Walnut Grove, also known as the Robert Preston House, is a historic

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located just outside

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. It was built about 1815, and is a two-story,

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style timber-frame dwelling covered with wood weatherboard. The house has a gable roof and has a one-story full-width porch. The Grove was built on the Walnut Grove property in 1857. an
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in 2004.

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