Lillian P. DeLong House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
Two-story Colonial Revival house with hip roof, weatherboard siding, flat-roof entry portico, and addition at northwest corner. Entry portico has square posts on granite piers. Two interior chimneys. Nine-over-one windows with a bay window in the center of the second floor in front; door with sidelights. Granite foundation with beaded mortar joints. Notable dry stack stone retaining wall and planters at street level. Mrs. Lillian P. DeLong, of Coral Gables, Florida, lived here part of the year from 1937 to 1938. The house was vacant for several years, then John W. and Jimmie Farmer lived here from 1943 to 1944. Rupert D. (USA) and Katherine V. Graves lived here from 1945 to at least 1951. Originally lot 5 of S. Maxwell's Fifth Avenue subdivision, platted August 5, 1919. Bought from Maxwell by Flover P. Jones (1919; Deed book 102, page 20).
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Log cabin. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story log cabin with gable roof.
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story frame garage with German siding and exposed rafter ends.
Carport. Non-contributing, 1970s.
Freestanding carport over drive at east side of house.
John O. Covin House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with a cross gable roof, knee braces, and German siding. Attached full-width front porch has battered posts on stone piers. Small side addition. Exterior end stone chimney with beaded mortar. Notable stone wall at sidewalk and stair cheekwalls. Windows are four-over-one and sixteen-over-one. Unusual angled trim, battered like porch posts. Multi-light door. House was originally lot 4 of the S. Maxwell Subdivision (1919) that was bought by E. J. Anders from Maxwell (1919; Book 109, 231). The house was vacant through the latter part of the 1930s. John O. and Ellen C. Covin lived here from 1941 to 1942. Covin was a manager at Dixie stores. Lawrence H. and Louise Bright lived here from 1943 to 1944. He was a flight instructor at Meyer Flying School. John and Jimmie P. Farmer lived here from 1948 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, deeds)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1950.
One-story front gable roof garage.
Homer H. Pattishall House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with a small one-story wing at the northwest corner. Front gable roof with knee braces, vinyl siding at front and on porch gable end, shingles elsewhere. Engaged front porch has replacement iron posts on brick piers. Brick interior end chimney. Triple four-over-one windows, and multi-light door. Notable granite block retaining wall at street, probably part of original subdivision layout. Originally lot 3 of S. Maxwell's 5th Ave. Subdivision (1919) which was bought from Maxwell by E. J. Anders (1919; Book 109, 231). Homer H. and Annie Patishall of Geneva, Florida lived here part of the year from 1937 to 1938. John A. and Roxie C. Gunter lived here from 1939 to 1940; Cyril E. and Emma L. Livingston lived here from 1942 to 1943; Laurie A. and Alma C. Gossett, with Gossett Furniture, lived here from 1943 to 1944; James and Wilma Turner lived here from 1945 to 1946; and Richard and Marion Girardeau lived here from 1948 to 1949.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, deeds)
Carport. Non-contributing, 1990s.
Freestanding metal carport.
Storage building. Non-contributing, ca. 1955.
One-story flat roof storage building.
Roberts House
House. Contributing, ca. 1893.
Two-story Colonial Revival house with a central hall plan, hip roof with wide eaves, hip roof dormer with diamond-pane casements. German siding. Wraparound porch with paired columns, 1x1 balustrade, and triple columns at corners. Interior brick chimneys. Cut granite foundation with beaded mortar. Windows are one-over-one. Door has transom and sidelights. Large corner lot. House sits on a hill above street, with granite retaining wall. Mature boxwoods. According to deed records, Marie A. Roberts, a widow, defaulted on this house in 1928 and sold the house to V. S. Bryant. Bryant sold it to Realty Purchase Corporation in 1940, who then sold the house and premises to James B. and Lydia B. Key in 1943. Key owned the property until 1950, when he sold it to Charles E. and Verona Rogers, of Rogers Hosiery Mills. In the 1930s, the house was apparently rented to Lavern and Marguerite Blakely from 1937 to 1938; to James F. and Allie Stokes from 1939 to 1940; and was known as the Fifth Avenue Guest House from 1941 to 1942. One of several large houses in the neighborhood supposedly built by Charleston families.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, deeds, survey files)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1950.
One-story side gable double garage.
Frank P. Yarborough House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with a small addition at rear. Multi-gable roof with boxed returns. German siding on rear addition, brick veneer and shingles elsewhere. Wraparound porch has battered posts on stone piers. Cut stone foundation. Six-over-one windows; modern bay window at front. Door is multi-light-over-panel. Notable granite retaining wall at sidewalk level. Frank P. and Annie K. Yarborough lived here from 1937 to 1938. Yarborough was employed at Duke Power Company. Samuel H. and Lillian B. Jackson lived here from 1939 to at least 1951. Jackson was an electrician.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Storage building. Non-contributing, 1980s.
Modern metal storage building at rear with "gambrel" roof.