Historic Name

162 John Street

Address

162 John Street

Tax Parcel

1114_17.04_15

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Vinyl

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/11/2020

Setting

Description

Box-like, 2-story, 3-bay, frame, vinyl-clad house with distinctive flat roof with overhanging eaves, rear additions and 1x1 sash replacement windows and door, and stucco clad foundation. High flat roof above 3 windows with faux shutters at second level on main (east) façade. Larger window openings on 1st floor aligned with those above, and include door near NE corner. Flat-roofed porch (slight hip) runs length of house and supported by 4 squared posts and simple railing. Wooden stairs from wood deck lead to sidewalk opposite door. North side is straight wall of core and features 2 1x1 windows at 2nd level and a paired and single window beneath on 1st level. South elevation has single window at 1st level, SE corner of core. The shed roofed addition includes a single sash window centered at 2nd level. Also shown is a shed roofed addition running length of south side of addition.

Built

1892

Architect

Builder

History

House not visible in 1890 map; shows up on 1895 Sanborn Atlas.

Sources

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2015 Photo
162 John Street, east and north elevations

2015 Photo
162 John Street, east elevation

2015 Photo
162 John Street, east and south elevations