‘205 River Road: National Register-eligible two-and-a-half-story, square-plan, Second Empire-style, frame residence capped by an asphalt shingle-clad mansard roof with bracketed cornice. Located on west side of River Road, residence was constructed in 1868 and became known as the Ivies. During the 1950s and early 1960s, Betty Friedan owned the residence where she wrote The Feminine Mystique. Four-bayby-two-bay clapboard-clad residence was remodeled after a fire in the 1980s or 1990s, but still retains integrity. Character-defining features include historic fenestration pattern such as surviving two-over-two-double-hung sash in wood surrounds, two-over-two double-hung sash dormer windows set in pedimented surrounds accented by volutes, wood-panel door set in wood surroun with arched transom and sidelights, canted bay at souteast corner, and two-story bay window at northeast corner. Residence also has wrap-around porch supported by arcaded posts with bracketed cornice.’
Historic and Natural Districts Inventory Form, Allison S. Rachleff, p. 14, October 2005, River Road Historic District.
The Intermediate Period 