404 E BROAD ST 

When this house was built in 1915, it was more elaborate than it appears today. The original arched entry with its bas-relief plaster ornament and an over-scaled Palladian dor­mer on the roof were removed in the 1970s. The house retains its wrap-around veranda, but the wagon-wheel railings are gone. 

 The current owner has made efforts to reproduce some of the original features. The arched entry with ornamental plaster medallions has been replaced, and although these are not an exact match of the originals, they still give a good impression of what the house looked like when it was built.

 John Henry Harrison, owner of a Mansfield hardware busi­ness, built a large two-story wood frame house on this site in 1905, replacing a brick house built by Rev. Jackson L. Crabbe (1824-1868). When the wooden house burned, the present house was rebuilt on the same foundation by the Harrisons in 1915. Upon Mrs. Harrison’s death in 1946, the house was sold to Dr. Raymond Thomas. He lived and prac­ticed medicine there until his death in 1952. The house was bought by the City of Mansfield in 1976 for use as a Senior Citizens’ Center. The house was eventually sold and has been used for several businesses.

The property contains a separate office building at the back.