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Building Name: Potter House
Street Location: 15 Sherman Avenue, Glens Falls
Use: Original: Single Family resident
Use: As of 1980, Commercial - office / residential
Date of Original Construction: ca. 1900
Architect: Ephraim B. Potter
Builder: Unknown
Historical and Architectural Importance: Potter House, named after the architect who presumably owned and designed the structure, is one of Ephraim Potter's later residential works. Distinctive features of a transitional late Queen Anne - earlier colonial style, includes the use of a cross-gambrel roof, similarly employed in Potter's design for the Thomas Burnham House, 1897 (195 Glen Street). Other "Potterisms" include rock-faced limestone foundations, the distinctive porch balustrade (similar to Potter-designed Bemis Place, 5-7 Sherman Avenue; and additions to Sherman House, 380 Glen Street), 2nd floor balcony and light oak paneled hall with multiple classical motifs.
By 1903, the house was occupied by Joseph S. Lowenthal, the proprietor of the Glens Falls Wine Co. There is little evidence of Potter having lived in the house, he was, however, involved in speculative real estate projects. The structure is indicative of the comfort and style, successful middle-class Glens Falls citizens expected of residential properties at the turn of the century.
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Name of Collector: Richard C. Youngken
Collected on: September 10, 1980
Organizations: City of Glens Falls Community Development Office
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