• Present home has one layer of aluminum siding over wood siding
• Inside the original pine floors appear to be intact but are covered with modern materials such as carpeting and vinyl.
• Some ceilings have dropped ceilings but original plaster appears to be in good condition beneath.
• Ceiling height on first floor is approximately 9 feet with ceiling height on second floor is approximately 6 1/2 feet high.
• English basement brick may be slave made.  Outside brick has stucco.
• Courthouse dates this house to 1920 but the present owners believe that the house's true age may be circa 1830 because neighboring houses of the same architectural style date back to 1834.
• Courthouse states square footage as 80 sf screen porch, 490 sf first floor, 480 second floor.
• As assembled, the house has 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, no heat.
• Northumberland county tax map property 16A-1-79.  Sale of home does not include land.  You will get a land lease for home to stay on the current property or you may remove the house to another location.
• Modern metal building/shop included
• In addition to being a home, the property has also been a beauty parlor.
• Potential uses include a store, office, residence, guesthouse, clubhouse, tourist information center.

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The original portion of this house is 16' x 24'.  It was a story-and-a-half, and consisted of a center hall, a small room to the right of that hall, and an even smaller room to the left.  A steep stairway with a head clearance of about 5' leads to a single attic room.  It is only in this stairway and the attic room that interior evidences can be seen of the age of this house.  The basement which originally served as kitchen and dining room, is now completely paneled and no brick, beams or sill are in view.  The back portion of the house was added at a later time.

When William Harding bought Sunnyside in 1869 from the sale of John J. Betts' estate, he also purchased this house.  Three years later he sold it to William J. Tignor who kept it until 1888, and then sold it to Elizabeth Hall.  And in 1901, Elizabeth and John H. Hall sold it to H.C. Rowe who conveyed it in 1909 to his son Carroll J. Rowe.

The Rowe Family lived here until 1915, and then sold the house to Mary V. Neale.  And in 1922, Frank A. Neale sold it to M. Warren Rowe who sold it in 1927 to Carrol B. Barnes.  Twelve years later, in 1939, Barnes sold it to John R. Purcell.  And in 1977, it was purchased by Jennings and Ruth Lawson.  Mrs. Lawson's parents, the Headleys, occupied the home until their passings.  Mrs. Lawson, who lives next door, is the present owner.