Historic Name

22 Leigh Avenue

Address

22 Leigh Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6907_11

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

2/15/2020

Setting

Description

The three bay, two story, vinyl clad "L" shaped residence has its main ridge line parallel to the street The three one over one replacement windows are aligned with the openings below, including the front door on the right side. The full width hip roofed porch has been enclosed with screens on paneled knee walls and transom sash above. The west elevation is the continuation of the ell, and has a single window at each level just past the gable end. The ell terminates with a small one story shed roof enclosed porch. There is an irregular arrangement of windows on the west side of the ell, and none except two small basement openings on the east gable end.

Built

1920

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1920. Historic maps show a vacant lot in this location as late as the Sanborn atlas of 1918. The house appears on the Franklin Survey atlas of 1930 and all later aerials.

Sources

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2015 Photo
22 Leigh Avenue, north and west elevations

2015 Photo
22 Leigh Avenue, north and east elevations