Historic Name

26 1/2 Leigh Avenue

Address

26 1/2 Leigh Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6907_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

2/15/2020

Setting

Description

#26 (east) and #26 1/2 (west) are two halves of a flat roof vinyl clad twin that share a wide central brick stair from the sidewalk. Each unit has a single double hug replacement window with a similar unit aligned below adjacent to the entry doors (replacement units installed circa 2000) that are on either side of the central party wall. The full width flat roof front porch has a spindle frieze and a stucco base with basement windows. The center bay is split by an additional turned post at the top of the steps. The frieze beneath the overhanging porch roof is rendered as a smaller scale version of the square picket railing below. The side elevations feature a central three sided bay on the second floor above two windows. There are also two windows at the front corner and a small one on the first floor at the rear. There is a shallow one story extension across the rear.

Built

1905

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1905. It appears on the Sanborn atlas of 1906 and all later maps.

Sources

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2015 Photo
26-1/2 Leigh Avenue, north and west elevations