Long, McCorkle and Murray Houses

Three houses on the west side of the 1300 block of North Main Avenue in Newton form a small cluster of early twentieth-century and late Victorian architecture. The oldest is the McCorkle House, built around 1890 by attorney George McCorkle. It is a two-story Queen Anne dwelling with a five-gable roof, fishscale shingles, a wraparound porch and a late Victorian stairway. Next to it, the Long House was built by railroad agent Luther Freeman Long after he bought the lot in 1902. It is a large Bungalow with a porte-cochere, a shed dormer and an interior mixing Colonial Revival, Tudor and Craftsman details. Landscaped grounds, a garage and a servant's house accompany it. At the south end, the Murray House, built about 1920, is a Bungalow covered entirely in dark green wood shingles, with stone porch posts and a large stone mantel. Together the houses are recognized for their architecture and good preservation.