142 Alta Avenue

Two-and-one half story, multiple bay, Shingle Style residence; square plan; random rubble ground story and shingled second story; bay and double hung sash windows, some with leaded glass; overhanging cross-gambrel wing with exposed rafters and featuring Palladian and oval windows; gable roof with dormer and towering stone chimney; glazed entrance porch. Minor alterations include aluminum siding on second story.

2 1/2-story rectilinear house with rubblestone first story; entrance through wide, semicircular arch with multi-paned glazing; shallow oriels; Palladian window with stained glass and oval windows in central gable; hip, peak, and gambrel roof slopes with dormers; porch at northwest corner with Tuscan colonettes and railing; tall stone chimney; rear facade facing Hillside Drive with one-story and basement rubblestone wing; round-arch and rectangular windows with 20-pane upper sash; loggia with Doric columns at southeast corner.

Alterations: Aluminum siding; porch partially enclosed.

This is a 2 1/2 story Shingle Style house with a hipped roof, multiple pedimented dormers, and various cross gables and projections. First story contains partially enclosed porch with arched stone entry.