====== Richard Chambers House (BE 536) ====== Richard Chambers House Located on Chambers Road in [[Walton]], the Richard Chambers House was constructed in 1914 and represents stylistic and structural innovation in a rural house of the early 20th century. It is a frame residence of rectilinear form, under a cross-gabled roof of stamped metal shingles. A roof gable is centered on the facade. Extending across the front is an open porch with Tuscan columns. The house rests on a poured concrete foundation, said to be one of the first in the county; because of technological limitations, it was poured in three sections. An English timber-frame barn stands on the property. The landscaped lot is shaded by a giant Osage orange tree, believed to be nearly four hundred years old. Chambers was the scion of a wealthy family for whom the road is named. The house was added to the [[National Register]] in 2000. ===== More Information ===== ===== Related websites ===== * National Register Information (PDFs), [[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/00000906.pdf|inventory form]] and [[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Photos/00000906.pdf|images]] ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Historic Homes]] * [[Farming]]