34 Corning Park
On Tuesday September 6, 2011, Karl Laurer (then Chairman of the Historical Preservation Commission), Jude Lancy, Maryjean Yengo, Lynn Barton (Village Historian), and our favorite village groupie and concerned citizen, Rick Walter, (and me, Carol Klem) met on Corning Park where a number of Webster’s older homes are located. This home, Number 34, belongs to the Brodners, Bradley and DeMaris and was chosen as the Site of the Month by the commission. The couple plus Izzy, a Bedlington Terrior, a sweetheart of a dog, (that looks like a lamb) live in this charming old home surrounded by flowering purple, pink and white Rose of Sharon bushes.
The old expression “home is where the heart is” rings true for the Brodners. They have lived in many different houses in the past 15 years, and this one twice! This last time – I believe it is for good. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right place. Sometimes you have to move away to see what you have missed. This is the position the Brodners found themselves in.
Karl Laurer calls this two story late 19th century home, “The Painted Lady” – and how perfect a description that is.
Colors, green, blue and white, that one wouldn’t normally expect, unless you were on Martha’s Vineyard or perhaps Key West, gild this particular home with its hipped , gabled roof and wood clapboard siding. The contrasting scalloped siding towards the top of the house contributes to its uniqueness - at least to me…and its likeness to a fairy-tale gives it a special charm. Lovely old porches (I think I counted three and a new deck), help make the home welcoming and cozy.
There seems to be many reasons this home is significant in our village’s history. One obvious reason is the beautiful carriage block; the last remaining in the village, sits in front of their home telling of a different age and time.
If you should walk or drive by, note the gable layout that is enhanced by simple Queen Anne detailing. Check out the small square window featuring both clear and colored glass panes and the open font porch with turned posts and a lattice- patterned frieze (a line of decoration around the walls of a room or building).
Also, it is hard to miss the marvelous small gabled barn painted in a great barn red with green trim.
The house first appears on a 1902 county map, and at that time the street was known as Academy Street.
The Brodners love their century old home and gratefully accepted the designation.
The old expression “home is where the heart is” rings true for the Brodners. They have lived in many different houses in the past 15 years, and this one twice! This last time – I believe it is for good. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right place. Sometimes you have to move away to see what you have missed. This is the position the Brodners found themselves in.
Karl Laurer calls this two story late 19th century home, “The Painted Lady” – and how perfect a description that is.
Colors, green, blue and white, that one wouldn’t normally expect, unless you were on Martha’s Vineyard or perhaps Key West, gild this particular home with its hipped , gabled roof and wood clapboard siding. The contrasting scalloped siding towards the top of the house contributes to its uniqueness - at least to me…and its likeness to a fairy-tale gives it a special charm. Lovely old porches (I think I counted three and a new deck), help make the home welcoming and cozy.
There seems to be many reasons this home is significant in our village’s history. One obvious reason is the beautiful carriage block; the last remaining in the village, sits in front of their home telling of a different age and time.
If you should walk or drive by, note the gable layout that is enhanced by simple Queen Anne detailing. Check out the small square window featuring both clear and colored glass panes and the open font porch with turned posts and a lattice- patterned frieze (a line of decoration around the walls of a room or building).
Also, it is hard to miss the marvelous small gabled barn painted in a great barn red with green trim.
The house first appears on a 1902 county map, and at that time the street was known as Academy Street.
The Brodners love their century old home and gratefully accepted the designation.