This structure, bearing the name Fairchild on its curb stepping stone, is a fitting introduction to our period. Situated near the heart of the old Salina village on the lake shore, there is little question that it predates any ecstatic revivalism and that it is one of the few transitional works still standing. Here may be noted the traditional flat Georgian arches, the typically Roman Doric columns at the door way, the extensive use of the Adem oval, and fluted pilasters supporting Roman Ionic capitals; all of these presented on the broad face of the house which so defiantly fronts the street. Even the window frames and the hallway sidelights are not yet Greek. Here is a structure just emerging from the stepped gable roofs of the Federal period.

But there are new features to be considered that are pregnant with the Greek Revival. The gable end, treated similiarly to the front with flush clapboards in simulation of stonework, is newly exposed naked to the street without benefit of the usual cloaking, stepped wells. In conjunction with the small horizontal dental moulding (seen in figure 3), the illusion of a pediment is complete. A true pediment is just a step away. Notice too, the beginnings of a Greek entablature and the finesse with which the ordinarily bulky Roman Ionic capital has been rendered. The rear wings visible in figure 2 are probably editions of the 1850 period.

For those with attentive ears and eyes, this structure speaks for itself even though little of its life with the pioneer salt makers is known.