Richard C. Clarke House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
Two-story Colonial Revival house with a hip roof, wide eaves, exposed rafter ends, an eyebrow dormer at front, and shed roof dormers on sides and rear. Projecting wing to front, at northwest corner, rear porch at southwest corner enclosed. Brick veneer walls. Three brick chimneys, one exterior end, one interior, and one interior end. Attached front porch with brick posts, wide eaves, brick balustrade with concrete caps, dentil blocks under the "bow tie" arch. Currently in use as offices. One-over-one windows, bay window on west, casement windows on enclosed rear porch. Multi-light double leaf front door with transom. Large lot, with parking at rear. Richard C. Clarke was a developer who developed land with J. T. Wilkins and W. A. Smith at King and Caswell Streets, according to a plat dated April 28,1926 (Plat book B, page 398). Clarke apparently built this house, but may have lived here only a short time. According to city directories, he moved to Druid Hills by 1926. He was president of Bank & Trust Company, president of Hunter's Pharmacy, and president of Hendersonville Abstract & Title Company. Mrs. Henrietta Hunt, widow of Dr. Charles W. Hunt, lived here from 1937 to 1944. Adolph Ficker lived here from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats)
Elizabeth Bryant House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-and-one-half-story-plus-basement bungalow with a rear addition. Front gable roof with multi-light awning windows in gable end. Vinyl siding. Attached front porch with paired posts and shallow arch covering over central stairs. Exterior end and central chimneys. Four-over-four windows and multi-light double-leaf door with transom. Carport added on west. Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, lived here part of the year from 1939 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story frame, front gable roof garage, with a small addition.
John Goodman House
Non-contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story-plus-basement former bungalow with extensive alterations. Side gable roof, brick veneer walls, exterior end chimney. Original porch removed. All modern replacement windows and doors. Small lot, slopes to rear. John Goodman, a caretaker at Boyd Park, lived here from 1937 to 1940. Lewis and Nancy Buchanan lived here from 1941 to 1942. Buchanan was a mechanic. Thomas and Emily Lewis lived here from 1943 to 1944, and owned the house beginning in 1948. Lewis was a traveling salesman. William Burrell, a pressman with the Hendersonville Times-News, lived here with wife Bessie, from 1945 to 1946.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Samuel Kalin House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-and-one-half-story-plus-basement bungalow with a side gable roof, knee braces, and a shed roof dormer. Asbestos siding. Engaged front porch with paired battered posts on brick piers. Unusual four-light-over-two windows on porch, and six-over-six. Multi-light door with transom. Exterior end chimney. Samuel and Ray M. Kalin lived here from 1937 to 1946. Kalin was president-manager of Kalin's Boston Store at 421 N. Main Street. Mrs. A. Cling Pace, widow of Claude M. Pace, lived here from 1948 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Designed by Erle Stillwell according to Buildings as History The Architecture of Erle Stillwell.
Emma J. Collins House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-and-one-half-story plus basement bungalow with a side gable roof, wide eaves, and a shed roof dormer at the front. Small addition at rear. Brick veneer with shingled gable ends. Engaged front porch with paired wood posts on stone piers and a 1 x 1 balustrade. Three-vertical-over-one and multi-light casement windows; multi-light door. Stone foundation. Small lot, slopes to rear. Miss Emma J. Collins lived here from 1937 to 1940; William S. Collins, a painter, lived here from 1941 to 1949; and Abraham and Rebecca Daitch, of Daitch Furniture Company, lived here beginning in 1950.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)