Dale for George McChain, on land purchased from Ezra Cornell.

[3] It is a three-story, Italianate structure with red brick and brown trim, with full basement.

[4][3] The main block is 42 feet square and features a hipped roof and cupola.

[4] The house is named for Judge Douglass Boardman, the first dean of Cornell Law School, who purchased it in 1886.

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