Robert L. Francis House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a front gable roof and knee braces. German siding. Attached porch with bungaloid details, currently with the added screens removed. Interior end chimney. Twelve-over-one windows; multi-light door. Small lot. Robert L. Francis, a mechanical engineer, lived here in 1926 and was probably the original owner of this property. Mrs. Maggie A. Francis, widow of Robert, lived here from 1937 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Henry C. Ranson House
House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a clipped gable roof, brick veneer walls. Front gable roof, projecting bay over original porch entry. Front porch has been enclosed with awning-style windows. Interior brick chimney. Multi-light-over-one windows. Small level lot. Henry C. Ranson, an engineer with Southern Railway, and wife Una May lived here from 1937 to 1938. Edward and Doris Patterson, with Patterson's Department Store, lived here from 1941 to 1942. Henry O. Latt, with Hendersonville Coal Company, and wife Mabel, a piano teacher, lived here from 1943 to 1944. Mrs. Rosa M. McNally, widow of Paul McNally, lived here from 1945 to 1949. Albert and Cora B. Pilling lived here from 1950 to 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story front gable garage.
Fred L. Cooley House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story Spanish Colonial Revival house with a flat roof, textured stucco walls, and hollow tile construction. Front exterior chimney, with a curved shoulder. Triple four-over-one windows at front with inset segmental arches above. Screened entry bay to the east. Fred L. and Lillian Cooley lived here from 1937 to 1938. Bruce A. and A. Marie Cox lived here from 1939 to 1940. Cox was a Justice of the Peace, and a "fingerprint expert." Leo H. and Elva L. Suggs lived here from 1941 to 1942. Suggs was produce manager at A & P stores. Everett C. and Kathleen P. Huggins, Jr. lived here from 1943 to 1951. Huggins was manager at Belk-Simpson Company. D. Simpson also lived there from 1945 to 1946.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Walter D. Stepp House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a side gable roof and projecting front gable porch bay in front. German siding. Bungaloid details on porch, with brick cheekwalls at central steps to porch. Exterior end chimney. Six-over-one windows, and a bay window on the west. Door has sidelights. Walter D. and Annie Stepp lived here from 1937 to 1938. Stepp was an embalmer at J. M. Stepp Undertaker. Miss Willie Morrow, a stenographer at Duke Power Company, lived here from 1939 to 1946. Sherman E. and Willie M. Odom lived here from 1948 to 1949, and Clayton J. and Nell S. Vandiver, Sr. lived here from 1950 to 1951. Vandiver was a line operator at the Hendersonville Times-News.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Jesse R. Whitley House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a hip roof and front gable, arched entry to front porch. Yellow brick veneer walls. Porch details include arched entry, quarry tile floor, solid brick balustrade, brick posts, French doors opening onto porch, northwest corner an open patio. Brick interior and exterior end chimneys; six-over-one and multi-light casement windows; multi-light front door. Small level lot. Jesse R. Whitley, a pharmacist at Freeze Drug Company, and wife Ruth lived here from 1937 to 1940. Mrs. Mary West, widow of William, lived here from 1941 to 1942. Miss Berdie West, with La Vogue, lived here from 1943 to 1946. Paul and Marguerite, with Cornelius and Johnson wholesale produce, lived here from 1948 to 1949. Leo and Una Roos, with Fifth Avenue Antiques, lived here from 1950 to 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)