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15. The Rowan House
| John Goff sold this property
(with a house) on the west side of what is now Water Street, to Archibald Earle in 1811.
A house is also mentioned in the 1838 deed when Earle sold to William Rowan, who operated a hat factory in Beverly. His son, Adam Rowan, took the family south during the Civil War. . The first house was a one-story log house. A two-story three-bay frame I-house was built in front of it after the Civil War. |
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The two houses were later connected by
an ell and the logs covered by clapboards, making it into one large house. The bay
windows and matching entry portico were probably a late 19th-century addition. A mid-20th century treatment installed tall columns, as seen in the
black and white photo at left. These columns have been recently removed and the earlier
portico restored, as shown in the color photograph above. |