Harvey F. Drake House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Vernacular cottage style one-story house with a rear wing. Cross gable roof with a front gable roof projecting center bay. Walls are replacement aluminum siding. Covered entry stoop pedimented roof is supported by brackets. Windows are one-over-one, probably replacements. Front door is multi-light-over-panel. House is set on a small hill above street, on a corner lot. Concrete steps surrounded by a low stone retaining wall with beaded mortar joints are located at the southern corner of the lot, at Maiden Lane. Harvey F. Drake, a salesman at Minico Cleaners and Laundry and wife Virginia lived here from 1937 t o 1942. Henry F. Harrill, a traveling salesman, and wife Elsie lived here from 1943 to 1944. Albert G. And Mary R. Zang lived here from 1945 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Non-contributing, by 1926 and after 1954.
One-story outbuilding was originally a small one-story side gable roof structure. A modern garage with a front gable roof appears to have been added to the front. Structure also covered with aluminum siding.
Clayton J. Vandiver House
Contributing, by 1926.
Bungalow style one-story house with a front gable roof, aluminum siding on walls, and an attached porch at the northeast corner. Porch details include battered posts on brick piers and a simple balustrade. Windows are one-over-one, and the front door is a large glass pane over panel. It faces east. House sits on a corner lot, facing Highland Avenue. Granite retaining wall and original steps to front door. Clayton J. Vandiver, a line operator with the Hendersonville Times-News, and wife Nell lived here from 1937 to 1946. Everett C. Orr, police chief, lived here with wife Estelle form 1948 to 1949. Current owner dates the house to 1912, which would pre-date the Mount Royal subdivision. The style of the house, facing Highland Avenue as it does, could be an earlier one than the rest of the homes in Mount Royal. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
L. J. Wooley House
House. Contributing, 1923.
Tudor Revival style one-story house with a corner recessed entry on the southeast side. French doors open onto this entry porch. Clipped gable roof covered with tin, with a front gable projecting bay at the front. Hip roof dormer on the north side. Lower half of walls are brick veneer, with half-timbering above. Front exterior brick chimney with crenellated top. Windows are either three or four-vertical-over-one. Corner lot, stone retaining wall, some of which has been re-built. This property was lot 74 of the Mount Royal subdivision, sold to Mrs. L. J. Wooley from C. W. Donaldson, the developer of the subdivision, on October 15, 1923. It appears to be one of the first houses built. H. G. and Rebecca Love lost the house in 1934 during the Depression. Fred L. Allison and wife Mabel lived here from 1937 to 1938. Everett O. Mitchell with Auto Sales Company and wife Mildred lived here from 1939 to 1940. Dr. O. Roy Keith, Jr., a dentist, and wife Pauline lived here from 1941 to at least 1949. (The house was bought by Keith in 1939, so the Allisons may have been renters). O. Roy Keith, Sr. was a real estate developer who developed a portion of the Hyman Heights neighborhood, and bought and sold many of the lots speculatively. Good to fair condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner, Henderson County deed records)
Greenhouse. Non-contributing, after 1954. One-story structure at the rear of the lot.
Garage. Non-contributing. after 1954. Modern concrete block structure.
Lucy T. Read House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Vernacular cottage style one-story house with a wing to the west side. Tin roof covering. Front gable roof with a projecting bay at the northeast. Walls are stucco. Windows are one-over-one, possible replacements. House sits high on a hill. The stone retaining wall ran here, too, although most of it is gone. Concrete steps up the hill. Mrs. Lucy T. Read may have been the original owner of this house. He lived here from 1926 to 1944. James Fain and wife Tammie lived here from 1945 to 1946. John T. Wilkins, Jr., a salesman with Cantrell Produce Company, lived here with wife Milicent from 1948 to 1949. Lot is very overgrown. Good to fair condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Non-contributing, by 1926.
Altered one-story outbuilding, with concrete block basement housing two cars, and an apartment above. Roof is flat.
House. Non-contributing, ca. early 1950s.
Vernacular cottage style one and one-half story house with side gable roof and front gable roof dormers. Wind at northwest corner. One-story addition at rear. Walls are brick veneer with asbestos shingle in dormers. Shed roof added at front over patio. Central brick chimney with chimney pots. Windows are six-over-six and eight-over-eight. House sits high on a hill above street. Notable stone retaining wall with beaded mortar joints curves onto Maiden Lane alley. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Non-contributing, ca. early 1950s.
One-story building of concrete block with a front gable roof.