John G. Grant House
House. Contributing, ca. 1894.
Two and one-half story Colonial Revival house with a hip roof, standing seam covering, and central front gable bay at second story with boxed returns. Entry portico at first floor; wraparound porch on two sides. Granite center steps, attached gazebos on porch at northeast and northwest corners. Pebbledash walls. Two large interior brick chimneys with corbeling. One-over-one windows; leaded glass panes at attic level; single-light door with sidelights. Large lot, house set above street. Land added to east after 1923. John G. Grant sold this house to Emma Grimes in 1905, and Emma G. Grimes sold it to James M. Seignious in 1908. The Seignious estate sold it to Eva S. Murray and Elizabeth S. Bryant in 1923. Murray and Bryant sold it to T. B. Allen, a state Senator, in 1924. The Allens sold the house to Thomas J. Heller in 1928; Heller sold to the Adgers in 1936. John Adger owned the house from 1936 to 1942. Mrs. Jean Adger lived there from 1943 to 1944. In 1943, the Adger estate sold the house to Ernest Godwin. Godwin then sold to Dr. Richard S. Major. Dr. Major, a physician and surgeon, lived here from 1945 to at least 1980.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, survey files, plat of Seignious estate)
Servant's Cottage. Contributing, ca. 1894.
One-story hip roof cottage with interior brick chimney, front porch with square posts, two-over-two windows, brick foundation, weatherboard siding.
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story front gable roof garage with flat roof storage wing added to west.
Fred R. Byers House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-and-one-half-story bungalow with a hip roof and hip roof dormer. Weatherboard siding. Attached front porch with paired posts on brick piers. Central chimney. One-over-one windows; modern door. Currently under renovation. Fred R. and Mildred Byers, of Byers Brothers, lived here from 1937 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Dr. J. L. Egerton House
House. Contributing, 1913.
One-and-one-half-story Craftsman bungalow with a cross gable roof and shed roof dormers. Front steps added at southwest corner to upstairs apartment. Shingle siding. Wraparound porch with stone piers and cheek walls, brick steps, and a "bow tie" arch. Brick interior end chimneys. Six-over-one windows, some leaded glass. Some casement windows. Front door is multi-light-over-panel of solid oak. Large corner lot, and granite slabs into hillside as retaining wall. Designed for Dr. J. L. Egerton by Erle Stillwell. Abram and Esther Lewis lived here from 1939 to 1944. Lewis was secretary-treasurer at Lewis Department Store. James and Alice Reed lived here from 1945 to 1946. Robert and Grace Severy lived here from 1948 to at least 1951. Severy was a bookkeeper at Electric Service Company.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, Stillwell drawing collection)
Garage. Contributing, 1913.
One-story frame garage with front gable roof and shed roof addition to east.
Curtis-Burckmeyer House
House. Contributing, ca. 1903.
Two and one-half-story Classical Revival house with cross gable roof. Full-width attached porch at front, with a second story porch in the center bay of the house. Square posts and 2x2 balustrade. One-over-one windows with architrave molding, and single-light-over-panel front door. Weatherboard siding. This house was built by F. E. and Elizabeth Curtis of Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth Curtis sold the house to Benjamin P. Burckmeyer in 1907. Beginning in 1937, Mrs. Caroline Burckmeyer lived here. John Burckmeyer lived here from 1939 to at least 1951. The Burckmeyers were listed as farmers in city directories. This lot originally extended all the way to Fifth Avenue on the north, and possibly to Justice Street on the east.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, survey files, owner)
Garage apartment. Non-contributing, 1990s.
One and one-half-story modern garage apartment.
Lyda House
House. Contributing, ca. 1900.
Two and one-half story Queen Anne house with pyramidal roof and intersecting gable roof projections with boxed returns. One-story rear wing. German siding, and decorative shingles in gable ends. Porch wraps around two sides with turned posts and no balustrade. Notable interior brick chimneys with elaborate corbeling. One-over-one windows; door opens to side. Small level lot. Mrs. Laura Lyda lived here from 1937 to 1938. The house was vacant in the early 1940s, then Philip E. and Nora J. Thibodeau lived here from 1943 to 1944; John H. Hutchinson, a salesman at Houston Furniture Company, and wife Edith were here from 1945 to 1946; and Charles A. Sieber, employed at Ecusta, and wife Paula lived here from 1948 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, survey files)
Storage shed. Non-contributing, ca. 1955.
One-story shed roof storage building with German siding.