Rockwell House

Located at 52 West Main Street is the Rockwell House. This wood-frame Italianate home was built between 1860 and 1866 for Erastus Rockwell, who came to Dryden from New England and is known for building a woolen mill along Virgil Creek. Respected carpenter-builder Darius Givens is credited with the construction of this house. The wide overhanging eaves of the top story are supported by elaborate S-shaped brackets. A one-story porch with decorative posts and carved braces extends across the main entrance façade. Old photographs reveal that a gazebo once stood in the garden. The property also includes a nineteenth-century barn that is visible from Lewis Street. Georgiana Thomas Wood Rockwell, who subsequently lived in the house, is the great-grandmother of the current owner. The Van Sickle family branch has lived in the house since 1941. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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