Historic Name

85 Birch Avenue

Address

85 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_34

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

2/9/2020

Setting

Description

Two story rectangular gabled dwelling with the gable facing south (Birch Avenue). The full width hip roof porch is partially enclosed except at the entrance door on the left side. The south facade has two one over one windows on the second floor. The John Street (east) facade has an engaged brick chimney on the left side with paired windows adjacent on the right, and two smaller units on the far right a single over a pair. All of the windows are one over one replacement units with vinyl shutters. The west facade has one second floor window, with two small units by the left corner and a single at the right.

Built

1930

Architect

Builder

History

The house was constructed c. 1930 (or possibly relocated here from elsewhere). Historic maps and atlases show a vacant parcel in this location as late as the 1918 Sanborn. The 1930 atlas does not cover Birch Avenue. The house first appears on the historic aerial of 1940 and on all subsequent aerials.

Sources

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2015 Photo
85 Birch Avenue, south and west elevations

2015 Photo
85 Birch Avenue, south elevation

2015 Photo
85 Birch Avenue, east elevation, as viewed from John Street