Home of the Allen County Historical Society 

This home was purchased in 1917 from H.L. Hendrick by Dr. P.G. Graves and wife, Mina Towe Graves for their family Eura, Eutra and Margaret.  This 10 room house was built around the turn of the century by Mr. Hendrick.  Originally large white wooden columns graced the front porch but shortly before Dr. Graves' death in 1925, the columns were replaced with large brick pillars and the brick railing as shown in the picture.  The outer walls are two bricks thick, and the 10 foot ceiling rooms have lathe and plastered walls.  The woodwork throughout the house is golden oak; there is picture molding in the formal rooms, and shaped molding crowns the eight-inch baseboards in every room.  The dining room has an ornate plate rail, built-in china cupboard, and a butler's window to the pantry adjacent to the kitchen.  Hardwood floors are laid in the herringbone pattern.   Massive sliding doors divide the living room from the dining room, as well as the large entrance hall from what was originally built for a library.  It was among the first houses in Scottsville to have running water, designed with a cistern feeding a large holding tank in the basement, then pumped by a generator powered pump to both floors of the house.   Four generations of the family have lived in this house, with Mrs. Euletta Strait Graves, widow of Eutra Graves, being the last of the family to reside here.    Mrs. Margaret Graves Johnson, who resided in Florida, is the only surviving child of Dr. and Mrs. Graves.  The house remains in the family at this time.  It is located at 301 North Fourth Street.