Historic Name

138 John Street

Address

138 John Street

Tax Parcel

1114_17.04_8

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

The three bay rectangular aluminum clad gabled residence has its principal ridge line parallel to the the street. The wood porch that partially wraps the south corner of the house has replacement posts supporting the shallow hip roof. The railings are wood lattice. The typical windows are one over one replacement units. On the north facade there are two small double hung windows into a garret and one first floor window. On the south, there is one small unit in the stair. A lower two story two bay gabled full width extension is attached to the rear.

Built

1860

Architect

Builder

History

Resource shows on 1875 map but not 1852 map, this and architecture indicates a c. 1860 construction date.

Sources

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2015 Photo
138 John Street, east and north elevations

2015 Photo
138 John Street, east and south elevations