the original clock, the section to the left provided more living space and still managed to fit in. While behind the house only one servants' cottage remains, originally there had been another, plus a stable.
