Building date: 1842
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Masons who worked on building: Levi Boughton
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°11'35.39"N 80°23'08.58"W.
City of Paris and Brant County Maps.
This Greek Revival house built by Charles Mitchell has also been referred to as the Monteith House. Mitchell came here from Chittenango, New York where, as a young man, he had worked in the carriage and wagon trade. Later he moved to Leroy, New York where he continued in his craft with his partner, Thomas Ladd. He moved to Hamilton in 1832 and finally to Paris in 1836.
Here he established a carriage and wagon shop and built grain separators called fanning mills. He chose Levi Boughton to build his showplace Greek Revival house with fluted Doric columns and other decorative work. It is built of lake washed stones. A small wing projecting from the right side was built in 1885 as a doctor's office.
At the corners instead of quoins the builder used 18" x 12" cut stone piers with moulded capitals and bases which support a heavy three-member Greek Revival entablature. Window openings have cut stone sills and lintels. Richard Palmer blog.
Cobblestones of Paris, by Paris Museum and Historical Society. Portion of pamphlet that applies to the Mitchell House.
County of Brant Heritage Driving Tour, page 14: Charles Mitchell House, 1840s (Designated)
Mitchell House, County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Mitchell - Maus - McEwing House
- Page 225, Page 254, Page 212
 16 Broadway.jpg ¹ Old postcard view of Mitchell House |  Bra-9 16 Broadway West 1.jpg ² |  Bra-9 16 Broadway West 2.jpg ² |  Bra-9 16 Broadway West 3.jpg ² |
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¹ Postcard image courtesy Paris Museum and Historical Society.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
