Lewis Shaw Coleman House, Historic residence in Aurora, United States.
The Lewis Shaw Coleman House is a U-shaped brick bungalow with a limestone foundation, exposed roof beams, and tapered stone columns supporting the front porch. The main residence is accompanied by a carriage house built in 1927 and a garage constructed in 1955 on the same property.
Lewis Shaw Coleman bought the lot in 1913 after a Victorian house on the site burned, and the family moved into the completed bungalow in 1914. After the 1929 crash, O.E. and Linda Moore bought the house at a sheriff's auction in 1930 for $2,500 and lived there over 50 years. It was listed on the National Register in 2016, the first private residence in Lawrence County to be so designated.
The residence represents the social status of two influential families, the Colemans and Millers, who contributed to Aurora's economic development through lumber businesses.
The house is located on a residential street in downtown Aurora and is easy to reach on foot when exploring the town. The ancillary buildings are visible from the main house and give a clear sense of the full property.
The house stayed in the Moore family for over 50 years after O.E. and Linda Moore bought it at a sheriff's auction on the Lawrence County courthouse steps in October 1930 for $2,500. O.E. Moore had come to Aurora in 1926 and ran the Summit City Creamery, which grew into a large butter plant and later made cheese, and he long presided over the Aurora board of education.
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