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Maple Street

702 Fifth Avenue West

Christian Science Society Bldg.

Contributing, ca. 1950.
One-story-plus-basement modern building with stone veneer and weatherboard siding. Side gable roof, and an addition on the east side, six-over-six windows and modern doors. Notable stone retaining wall. This building first appears in city directories as the building for the Christian Science Society in 1950. The land for it was apparently sub-divided from property owned by the Blythe-Mauney families located at 705 Fourth Avenue West.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

643 Fifth Avenue West

Office Building

Non-contributing, 1970s.
One-story modern office building with vertical board and stone veneer walls. Flat roof, and large parking lot to front. Notable stone steps to the east, between this lot and the adjacent house. Sanborn maps indicate this replaces an older house on the same lot. 
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

640 Fifth Avenue West

Allan Strickland House

Contributing, ca. 1920.
One and one-half story Craftsman bungalow with a front gable roof and shed roof dormers. Vinyl siding. Attached front porch with front gable roof, stone piers and cheek walls, and a "bow tie" arch, as seen elsewhere in the neighborhood. Central chimney. Diamond-pane windows and modern door. Cut stone foundation. Set up on a hill with notable cut granite retaining wall and corner steps. Allan and Minnie Strickland of Valdosta, Georgia, lived here part of the year from 1939 to 1940. David O. and Sally M. Satterfield lived here from 1941 to 1944. Satterfield was a traveling salesman. John E. and Mary Preston lived here from 1945 to 1949. Ethelbert and Elinor King lived here beginning in 1950. King was a traveling salesman.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Designed by Erle Stillwell according to Buildings as History The Architecture of Erle Stillwell.

635 Fifth Avenue West

Lona Williams House

Non-contributing, ca. 1920.
One and one-half-story house with many alterations. Hip roof with knee braces and asbestos siding. Original porch gone or enclosed. Central cut granite block chimney with beaded mortar. Steps between this and the adjacent lot to the west. Replacement windows and doors. Mrs. Lona Williams, widow of Jason I. Williams, lived here from 1937 to 1940. Clarence and Margaret Bland lived here from 1941 to 1942. Reverend William C. and Maria A. Cravener lived here from 1943 to 1946, and several boarders lived in the house beginning in the late 1940s to early 1950s. Poor condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

630 Fifth Avenue West

Office Building

Non-contributing, 1970s.
Two-story modern office building with one-story wing to the east. Side gable roof, brick veneer walls, modern windows and doors. Parking lot to front of building.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)