Historic Name

49 Birch Avenue

Address

49 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_22

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

1

Material

Machine Shingles

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/21/2020

Setting

Description

The house is a 1-story vernacular building facing south to Birch Avenue. It has a front end gabled orientation; the roof is clad with asphalt shingles and features a small chimney near the northeast corner and exposed rafter tails along the side walls. The frame walls are clad with machined shingles on the main (south) elevation and tarpaper on the side walls. Windows are replacement 1x1 double hung sash units. The house has three bays on the south elevation and two on the side walls. A small portico shades the front entrance; the portico consists of a small gable supported on two thin square corner posts. The door is original, with four inset lights above the lockrail. The house has a concrete foundation.

Built

1925

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1925. 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. The house is reported to have been the site where the Pentecostal church was founded (the congregation currently meets two doors to the east).

Sources

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2015 Photo
49 Birch Avenue, south and east elevations

2015 Photo
49 Birch Avenue, south and west elevations