First House in Lordville

Constructed by John M. Lord III with his wife, Lucinda Wheeler, sometime around 1850. This was the first house (not cabin) in what is today known as Lordville (as opposed to earlier settlements by the John Lord I, etc., in Kilgour Spur). This house was the childhood home to prominent Lordville figures such as Alvah Ingoldshy Lord (proprietor of the 1869 Lord Suspension Bridge), Royal Wheeler Lord (trustee of the Lordville School, Hancock School District No. 19), and Emmett Lord (railroad worker and large contributor to the Lordville Presbyterian Church). In the 1860s, John Lord deeded the house to Lamira Ophelia Lord Mack Smith. The house was later inhabited by C. Heldrid, sold to Frank L. & Anna Schuh Werner in 1903, Rea Taijiri, and is currently inhabited by Jeff and Laura. In the second photo, there is a small extension to the right of the house. The only known information about this extension is the photo itself, and was likely removed before the turn of the century.