The Lane family may have added a front porch to this structure sometime around 1860, possibly in an attempt to keep up with the latest fashion in architecture. Mr. Lane sawed off the corners of two fireplace mantels in the home to keep from bumping his head as he leaned over to stoke the fire. These altered fireplace mantels are still present today.
Mr. Lane was appointed the position of Federal District Judge by President Abraham Lincoln, but died before he could be sworn in. He is buried in an unmarked grave in Louisville, Kentucky.
Of special interest in the home, now owned by Nancy and Richard Van Valkenburgh, is a downstairs room, originally the kitchen – believed to be the first inside kitchen built in a Huntsville residence.
This is the house that world reknown artist,Nall, lived in at one time.
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