Columbus Few House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Vernacular Bungalow style one-story plus basement house with an irregular floor plan, side gable roof, and a front gable dormer supported by knee braces. Entry stoop has a front gable roof and square posts. Walls are brick veneer with shingles in the gable ends and dormer. Windows are one-over-one. Heavily wooded lot drops away to the rear. Columbus Few, the postmaster, and wife Bessie lived here from 1939 to at least 1949. Fair to poor condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Greenhouse. Non-contributing, by 1954.
One-story greenhouse building.
Eugenia Boinest House
Contributing, by 1926.
Vernacular Bungalow/Cotswold style one-and-one-half-story plus basement house with a side gable roof and shed roof dormers. Sweeping steep front gable at the entry. Notable front exterior brick chimney. Walls are vinyl siding. Arched, recessed entry area has a tile floor. Windows are six-over-one, with casements in the dormers. House is level with street at the front, lot drops to the rear. One of the oldest houses on the street. Eugenia (Jennie) Boinest, widow of Clarence L. Boinest, lived in this house from 1937 to at least 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Albert B. Myers House
Contributing, ca. 1949.
Good example of a late 1940s early Ranch style one-story house. Irregular floor plan with a garage wing at the north side. Cross gable roof with a front gable center bay. Exterior front chimney. Walls are painted brick. Engaged, recessed entry with a tile floor and brick posts. Windows are metal frame multi-light casement and front door is eight-panel, all appearing to be original to the house. Wooded corner lot, level with street. Albert B. and Una M. Myers apparently built this house, noted on 1954 Sanborn maps as fireproof with hollow masonry walls. Excellent condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Harvey F. Drake House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Vernacular cottage style one-story house with a rear wing. Cross gable roof with a front gable roof projecting center bay. Walls are replacement aluminum siding. Covered entry stoop pedimented roof is supported by brackets. Windows are one-over-one, probably replacements. Front door is multi-light-over-panel. House is set on a small hill above street, on a corner lot. Concrete steps surrounded by a low stone retaining wall with beaded mortar joints are located at the southern corner of the lot, at Maiden Lane. Harvey F. Drake, a salesman at Minico Cleaners and Laundry and wife Virginia lived here from 1937 t o 1942. Henry F. Harrill, a traveling salesman, and wife Elsie lived here from 1943 to 1944. Albert G. And Mary R. Zang lived here from 1945 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Garage. Non-contributing, by 1926 and after 1954.
One-story outbuilding was originally a small one-story side gable roof structure. A modern garage with a front gable roof appears to have been added to the front. Structure also covered with aluminum siding.
Clayton J. Vandiver House
Contributing, by 1926.
Bungalow style one-story house with a front gable roof, aluminum siding on walls, and an attached porch at the northeast corner. Porch details include battered posts on brick piers and a simple balustrade. Windows are one-over-one, and the front door is a large glass pane over panel. It faces east. House sits on a corner lot, facing Highland Avenue. Granite retaining wall and original steps to front door. Clayton J. Vandiver, a line operator with the Hendersonville Times-News, and wife Nell lived here from 1937 to 1946. Everett C. Orr, police chief, lived here with wife Estelle form 1948 to 1949. Current owner dates the house to 1912, which would pre-date the Mount Royal subdivision. The style of the house, facing Highland Avenue as it does, could be an earlier one than the rest of the homes in Mount Royal. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)