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The style of the Jacob Fox Gould House, described as a Tidewater South Raised Cottage is exemplary of a “hall-and-parlor” timber-framed, one-and-half story house. Influenced by the Georgian style, the façade is symmetrical with a center door and four evenly spaced six-over-nine pane windows each with single hung window sash along with two brick gable end chimneys c.1945.

The entire structure sits on the original sill plate and beams and a combination of c.1830 brick and rebuilt 1945 brick pier foundations infilled with plastic lattice. There are two evenly spaced dormer windows that project from the main roof each with a wood single hung four-over-four sash window. There is an eight-foot-deep c.1945 front porch with a shed roof supported by four 19th century Doric columns placed c.1997. The gable roof is covered by modern wood shingles installed in 2024. The structure faces east, is clad in original wood horizontal shiplap secured by mature cut nails.

The location of the Gould House itself remains unchanged from its initial construction in the early 19th Century. Despite the decrease in size of the homestead from hundreds of acres to approximately 20 acres and development in other parts of Chatham County, the setting on this property still evokes a rural feel.

The house still retains most of its original framing. The 1997 sections are clad in lapped hardiboard siding. Both brick chimneys 1945 restored to match the original brick pattern and dimensions. The fabric of the house shows construction with pit sawn, hand-hewn and hand-planed wood, hand-made bricks with tabby mortar and clinched wrought and early machine cut nails. A small entry room, about eight by nine feet was added to the northwest corner c. 1945.

There are serveral 19th century cylinder glass panes intact.

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