408 S LaGrange Road

408 South La Grange Road is the first of thirteen homes on this tour to have been cited as being of first architectural significance. It is a vernacular with Queen Anne/Victorian influences. Of particular interest are the decorative fishscale in the gable regions and ornamental window muntin on the first floor façade.

In 1892 the house belonged to Cornelia Richmond Harrison and her husband Thomas, at whose wedding David Lyman was an usher. Mrs. Richmond was the daughter of C.W. Richmond, one of the first settlers of La Grange and the man who personally provided and looked after the planting of the trees for which La Grange became famous. (More information about Mr. Richmond can be found in the material about 205 South Madison.)