Row Houses

            The elegant row houses or town houses around Pulteney Park and Main Street resemble those found in Boston or Georgetown. The simple, harmonious lines of the block buildings satisfy the most critical architectural taste.   

            The builders of a row house had only the façade on which the place stylistic elements. The federal style was popular when most of these block houses were built and is especially appropriate to them. Federal buildings are generally three stories high, square with a flat façade and stepped gables that are well suited for fire walls. External decoration is confined to the entrance. Most of the row houses are of Federal design with later revival additions of the mid-19^th century. The Italian hood moldings, Greek Columns, French mansard roofs have spiced the town houses with an eclectic variety of unique hybrids.