Historic Name

107 Leigh Ave

Address

107 Leigh Ave

Tax Parcel

1114_6903_24

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Wood

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/16/2020

Setting

Description

This house is a two-and-a-half-story, three-bay, L-shaped, conservative Gothic Revival building and its main features are a recessed, off-set, side pavilion with a small wooden porch,a hipped-roof front porch, a two- story bay, diamond-shaped wood shingles, and decorative crown moldings over the windows. It features a front-gable roof that is clad with standing seam metal and has wood eaves. The house is clad in weatherboard and diamond- shaped wood shingles. All of the building’s windows are replacements; however, they feature original decorative crown moldings.

The first floor of the south elevation features a one-story, full- length,hipped-roofed,wood porch and an off-set front door. The porch roof features an off-set, wood pediment on the front door side of the porch. The tympanum is clad in wood shingles. The porch is accessed by an off- set wood staircase that leads to the front door. It features four turned- wood posts with jigsaw bracketing and a turned-wood balustrade. The front door is flanked by two, single, one-over-one, double-hung sash windows to its west. On the second floor, there are three, single, one-over-one, double- hung sash windows centered over the windows and door on the first floor.The gable is clad in diamond-shaped wood shingles and features one, small, double, one-over-one, double-hung sash window with a decorative fan-shaped, wood crown molding.

The east elevation features a recessed, two-and-a-half-story, one-bay, side-gable-roofed pavilion with its own small, wood porch. The first floor of the south elevation of the pavilion features a one-story, full- length, hipped-roofed wood porch and a central door. The porch is accessed by a center wood staircase that leads to the door. It features one turned-wood post with jigsaw bracketing and a turned-wood balustrade. The second floor of the pavilion features one, single, one-over-one, double-hung sash window centered over the door.

The west elevation features a two-story, three-sided bay located at its north (back) end. The bay is clad in diamond-shaped wood shingles. Each story features one, single, one-over-one, double-hung sash window per side of the bay (for a total of six windows).

The house’s foundation is stone.

Built

1910

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1910. Historic atlases show vacant land in this location up to the Sanborn atlas of 1906. The house appears on the Sanborn atlas of 1911 and all succeeding atlases and historic aerials.

Sources

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2015 Photo
107 Leigh Avenue, south and west elevations

2015 Photo
107 Leigh Avenue, south elevation