Miss Missouri Rector House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story Tudor Revival-influenced cottage with a side gable roof and a front gable roof at the northeast corner. Walls are stucco with half-timbering. Engaged front porch has replacement balustrade and posts, with a portion enclosed. Windows are eight-over-one and door is multi-light over panel. Set back from street on a small lot. Miss Missouri Rector lived here from 1937 to 1944. Mrs. Manimie Freeman lived here from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Robert S. Gibbs, Jr. House
House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a multi-gable roof and knee braces. Vinyl siding. Front exterior end chimney has been stuccoed. Windows are six-over-six. Porch has been enclosed, at southeast corner, but original details are still visible, included battered posts on stuccoed piers, original brick steps. Deck added at rear. Lot was originally lot 7 of the S. Maxwell subdivision, which was bought by A. Y. Arledge from Maxwell (1919, Book 102, 44). Robert S. and Isabella Gibbs, Jr. lived here from 1937 to 1938. Gibbs was an engineer with Duke Power company. Mrs. Hattie Alexander lived here from 1941 to 1944. Charles and Josephine Guy lived here from 1945 to at least 1951. Guy was a draftsman with Erle Stillwell Architects.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, deeds)
Garage apartment. Contributing, ca. 1950.
One-story garage apartment with a cross-gable roof, casement windows, modern door, and a shed roof addition on the west side.
Thomas Kirk House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story-plus-basement hip-roof cottage with a two-story addition at rear. Hollow tile construction with stucco walls. Attached front porch with brick posts supporting a hip roof. Eight-over-one windows and modern door. Lot slopes to rear. Thomas and Elizabeth Kirk of Jacksonville, Florida, lived here part of the year from 1937 to 1938. Lee and Mabel Moose lived here from 1941 to 1942. Moose was a pharmacist. Nathaniel Jones, a laborer, lived here from 1943 to 1944. Henry L. and Helen Turston owned the house from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
David Newman House
Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story side-gable cottage with weatherboard siding and German siding on a rear addition. Shed roof front porch with replacement posts and balustrade. Exterior end chimney. Six-over-six windows and modern door. David Newman, a realtor, lived here from 1937 to 1938. Benjamin Simmons, a timekeeper, lived here from 1939 to 1940. Horace and Violet Reeler lived here from 1941 to 1942. Reeler was a paper carrier. Whitney and Margaret Amadio owned the house from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Murphee House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One and one-half-story bungalow with vinyl siding, including covering porch posts. Deck added to rear. Side gable roof with shed roof dormer, exterior end chimney. Front engaged porch piers are stuccoed. Three vertical-over-one and casement windows. Multi-light door. Picket fence. Mrs. Lou Murphee lived here from 1937 to 1938. Jesse H. and Gertrude E. Holdford lived here from 1939 to 1940. Holdford was a waiter at Shorty's Pig. Mrs. Lillie Morris, widow of Vernon Morris, lived here from 1941 to 1942. Angel Page, with Beulah Corporation, lived here from 1943 to 1944, and Lonnie and Nellie Charles lived here from 1945 to at least 1951. Charles was a painter.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)