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326 Blythe Street

Hall J. Reaben House

Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with an irregular floor plan and clipped gable roof. Frame construction and German siding on walls. Sunroom wing projects to the north, and there is a small addition at the northeast corner. Entry stoop has a clipped gable roof and decorative brackets. Exterior end brick chimney. Windows are multi-light casement and eight-over-one. Front door is multi-light over panel. Small level lot. Hall J. and Mary J. Reaben lived here from 1937 to 1944. Reaben was an agent with The Texas Company. Donald M. Barber lived here from 1945 to at least 1951. Barber was the owner-manager of Barber's Studio.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

323 Blythe Street

Benjamin Foster House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One and one-half story bungalow with shingle siding and an irregular floor plan. Side gable roof with projecting front gables. Entry through a projecting front gable bay. Multi-light casement windows and an arched vertical panel front door. Exterior end brick chimney. House sits on a small level lot. Benjamin and Bertha Foster owned this house from at least 1937 until 1951. They may have been the original owners. The Fosters were associated with the Florida Fruit Market.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Garage. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story frame building with a front gable roof, shingle siding, and an addition on the north side. Greenhouse addition on the south side.

318 Blythe Street

Carl DeWitt House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with a front gable roof and projecting front gable roof over the porch. Frame construction with aluminum siding on walls. Small addition at rear. Front porch details include battered porch posts on brick piers, 2x2 balustrade, and a portion of the original wraparound enclosed. Central brick chimney. Windows are six-over-one and door may be a replacement. Small lot. Carl DeWitt lived here from 1939 to 1940. George R. and Maxine C. Foster lived here from 1941 to 1942. Foster worked at Becker's Bakery. Charles L. and Josephine B. Guy lived here from 1943 to 1944. Guy was a draftsman. Pat W. and Lee P. Brown lived here from 1945 to 1946. Brown worked for Brown Appliance Company. Beginning in 1950, Joseph W. and Susan Brooks lived here.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Garage. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story garage with a front gable roof and German siding.

315 Blythe Street

Edward T. Draper Savage House

Contributing, ca. 1920.

One-story bungalow with a side gable roof and projecting front gable roof over front entry. Round columns support entry roof. Frame construction with striated brick veneer walls. Windows are three or four-vertical-lights-over-one, and door is a modern replacement. House sits on a small lot. Edward T. Draper Savage lived here from at least 1937 until 1945. Frank and Emily Woodruff, with Balfour Quarry, lived here from 1948 to 1949. Mrs. Emily Wilkins lived here beginning in 1950. 
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

314 Blythe Street

Wayne L. Swanson House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with a front gable roof and projecting cross gable roof over the attached wraparound porch. Bungaloid porch details with a replacement iron balustrade. Frame construction with German siding. Windows are eight-over-one. Exterior end chimney. Small lot. Wayne L. and Martha Swanson lived here from 1937 to 1938. Swanson was employed with Southern Bell. Samuel and Beatrice Silverstein lived here from 1939 to 1940; Mrs. Gertie Stepp lived here from 1941 to 1942; Miss Geneva Stepp lived here from 1943 to 1944; and Charles D. and Inez B. Shepard lived here beginning in 1948. Shepard worked for Gulf Oil Corporation.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Storage building. Non-contributing, ca. 1955.
One-story front gable storage building.