719 E. Morgan

          Built for Alex Stephens and his bride in 1888, the brick residence features openings having straight sided segmental arches which are highlighted by a dark glazed brick string course which tops the hoodmolds and continues between windows.  The south façade is embellished with a two-story polygonal bay on the southeast capped by a mansard roof dormer with a louvered panel and a raking cornice with medallion trim.  On the east is a two-story circular tower with a conical roof.  On the north there is a one-story brick ell and a one-story frame porch.  The residence sits on an embankment and has a palisade fence around the back yard.  A small frame open well house is to the north of the structure.  On the northwest corner of the property is a one-and-one-half story, brick carriage house and stable, currently used as a garage and storage shed.  During the 1930’s, this building was used as a reading room for the young people of the community and was called the “Book Barn.”