Broad St, 17

Photo by Jess Ravage, included in National Historic Register Application

Broad St is one of the two primary streets forming the intersection around which the Village of Morris developed. It was incorporated into the proposed route of the Butternuts and Sherburne Turnpike running from Oneonta to New Berlin on Unadilla River, which was chartered by the state in 1 836. North of Main St, it is designated CR 1 3; south of Main St, it is NY 23.

17 Broad St Two-story, five-bay, hip-roofed frame house with single-story, gable-roofed back ell aligned with north wall. Built 1 8 I 0- 12; restored after a fire in 201 0 using traditional materials, including wood clapboard siding and wood twelve-over- twelve sash in a regular plan. Roof replaced with a standing seam metal one, and foundation is parged over stone. This returns massing and overall decorative scheme to one similar to the one used in the early period

Outbuildings: Two-story, frontal-gable, frame carriage barn with steep roof and sawtooth pattern in frieze; paired period doors, wood clapboard siding. Built 1880-1900,
Single-story, three-bay frame garage with period paired doors with X-battens. Appears to be somewhat deteriorated. Built ca.1920.

Historic name:"Brookside Villa" (1903 atlas);

Historic map references:

1856: Hon. P. Franchot and Charles Franchot;
1868:R. Leonard;
1903:"Brookside Villa," E. Thrasher

Historic notes; Built for Stanislas Paschal Franchot and reputedly the first frame house built in the village. Description in 1984 inventory form suggests the main block of the house was nogged with brick.

Description of Franchot House from Souvenir of Morris.