Historic Name

48 Birch Avenue

Address

48 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6905_7

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

2/19/2020

Setting

Description

This vernacular house is a frame, 2.5-story, vinyl-clad structure with an end-gabled, asphalt-clad roof and a 2-story shed roofed rear addition. Rectangular core features a large, 2-windowed, gabled dormer, centered on the main (north) elevation. At 2nd level there are two sets of paired, long windows. All windows on house are 1x1 sash replacements and feature thick surrounds. At 1st level, the main door is at NE corner; a paired window unit is centered. Hipped roofed porch is supported by 4 squared posts sitting on wood deck supported by masonry piers; squared balustrade. New wooden steps are centered to grade. Immediately west of steps are cement steps with metal railing reaching a front basement entrance. Only east façade could be examined: a 1-story extension of the rear addition juts out 2-feet from elevaton.

Built

1920

Architect

Builder

History

Building first shows up on 1927 Sanborn Atlas, but not indicated on 1918 atlas.

Sources

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2015 Photo
48 Birch Avenue, north elevation