Nehemiah and Sarah Parsons House, 618 Spring St, built c.1867

The Parsons House is an excellent example of the upright-and-wing style of Vernacular Folk house that was popular in the Midwest following the Civil War. The wooden house retains vestiges of the Greek Revival style in its six-over-six windows and window pediments, but the steeply pitched roofs speak more to the Gothic Revival style. There are large overhanging eaves with no decoration to speak of.