Historic Name

101 Leigh Avenue

Address

101 Leigh Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6903_21

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Aluminum

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/16/2020

Setting

Description

This house is a one-and-a-half-story, three-bay, vernacular building of a type found throughout Northern New Jersey. Its main features are a hipped- roof front porch and a double-window wall dormer. It features a side-gable roof that is clad with asphalt shingles. The house is clad in aluminum siding.

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 is supported by four concrete piers and is accessed by an off-set concrete staircase that leads to the front door and that has a double, iron balustrade. It features four iron posts and an iron balustrade. The front door is flanked by two, single, six-over-six, double-hung sash windows to its west. The half-story has tall cheek walls with a front-gable wall dormer with one,double, six-over-six, double-hung sash window in its center.

The west elevation features an exterior brick chimney towards its southern (front) end.

The house’s foundation is clad in stucco.

Built

1930

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1930. Historic atlases show vacant land in this location up to the Sanborn atlas of 1918. [The 1930 atlas does not include the north side of Leigh Avenue.] The house first appears on the historic aerial of 1940.

Sources

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2015 Photo
101 Leigh Avenue, south and east elevations

2015 Photo
101 Leigh Avenue, south and west elevations