House
Contributing. ca. 1925.
This one-story, front-gable-roof Craftsman bungalow has a deck added at the northeast corner, German siding, projecting purlins and exposed rafter ends, an attached, hip-roof front porch with battered posts on capped brick piers and no balustrade, and two chimneys, one interior and one exterior end. Both are stuccoed above the roofline, and the exterior end one is painted brick with a single shoulder below the roofline. The foundation is brick, windows are vertical-four-over-one, and the front door is modern. House sits on a small level lot. City directories note the occupants as Joseph E. Noffz, a warehouseman at Cantrell Produce Company, and wife Katherine (1937 - 1938); and Roy O. Bass, a bookkeeper with Houston Furniture Company, and wife Vera (1939 - at least the mid-1980s). (Sanborn maps; city directories; owner information)
George W. Justice House
Contributing. ca. 1925.
This one-and-one-half-story, plus basement on the north side, side-gable Craftsman bungalow has a front-gable dormer, a shed roof addition at the rear with a garage below, and a deck added on the north side. The building has exposed rafter ends, German siding, a shed-roof front porch with wood posts, exposed rafter ends, and no balustrade, a stuccoed interior chimney, brick foundation, six-over-six windows on the front, eight-over-eight windows on the side, six-light casement windows on the basement level, and French doors opening onto the porch. There is a pent roof on the side elevations with exposed rafter ends. The east elevation has concrete steps and cheek walls at the side entrance. House sits on a large corner lot with a creek running through it on the north side. There is a notable cut stone retaining wall with beaded mortar joints running along the east side of the property, and a modern wood picket fence in the front.
This house was built by George W. Justice, developer of the neighborhood and a surveyor whose name is on almost every plat for Hendersonville in the first decades of the twentieth century. From 1950 - 1957, after George W. Justice had passed away, Mrs. Irene H. Justice lived here, along with boarders. In this house was a safe containing over 800 original documents recording land development in Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Cleveland, and Burke counties. Justice and his ancestors were heavily involved with the Speculation Land Company of New York, and Justice was appointed to oversee the dissolution of the company in 1920, after 125 years of business. Originally, the house built on the neighboring lot which is now 1016 N. Main Street (#34) was built by Irene Justice as a cottage for her family to stay in when they visited from Alabama. Mrs. Justice left the cottage to her daughter-in-law Beulah, wife of the Justice's son, Thomas. These two houses were historically, and still are, the only ones on the large lot running from Highland Avenue to Locust Street. (Sanborn maps; city directories; owner information; will of Irene Justice)
1033 Highland Avenue. Carport. Non-contributing. Modern.
There is a freestanding metal carport on the west side of the house.
Paul R. McCutcheon House
Contributing ca. 1925
This one-story, front-gable-roof Craftsman bungalow has exposed rafter ends, knee braces, and a deck added at the northeast corner, German siding, and an attached, hip-roof front porch with exposed rafter ends, battered posts on brick piers, and no balustrade. There are two interior brick chimneys, and one exterior end brick chimney with a single shoulder. Windows are one-over-one replacement sash with snap-in muntins, and the front door is modern. House sits on a small level lot with a modern picket fence in front. This house, according to the current owner, was originally a summer home for a Charleston family named Stone. City directories note, however, that the house was owned by Paul R. McCutcheon, beginning in 1937, who lived part of the year in Hendersonville and part of the year in St. Petersburg, Florida. McCutcheon owned the house until at least the late 1950s. Sanborn maps; city directories; owner information).
1034 Highland Avenue. Carport . Non-contributing. Modern.
Modern free-standing carport with a front-gable metal roof, exposed beams and rafters, and tree trunk posts.