ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
The Mills House is dated to the late 1800s. (Day House is the same with a date of 1911) It's construction date places it between two common architectural styles. The house has elements of both the Neoclassical and Craftsman style which places it s an Eclectic architectural style. It has a cross gabled roof with Classical Pediment on the street facing gable. The enclosed entrance porch with a hipped roof is typical of the Folk Victorian style combines with round columns of a Neoclassical style. The wooden shingle cladding of the upper story is very interesting, the front cladding of the upper story is rows of a combination "fish scale" and crenellated shingles, the south gable is clad with "plain" at irregular intervals. This type of cladding is characteristic of the Craftsman style. Additionally, the exterior wall cladding of the house, horizontal lap board side and wood shingles are Craftsman.