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Maple Street

1011 Fifth Avenue West

Jane Hamilton House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
Two-story I-house which retains its original form and massing but has had window sash replaced with fixed panes. Modern door. Central hall plan, one-story wing at rear. Side gable roof with front gable on rear wing, and aluminum siding. Portion of attached front porch enclosed. Mrs. Jane Hamilton, a widow, lived here from 1937 to 1938. Ralph C. and Lillian P. Roberts lived here from 1941 to 1942; Mrs. Margaret Ball lived here from 1943 to 1946; Delia H Cory, widow of Fredrick R. Cory, lived here beginning in 1950.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Apartment. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story frame apartment with a front gable roof and engaged porch.

1003 Fifth Avenue West

Clarence J. Powell House

Non-contributing, ca. 1955.
One-story Ranch style house with a side gable roof and covered entry stoop. Masonite board siding. Interior brick chimney. Eight-over-one modern windows and modern door. Attached garage. Replaces an earlier house on the same lot. Clarence J. Powell, with J. C. Powell Produce Company, and wife Donna, appear to be the first occupants of the house.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

1002 Fifth Avenue West

Ted Miller House

Non-contributing, ca. 1952.
One-story Ranch style building, now a duplex, with side gable roof, two interior brick chimneys, and brick veneer walls. Modern windows and louvered front door. Small lot slopes to-rear. The 1926 Sanborn map shows another house here which this replaced. House was built by Ted Miller, a traveling salesman.  
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

924 Fifth Avenue West

J. Alexis Lemort House

House. Contributing, 1917.
One-and-one-half-story bungalow with a pyramidal roof and porch which wraps around two sides of the house. Front gable dormers, original weatherboard siding. Porch details include paired square columns on solid balustrade, and stone cheekwalls on entry steps. One-over-one and multi-light-over-one windows; multi-light door. A portion of the porch on the northwest has been enclosed as a sunroom with multi-light casement windows. Picket fence. J. Alexis Lemort appears to have been the original owner of this house. Jeanne M. LeMort, widow of J. Alexis, continued to live in the house until at least 1951. House probably built by Sylvester Maxwell.   
(Sanborn maps, city directories, survey files)

Storage shed. Non-contributing, 1980s.
One-story gable roof modern storage shed.

923 Fifth Avenue West

Walter Fesperman House

House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a front gable roof and projecting front gable, attached bungaloid porch at southwest corner. Vinyl siding. Exterior end chimney; four-over-one and six-over-one windows. Three-vertical-over panel door. Walter P. Fesperman, with Standard Oil, and wife Margaret lived here from 1939 to 1940. Hiram E. Higgins, a driver for Hendersonville Supply and Coal Co., and wife Ophelia lived here from 1941 to 1942. Joseph W. Simpson, a salesman, and wife Madge lived here from 1945 to 1946; Calvin W. Kuykendall and wife Josephine were here from 1948 to 1951. Kuykendall worked for Cal's Home and Auto Supply. This was originally lot 6 of the S. Maxwell subdivision. It was bought from Maxwell by Flover P. Jones (1919; Deed book 102, page 20).
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, deeds)

Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story frame garage with front gable roof.