Historic Name

292 Witherspoon Street

Address

292 Witherspoon Street

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_6

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Dutch Colonial Revival

Number of Stories

2

Material

Aluminum

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/9/2020

Setting

Description

Two story rectangular footprint with the short side and ridge parallel to the street. The Dutch Colonial style dresses up a very basic building shape by extending the side rake board overhangs down at a steeper angle across the side facades to create a faux shed dormer on the front. The steep rakes transition to a shallower full width shed front porch with two unequal bays, a narrow one aligned with the front door. A paired one over one replacement window occupies the other side of the first floor front facade. There are two equally spaced similar windows above with a stuccoed chimney at the transition point between the shallow and steep rakes of the gable end. The south facade has a series of stacked window openings on the gable center line with an additional pair of full size windows on the left side of center and two small square windows on the right side. There is a partially enclosed rear porch with the same roof line as the front porch. The exterior walls are a combination of stucco and aluminum siding. Its twin is at 294 Witherspoon Street.

Built

1925

Architect

Builder

History

This house shows up on the 1927 atlas but not the 1911 atlas.

Sources

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2015 Photo
292 Witherspoon Street, east and south elevations

2015 Photo
292 Witherspoon Street, east and north elevations