Historic Name

60 Leigh Avenue

Address

60 Leigh Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6906_20

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 house is one of 5 houses built together on the south side of Leigh that contain a rather unique porch design (this porch has been remodeled). The house has a front end gabled roof with a cross gable that extends over an east facing projection. Roof is clad in asphalt shingles with exposed rafter tails. A chimney pot is located in the center. Walls are clad in stucco. The two-story main (north) façade has a paired 2x2 window on the 2nd level and the same directly beneath on the 1st floor. Windows are 1x1 replacements throughout house. The porch runs the length of the front façade. It is a nearly flat-roofed porch but with a front gabled extension (clad with scalloped wood shingles) over the steps and the main entrance door. Porch supported by 3 very large Tuscan posts with squared light rail and balustrade in between. The porch is wooden and rests on masonry piers beneath posts with lattice in between. Wooden steps with similar rail and balustrade, opposite door, reach grade. Foundation: exposed rubble stone (rare in neighborhood). East façade displays the 2-story gabled projection, but no shed roof element between projection and front porch (#64, 66). East side contains 1 window at 2nd level centered on extension, and one window both levels aligned near NE corner. West side has two 1x1 windows at 2nd level and 2 windows on 1st level basically aligned with those those those above.

At rear of property is a small frame shed that may have been a garage (windows may now be in place of garage door).

Built

1905

Architect

Builder

History

This house and its twin at 66 Leigh was constructed c. 1905, according to Sanborn maps, making it a very early house on Leigh Street.

Sources

If you have additional information or corrections to the existing information, send an email to ekim@princetonnj.gov.
Submitted information is reviewed by the Princeton HPC prior to updating the database.

2015 Photo
60 Leigh Avenue, north and west elevations

2015 Photo
60 Leigh Avenue, north and east elevations

2015 Photo
60 Leigh Avenue - garage