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629 Morgan

 

          Built as a residence for Charles A. Sombart in 1886, the structure in 1935 became a meeting place for the American Legion and later a funeral home.   A two-and-one-half story circular tower at the northwest corner has 3 bays of stained glass.  The roofline is accented by chimney gables with fishscale shingles on the east and west.   A gable dormer with a pointed arched window is centrally located on the south.  On the south is a one-story porch on a stone foundation.   Stone steps with stone newels with ball finials leads to the double leaf entrance.  Another canvas canopy leads from an entrance in the central bay of the chamfered bay on the east to 7th St.  A one-story brick addition extends to the north.  To the west of this is a two-story frame clalpboard structure which includes porches on both stories, a porch enclosed with vinyl siding which retains small brackets and a pent one-story room with asbestos siding.   A concrete drive to the north separates the house from the one outbuilding.   Facing 7th St. is a large one-and-one-half story brick Carriage House.