House. Contributing, ca. 1949.
Post-World War II vernacular cottage style one and one-half story house with side gable roof, front gable roof dormers, and brick veneer walls. Wing on south side. Carport added on south side sometime after 1954. Central entry stoop with a front gable roof covering supported by narrow columns. Windows are six-over-one. Front door appears original, with an elliptical fanlight over panel. Central steps and walkway. Small lot level with street. John F. McLeod, Jr., secretary-treasurer with Blair-McLeod Motors, and wife Mary apparently were the original owners of this house. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Walter Groce House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Four Square/Bungalow style two-story house with a one-story wraparound Craftsman Bungalow porch at the southeast corner. Hip roof with wide overhanging eaves and a cross gable roof on the porch. Part of the porch has been enclosed. Other porch details include battered posts on stone piers, and a stone foundation with beaded mortar joints. Walls are yellow brick veneer, with replacement aluminum siding in soffits and on porch walls. Windows are one-over-one. Small level lot, wooded to the rear. Walter R. Groce lived here from 1937 to 1942. Jefferson and Ellen P. Moulds lived here from 1943 to 1944. Ellen Moulds was a nurse at Patton Memorial Hospital. Cecil McCorkle, an agent with Durham Life Insurance Company, and wife Louise lived here fro 1945 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Contributing, by 1926.
One-story front gable roof building with aluminum siding.
William C. McKay House
Contributing, by 1922.
Vernacular cottage style one and one-half story house with a cross gable roof and front gable roof dormer at the front. Engaged, wraparound porch has been modified considerably. Original posts have been replaced with iron posts, and a two-car garage, built sometime after 1954, infills a portion on the southwest corner. Walls are brick veneer. Windows are one-over-one. Front door may be a replacement. Original outbuilding is gone. House set at a diagonal, facing almost due west. William Celetta and wife, part-time residents of Thomasville, Georgia, lived here from 1926 to 1927. Mrs. McKay, then a widow, lived here through 1938. Franklin J. Watt, also a part-time Georgia resident, lived here from 1939 to 1940. The house was vacant for a while, and from 1945 to 1949 William J. and Margaret Powell lived here. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Thomas Harrison House
Contributing, 1925.
Craftsman Bungalow style one and one-half story house with a cross gable roof supported by heavy braces. Shed roof addition on the north side. Walls are aluminum siding. Front porch has been enclosed, and a modern replacement front door added, but form of original porch is still visible. Original windows are four-vertical-over-one. Some of these have been moved to the new outer wall of the porch. Original outbuilding appears to be gone. Thomas Harrison, a building contractor, and wife Florence lived here from 1937 to 1938. Benjamin Brown, assistant manager at Gulf Oil Corporation, and wife Dorothy lived here from 1941 to 1944. Ira B. Russell of Russell, Black, and Company and wife Margie lived here from 1945 to 1946. George M. Flanagan, Jr. of Flanagan Printing Company and wife Mildred lived here from 1948 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
Frazier T. Blair House
House. Contributing, by 1922.
Bungalow style one-story plus basement house with a side gable roof. Attached front porch with front gable roof has battered posts on brick piers, simple balustrade, and steps to the center front door. Original weatherboard siding. Windows are nine-over-one, and front door is multi-light. House sits up on a hill and is angled on the lot, like the adjacent house to face due west. Frazier T. Blair, bookkeeper at Chipman-LaCross Hosiery Mill, and wife Mary lived here from 1937 to 1944. The house was rented to "tourists" from 1945 to 1946. Robert L. Amos, general manager at radio station WHKP, and wife Virginia lived here from 1948 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Contributing, by 1922.
One-story gable roof building with original wood siding and double garage doors.