3.    309 Market Street

The next house, built in the first quarter of the 19th century, served several important functions for the residents of Brookeville: it was Greenberry Murphy's blacksmith shop in the early 19th century and the harness shop of Samuel and Louisa Hopkins in the 1870s. It is another good example of the 2-1/2 story, three bay, central door, gable roofed house which was so popular in the 1800s. The house has wood lap siding, a stone foundation, and an asbestos shingle roof. The windows are 6-over-6 panes and the central entrance has a wood panelled door and a three-light transom. The one story porch across the front has a half-hipped roof which is supported by four square columns with a wooden railing between them. There is a two story addition with end chimney extending from the rear.

       The family of Charles Hawkins, Sr have great memories of growing up here, particularly of many  songfests around the piano.

4.    311 Market Street

Next door is another structure which dates to the last decade of the 19th century. It is a simple 2-1/2 story frame dwelling with a standing ket seam tin roof. It is three bays wide and, with its 6-over-6 pane win-dows, central door, and stone foundation is very typical of the hous-ing style of the 19th century. It awaits restoration.

This unfinished house was the home of Charlie and Will Marlow, bachelor brothers of Martha Benson. Mr Charlie, neatly dressed in khaki clothes and safari hat, quietly went about working the Benson garden and trimming and mowing the lawns with very little to say to anyone. Few people met Mr Will and although many pots of soup were sent to him by way of his sister this writer never met him and only saw him at the time of his death.

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