Intricate woodwork lends cottage character.

The vestibule has an encaustic tiled floor beneath its high ceiling.

Stained glass in the vestibule is in need of some repair.

Note the eight-point star motif.

Looking through the paneled vestibule into the foyer.

A front door detail.

Early in the 20th century, the home's original clapboards were replaced by slate shingles.

The cavalier atop the newel post has a detachable rapier.

On a fine, sun-splashed day, shadows and foliage complement the front-porch woodwork.

The door into the kitchen, which is in a modified front parlor with fireplace, is open at rear.

The porch's bargeboards are carved like dogs' heads, somewhat in the manner of gargoyles.

The cylindrical radiator bears a date of 1874 and the name A.A. Griffith.

Pocket doors, at right, in the foyer open to the front parlor.

The foyer's oak floors are striped.