Historic Name

182 Birch Avenue

Address

182 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6903_11

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

2/20/2020

Setting

Description

The property contains a 2-story, 3-bay vernacular house with some Colonial Revival details. Its end-gabled roof is clad with asphalt shingles, and the minimal eaves are aluminum. The house's frame walls are clad with aluminum siding. Fenestration consists primarily of replacement 1x1 double hung sash windows; those on the main (north) elevation feature inoperable louvered shutters. The main elevation features windows in the western two bays. The eastern bay has no second floor window; the bay contains a cottage door (six inset light over two vertical panels) on the first floor, opening below a single light transom. The front porch is a hipped element; its roof is clad with asphalt shingles, and three turned posts connected by a thin railing support the eaves. A set of concrete steps leads down to the grade of the front lawn. The house has a concrete foundation with horizontal basement windows.

The end walls of the house are similar in design. Each end features a tripartite attic window (replacement) above a noticeable frieze type board along the eaveline. The lower floors feature windows on two floor levels, spaced asymmetrically. On the rear of the house (south elevation) is a shed-roofed porch, the eastern half of which is enclosed with aluminum cladding.

Built

1920

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1920. Historic maps show a vacant lot in this location as late as the Sanborn atlas of 1918. The house first appears on the historic aerial of 1940.

Sources

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2015 Photo
182 Birch Avenue, north and west elevations

2015 Photo
182 Birch Avenue, north elevation

2015 Photo
182 Birch Avenue, north and east elevations