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The Elisha Williams House, also known as the Hawthorne House, is located on Aitkin Avenue in the east corner of the city of Hudson, New York, United States. It is a brick Federal style building, different from other Hudson houses in that style, built around 1810. Some Victorian decorations were added later. Williams, its original builder, was a lawyer and politician who was known nationwide as a gifted orator. The house was originally his estate, accounting for its unusual positioning within its neighborhood. In 1999 the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ==Building== The house is on a slightly sloped lot two houses north of Green Street (NY 23B) on the east side of the street. It is a rectangular two-and-a-half-story five-bay common bond brick building on a stone foundation. The house is angled slightly within its so that its front facade faces more directly west than other houses along the street and the main entrance.〔 The gabled roof is shingled in wood and pierced by two brick chimneys south of the peak near the gable ends, and two gabled dormer windows with vergeboards on the north. A boxed cornice marks the roofline.〔 The windows have brick lintels and thin stone sills. The main entrance has a wood surround with two plain pilasters. A limestone cornerstone with "Hawthorne" on it is in the southwest corner. A two-story kitchen wing with an open porch on the south projects from the east side of the house.〔 Inside, the house follows a center-hall plan, with the main rooms on either side. The original layout has not been changed, and some of the finishings, such as the main hall's cherry staircase and newels and the parlor mantelpiece, are original. The second floor has had more modern additions, such as the bathrooms. The basement is unfinished.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elisha Williams House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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