Number 30 and 31. The John Kimball House and the House with Orange Shutters. These houses were both owned by the Kimball family.The John Kimball house resembles the House with the Orange Shutters next door. This house, however, has an unusual 12 inch overhang and an early molded gutter. The interior represents 2 different periods. The great keeping room to the left has a chamfered summer beam with a small cupboard with wide-board tongue and groove sheathing, all in a rich, old tobacco brown color. The rooms on the right side of the house are Federal in appearance with painted woodwork, smaller fireplaces, wall-papered walls, and fine 18th century panelling. The House with Orange Shutters is of similar first period framing and construction. There is a large fireplace in the "keeping" room on the left. An earlier resident in the 20th century introduced the orange shutters and the front fencing which have become easy ways to identify the house. 
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