Historic Name

67 Leigh Avenue

Address

67 Leigh Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6904_27

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

2/17/2020

Setting

Description

This house is a two-and-a-half-story, three-bay, vernacular building and its main feature is a hipped-roof porch. It features a side-gable roof that is clad with asphalt shingleswith wood eaves. The house is clad in aluminum siding. The south (front) elevation of the house features a one-story, full- length, hipped-roofed, wood porch and an off-set front door. The porch is accessed by a center, concrete staircase with double, low, concrete parapets. It features four, square, Doric columns and a wood balustrade. The front door is flanked by two, single, six-over-one, double-hung sashwindows to its east. On the second floor, there are three, single, six-over-one, double- hung sash windows centered over the windows and door on the first floor. The second floor of the west elevation features one small window towards the back and there is a small, rectangular window opening (currently boarded up) centered in the gable of this elevation. There is a one-story, shed-roofed bay on the west elevation. It is clad in aluminum siding. Its west elevation features one window on the first floor. The house’s foundation is clad in stucco.

Built

1925

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1925. Historic maps show a vacant lot in this location as late as the Sanborn Atlas of 1918. The house is clearly shown on the historic aerial of 1940. [Note: the atlas of 1930 does not include the north side of Leigh Avenue.]

Sources

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2015 Photo
67 Leigh Avenue, south and west elevations

2015 Photo
67 Leigh Avenue, south elevation

2015 Photo
67 Leigh Avenue, south and east elevations