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High St, 25

Two-story, frontal-gable frame house with steeply pitched roof and regular fenestration plan. Glazed porch located
on east wall, flush with front facade, and open entrance porch with squared, battered supports on shingled kneewalls on asymmetrically placed main doorway; three-sided bay window on west wall. House has vinyl siding, vinyl replacement windows one over one sash in all openings; and a parged concrete foundation. These recent finished conceal or may replace historic ones.
Built ca.l880

Outbuildings: Two-story, side-gabled frame carriage barn with raking cornice, wood clapboards, and period sliding door
of vertically laid-up boards. Built ca.1900.

Small, one-story, board-and-batten frame outbuilding with steeply pitched roof and entrance with beadboard doors in west
gable end. Built 1 880- 1 900, Attached to first outbuilding by a roof creating storage space.

Historic map references.' 1856: R. Potter; 1868: R. Potter; 1903: V.L. Curtis

Historic notes; 1984 inventory form cites E.E. Sanderson, who wrote that the older house mapped in the mid-1800s was
rebuilt by R.R. Ripley.

View of the village of Morris from the west.
http://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/birds-eye-view-of-Morris-from-west

Former residents

V.L. Curtis
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93691001/vinton-l_-curtis

V.L.'s daughter, Vivian
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93691461/vivian-curtis

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