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ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES 1780-1970
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1?	902 North Beach - McComiskey-Cowan House, popularly known as
"Elmwood" - This beach front home is without a doubt the most important example of historic architecture in Hancock County. It is probably the only structure of national signifigance standing in our community. This house is reputed to date from 1803 and that date is probable. The structure is basically Federal in style but with a strong influence of the Carribbean reflected in its galleries. (Originally the rear of the house had an open gallery matching the front. The rear one story wing is an unfortunate 20th Century addition). The excellent brickwork, the fine joinery, the steep roof, arid the inordinately handsome dormers all testify to sensitive design and the most careful selection of materials and workmanship. Fine hardware and delicate moulded plaster cornices and mantels all speak of one of the finest and most sophisticated structures ever built here. The original roof was wood shingle and the brick left unpainted until the 20th Century.
2.	616 North Beach - Breath House - An unusual house reflecting changing taste over a fifty year period. The original central portion of the structure now almost completely concealed probably dates from the 1830s and was very plain and modest. The octagonal corner porch,, the decorative shingled pediment and the very fine Victorian scroll work at the pediment gable all reflect various additions in the Queen Ann, Stick and Victorian style to embelish.an earlier colonial box house.
3.	600 North Beach - Mauffray House - Built in the middle 1930s this Chouse is in the French Provincial revival style and has excellent proportions
and very fine detail for a depression period building. All of the exterior detail is origianl except the one story solarium on the north side.
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