Historic Name

27 Lytle Street

Address

27 Lytle Street

Tax Parcel

1114_15.02_69

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Stucco

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/15/2020

Setting

Description

This property contains a small vernacular, stucco-clad frame house with a 2-story core with an end-gabled, asphalt-shingled roof, and a 2-story, shed-roofed early rear extension doubling the size of the core. The cornice is quite thick for the small size of the building. A stucco- clad chimney runs up the east side of the core, and through the roof crest. The main or south façade is 3-bay wide. There are two 1x1 replacement windows at the second level (slightly off center). The first floor has a door with a a rare curved transom near the SW corner, and two additional windows. A front porch runs the length of the house. It has a hipped roof and is enclosed with large windows above the knew wall. The east side of the house has a paired and a single window unit on the 2nd floor which is aligned with identical windows units on the 1st level, all on the rear addition. The west side has a single window on the rear extension at the 2nd level. On the first level there is a single window on the core near the southwest corner, and a paired and single window on the extension. aligned with identical windows units on the 1st level, all on the rear addition. The west side has a single window on the rear extension at the 2nd level. On the first level there is a single window on the core near the southwest corner, and a paired and single window on the extension.

Built

1885

Architect

Builder

History

This house was constructed sometime before 1890, as it appears on the historic map of that year.

Sources

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2015 Photo
27 Lytle Street, south and east elevations

2015 Photo
27 Lytle Street, south elevation

2015 Photo
27 Lytle Street, south and west elevations