Caswell House

Built around 1905, this one-story wood-frame house at 207 E. 9th Street in Georgetown follows a vernacular L plan. Weatherboard siding covers the walls, and a gable roof with composition shingles is trimmed with box eaves and imbricated shingles in the gable ends. Windows are wood sash double-hung units with two-over-two lights and crown molding on the facings. A bay porch with an angled extension at the southeast corner wraps the north and east elevations, supported by turned wooden posts with jigsawn brackets. The only noted alteration is a concrete porch floor, and the house is in fair condition. It sits in a neighborhood of mostly turn-of-the-century dwellings southeast of downtown. Its significance rests chiefly on architecture: it is described as a good example of an early twentieth-century L-plan home with Victorian details. It was also the residence of T. L. Caswell, who operated a garage on Myrtle Street. The architect and builder are unknown.