c.1840
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This Greek Revival Residence is among the most intact residential structures from this period and is architecturally significant as part of a group of contemporaneous early-19th century residential buildings in this area of Main Street. It is a 2-story gable front structure with a 1-1/2 story rear wing and features a stone foundation, clapboard siding, 6/6 sash with plain surrounds and a recessed front entry door with sidelights and transom. The pediment on the gable has overhanging eaves, boxed cornices and wide trim.
Dr. Eliakim Wilkes Howard was born in January 1808 in Fort Ann, Washington County, the son of Eliakim and Anna (Williams) Howard. He received his preparatory education at the schools of the vicinity. He began his study of medicine in April 1830, with Dr. Nelson Porter of Fort Ann and subsequently with Dr. H. Reynolds and later in the office of Dr. Fletcher Ransom of Glens Falls. In the fall of 1830, he attended three courses of medical lectures at the Vermont Medical College at Castleton, and graduated from that institution in December 1833. He first practiced medicine in a settlement known as "The Oneida," a hamlet in the north part of Queensbury but in April 1837 he moved to Warrensburgh. He built a home on Main Street (currently the Haggerty residence) about 1838. During the Civil War Dr. Eliakim Howard was appointed examining surgeon for the pension office and held this position for many years. In 1835 he married Ann Rebecca Brown of Queensbury, with whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters. One son, Daniel, followed his father in the study of medicine. Ann died in 1869. In 1871 he married his second wife, Mrs. Adelia (nee Cameron) Fenton. _
Dr. Eliakim Wilkes Howard was born in January 1808 in Fort Ann, Washington County, the son of Eliakim and Anna (Williams) Howard. He received his preparatory education at the schools of the vicinity. He began his study of medicine in April 1830, with Dr. Nelson Porter of Fort Ann and subsequently with Dr. H. Reynolds and later in the office of Dr. Fletcher Ransom of Glens Falls. In the fall of 1830, he attended three courses of medical lectures at the Vermont Medical College at Castleton, and graduated from that institution in December 1833. He first practiced medicine in a settlement known as "The Oneida," a hamlet in the north part of Queensbury but in April 1837 he moved to Warrensburgh. He built a home on Main Street (currently the Haggerty residence) about 1838. During the Civil War Dr. Eliakim Howard was appointed examining surgeon for the pension office and held this position for many years. In 1835 he married Ann Rebecca Brown of Queensbury, with whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters. One son, Daniel, followed his father in the study of medicine. Ann died in 1869. In 1871 he married his second wife, Mrs. Adelia (nee Cameron) Fenton. _