Historic Name

69 Birch Avenue

Address

69 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_26

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

2/21/2020

Setting

Description

The house is a 2-story vernacular house facing south to Birch Avenue. The house's front end gabled roof is clad with asphalt shingles. The house's frame walls are clad with aluminum siding. Windows are multilight replacement double hung sash units, with two bays on the south, west, and east elevations; windows on the south elevation feature inoperable paneled shutters. The door appears to be a replacement unit with door shutters near the southeast corner; it has three lights above the lock rail in a semicircular shape. The house has a shed roofed front porch with three posts shading a paired window west of the door. The posts are connected by an iron railing that flows down steps down to the grade of the front lawn. The house has a concrete foundation.

Built

1920

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1920. Historic maps indicate that the property was vacant as late as the Sanborn atlas of 1918. The first indication of the house is the historic aerial of 1940, which shows the building (as do all subsequent historic aerials). Note: the historic atlas of 1930 does not document houses along Birch Avenue.

Sources

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2015 Photo
69 Birch Avenue, south and east elevations

2015 Photo
69 Birch Avenue, south and west elevations