Historic Name

197 Witherspoon Street

Address

197 Witherspoon Street

Tax Parcel

1114_21.01_12

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

2

Material

Stucco

Historic Function

Domestic

Current Function

Domestic

Last Entry Update

2/9/2020

Setting

Description

This property contains a 2.5-story, 3-bay cross-gabled house facing west to Witherspoon Street. The roof is clad with asphalt shingles and features a simple raking cornice with shaped rafter tails along the side walls. A small brick chimney is located near the center of the ridge. The house's walls are stuccoed. Fenestration is somewhat symmetrically arranged; windows are replacement 1x1 double hung sash units. The main (west) elevation features a paired attic window; three second floor windows; and a semi-enclosed front porch with a hipped roof. The north part of the porch remains open; an original door opens into the house and a new door with a transom and sidelights opens into the enclosed porch. A set of concrete steps leads down to the grade of the front lawn. The side elevations vary in their appearance. Both have a paired window on the attic level; on the north end, a fire escape leads down from this paired window. The south elevation features four windows on the first and second floor levels. The house has a stuccoed foundation. On the rear of the house is a 1-story, full-length addition with a shed roof and a single 2x2 window on the north and south elevations.

Built

1908

Architect

Builder

History

Constructed c. 1908, this house appears on the 1911 Sanborn map but not the 1906 Sanborn.

Sources

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2015 Photo
197 Witherspoon Street, west and north elevations

2015 Photo
197 Witherspoon Street, west and south elevations