Complex sentence: It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame house that was built in stages by Mathew Stanley and his heirs between c.1675 and 1693 and subsequently enlarged by the Lake family, illustrating a host of building practices over the 17th and 18th centuries.
Split into simpler sentences: It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame house that was built in stages by Mathew Stanley or his heirs between c.1675 and 1693 and subsequently enlarged by the Lake family. It illustrates a host of building practices over the 17th and 18th centuries.