The Bucknam House, located on Main Street, is a rectangular residence that stands at two stories tall and is sheathed in wood shingles. It has a side-gabled roof, thick central chimney, and little ornamentation, except for narrow pilasters around the central front door. The front door is also topped with a five-light transom and a projecting cornice. This early residence retains windows with numerous small panes of glass. John Bucknam built the house when Columbia Falls was largely unsettled. Due to its remoteness, lumbering became the principal industry in the town throughout late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bucknam earned his fortune building lumber mills and dwelling houses on various tracts of land along the Pleasant and Little Rivers. He also served as a captain in the local militia and was called to duty by the Continental Army for a total of twelve days. He died soon after construction of the house was completed. His wife, Mary Wilson Bucknam, continued to oversee the various family enterprises until her death. The dwelling remained in the family until 1910.
Year Listed: 1975
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