Old Gamble House

Old Gamble House - Lot 30, Summerville 

Orignal Grant:

Peter Watson - January 27, 1786

Deed Transfers: 

William Fanjoy to Thomas Fanjoy - 1819 

Thomas Fanjoy to William Fanjoy - 1820 

William Fanjoy to John McDougald - 1820 

John McDougald to James Linton and William John Gamble - 1854 

William John Gamble to William James Gamble - 1886 

William James Gamble to Cecil R. Hardy - 1935 

Cecil R. Hardy to William Henry Hall - 1938 

History and Style:

This small cottage used to sit nearer to Route 845 but was moved up the hill to its present location. It is thought to have been built by William John Gamble in the 1850s. He and his wife raised ten children in this tiny house: five boys and five girls. It is one of the few examples of an unchanged one-story cottage with a central chimney and small loft. While many homes started out looking much like this one, most were eventually expanded and decorated until their original form was barely recognizable.

This home has been torn down.