Jacob H. Beck House
House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story frame bungalow with a front gable roof, German siding, and attached front porch. Front gable roof on porch, replacement iron posts and no balustrade. Interior brick chimney, four-vertical-over-one windows, multi-light front door, small level lot. It appears from city directories that Jacob H. Beck, a farmer, and wife Ruemma lived here by 1926. Mrs. Ruemma Beck was still living in the house in 1938. From 1939 to 1940 Robert A. Coffey, an insurance agent, and wife Chloe lived here, with Mrs. Coffey continuing to reside in the house through 1942. From 1943 to 1951 Fred L. Swilling, a piano tuner, lived in the house. Beginning in 1952 Quay H. and Mary S. Beck lived in the house.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story front gable roof garage with German siding.
House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with cross gable roof, German siding, and wraparound porch. Handicap ramp added on north side. Porch details include tapered posts and 2x2 balustrade. Interior and exterior end brick chimneys, brick foundation, four-vertical-over-one windows, multi-light front door. Large level lot just to the north of railroad tracks. Henry W. McCall, a mail carrier, and wife Hazel lived in this house from 1939 to 1944. Claude R. Covill, superintendent at Advance Thread Corporation, and wife Ruth lived here from 1945 to 1946. William C. Beck, a pharmacist at Jackson Pharmacy, and wife Dorothy lived here from 1948 to at least 1953.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
House. Contributing, ca. 1908.
Two-story gable-front house with decorative shingles in gable end, and aluminum siding over the original pebbledash. Portion of original wraparound porch enclosed. Porch details include a hip roof, round posts on brick piers. Brick foundation, one-over-one windows, single light-over-panel front door. This house appears on the original plat for the neighborhood, Columbia Park, dated June 1908, but deed records indicate it may have been built later. Amanda Mae English operated the house as a boarding house in 1926. Vernon Sexton and wife Fay lived here from 1937 to 1938. From 1939 to 1949 William R. Weston, a millwright, and wife Velle lived in the house. From 1950 to 1951 George Stepp, a farmer, and wife Mary B. lived in the house. Beginning in 1952 Leland N. and Nellie W. Wilde occupied the house.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats)
Storage building. Non-contributing, ca. 1990s.
One-story modern storage building.
House. Contributing, ca. 1908.
Two-story gable-front house with decorative shingles in gable end. Like 308 Rose Street (#11), house has pebbledash wall finish. Small portion of original wraparound porch has been enclosed on the northeast corner of house. Square posts and 2x2 balustrade on porch. Central brick chimney, brick foundation, two-over-two windows, with a single pane window onto porch with a leaded glass transom. Front door is single light-over-panel. This house appears on the original plat for the neighborhood, Columbia Park, dated June 1908, but deed records indicate that G. L. Steele bought the lot from the Hendersonville Development Company in 1919, with no indication as to whether there was a pre-existing house.
Mrs. Leola Hill, widow of Eugene Hill, lived here from 1937 to 1938; John W. Sexton, a plumber, and wife Nellie were here from 1939 to 1940; G. Henry and Cynthia Orr lived here from 1941 to 1942; Raymon P. Howard, a salesman at Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and wife Alma occupied the house from 1943 to 1944 and again from 1948 to 1949. Mrs. Nellie F. Camp, widow of Thad D. Camp and a manager at Skelton's store, lived here from 1945 to 1946. Jack A. and Mildred H. Norwood lived in the house from 1950 to 1951, with Harold Gibbs, a driver with Petroleum Transportation and wife Erline living there beginning in 1952.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, Henderson County Deed Book 103, p. 62)
Storage building. Non-contributing, ca. 1990s.
One-story modern storage building.
House. Contributing, ca. 1908.
Two-story gable-front house with patterned shingles in the gable end. Pebbledash wall finish, portion of original wraparound porch has been enclosed. Porch details include round posts on brick piers. Interior stuccoed chimney, brick foundation, three-aver-three windows with transom onto porch and some one-over-one windows on other elevations. This house appears on the original plat for the neighborhood, Columbia Park, dated June 1908, but deed records indicate the lot was purchased by G. F. Chaple from the Hendersonville Development Company in 1920.
Pinckney P. Pressley, a boxmaker at Wing Paper Box Company, and wife Catherine lived here from 1926 to 1938. The house was vacant a short time, and then apparently rented to different occupants annually after that. Joel J. Maxwell, employed at Wing Paper Box Company, and wife Jennie along with Thomas E. Harkins, a woodworker, and wife Lucille lived here from1941 to 1942. From 1943 to 1944 Loy E. Garren, a bookkeeper, and wife Mary lived here with Hicks Hawkins, a clerk at City Ice & Storage, and wife Myrtle. From 1945 to 1946 O. Herbert Massey, retired U. S. Army, and wife Grace lived here with E. Clifford Owenby, a driver with the City bus Company, and wife Mable. From 1947 to 1949 Mrs. Nellie F. Camp, widow of Thad D. Camp, and Lynn A. Messer, a brakeman with Southern Railway, and wife Iva Lee lived here. The house was again vacant, but by 1952 John C. and Willis P. Cochran lived here with William Hall, a driver.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plats, Henderson County Deed Book 103, p. 359)