Reid House

Reason for registration

its close association, throughout its over 200 year history with the social and political life of Lower Horton Township, through its use as a tavern, stagecoach stop, courtroom, post office and election polling station, while continuing to be a well-known farm. Note: Building no longer extant, land still registered.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of the Reid House include:

- two-and-a-half storey wooden construction;
- one-and-a-half storey wooden middle kitchen addition;
- one-and-a-half storey wooden rear addition;
- kitchen chimney structure, incorporating a large cooking fireplace and beehive oven;
- front verandah;
- large, front central dormer with a smaller dormer on each side;
- two central chimneys in main part of the building;
- prominent position in an agricultural area;
- two wooden outbuildings.