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| ===== Design and construction ===== | ===== Design and construction ===== |
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| Also known as the President's House or Hillside House, the Chancellor's House was apparently constructed as a "builder's house," and its obscure origins have been met with a history of alterations and changes. The hipped roof and lower gables betray its late 19th-century origin, but over the years the house has been decked out in a variety of colors, a front porch was attached, a driveway moved to the rear (in place of a circular pull-up for carriages at the front), sections have been added, interior changes made, and most unfortunate of all, aluminum siding was slapped over the wooden clapboarding. Yet the scale and siting of Hillside remain outstanding features for a house that has been the residence of the University's Presidents and Chancellors for over a century. | Also known as the President's House or Hillside House, the Chancellor's House was apparently constructed as a "builder's house," and its obscure origins have been met with a history of alterations and changes. The hipped roof and lower gables betray its late 19th-century origin, but over the years the house has been decked out in a variety of colors, a front porch was attached, a driveway moved to the rear (in place of a circular pull-up for carriages at the front), sections have been added, interior changes made, and most unfortunate of all, aluminum siding was slapped over the wooden clapboarding. Yet the scale and siting of Hillside remain outstanding features for a house that has been the residence of the University's Presidents and Chancellors for over a century. |
