The Sully Mansion
The Sully Mansion was built in 1891 for prominent financier John Scott Rainey, his wife Georgia Pritchard Rainey, and their four daughters. It was designed by architect Thomas Sully (1855-1939) in the Queen Anne style with Colonial Revival details. The two- and-a-half-story house is clad in wood siding with imbricated shingles on the stair bay, gables and second floor with a projecting rounded porch. It exhibits a cornice with dentils supported by fluted columns with Iconic capitals inlayed with Classical details. The Rainey family sold the house in 1923 to Charles Bennett Moore, a neighbor and photographer, who converted the house into a multi-family home. Over the last century, the house has had many owners. It was made a bed-and-breakfast in 1984 by owner Maralee Prigmore. In 2016, the Sully Mansion was carefully renovated by owner Michael Bertel, with a respectful eye on the home's original exterior and interior architecture details. It features an elaborate stairway illuminated by staggered stained glass windows.