Lone Beech is a historic home located at

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. It was built between about 1912 and 1915. It is two-story, Neoclassical style dwelling with a broad pedimented two-story ell. It features a two-story pedimented

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, supported by six fluted

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columns and a one-story wrap-around porch. Also on the property are the contributing one-story frame servant's cottage (c. 1912), barn (c. 1912), and

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(c. 1912). It was listed on the

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in 1995.

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