Jerome F. Cooper House
Contributing, by 1926.
Appears to originally have been a two-story garage and apartment which has been converted to a small house. According to Sanborns, the building was originally two stories, with a one-story wing at the southwest corner. Presently, a larger wraparound porch has been added at this corner, with iron posts and a modern balustrade. Front gable roof. A two-story addition has been added to the southeast corner sometime after 1954. Wall surfaces are a combination of asbestos shingles and German siding. The original garage bay at the northwest corner appears original. Windows are six-over-one and the front door is multi-light. Appears to have been an outbuilding for a house which was part of the large corner lot at Patton and US Highway 25. This has since been split from this large lot. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Fred M. Allen, Jr. House
House. Contributing, by 1926.
Colonial Revival style two-story house with a center hall plan. One-story wing on the northwest corner. House is currently covered with replacement aluminum siding. Attached front stoop has a pediment with boxed returns which has an arch cut out at the bottom of the pediment, and is supported by fluted columns. A rear entry has a hip roof stoop supported by fluted columns. Windows are six-over-six and the front door is louvered with sidelights, a likely replacement. Low concrete retaining wall at the sidewalk. House sits high on a hill above the street, with the rear alley above the main house. Back yard is terraced up to the alley. Fred M. Allen, Jr., with the Chamber of Commerce, and wife Mattee lived here from 1941 to 1942. Horace B. Bryant, a salesman, and wife Florine lived here from 1943 to at least 1949. 1408 to 1310 Oakland (#2-5) were part of the Mount Royal subdivision. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, plat of Mount Royal)
Garage. Contributing, by 1926.
One and one-half story building with front gable roof, original garage doors, and German siding.
(According to Elizabeth Ford who grew up next door, Horace and Florine Bryant in here well past 1949. Florine lived here until 1993. Text added 3.9.2010)
Phillip M. Dietz House
Contributing, 1930.
Craftsman Bungalow/Classical Revival style one and one-half story plus basement. Irregular floor plan with many projecting wings to the east and west sides. Hip roof with hip roof dormers, wide overhanging eaves, and half-hip roof on the wings. Walls are painted brick veneer. Porch at the southwest corner appears original. Entrance to the house is from Crescent Avenue. Entry stoop has a hip roof supported by square posts on paneled piers, and a simple balustrade. Windows are six-over-nine or eight-over-eight. Front door is Craftsman in its design. Chimney pots on the chimney. Landscape is particularly notable, with a river rock and dry-laid stone retaining wall and piers along Crescent Avenue, and terraced gardens throughout the property. The brick garage is built into the hillside on Crescent Avenue. Phillip M. Dietz and wife Lucille were only part-time residents, spending part of the year in Columbia, SC. Dietz was a road contractor in Hendersonville. They lived in the house from at least 1937 to 1949. Excellent condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, previous survey data)
Melvin Hatch House
Contributing, by 1926.
Excellent example of a Craftsman Bungalow style one and one-half story house. Irregular floor plan with one-story wing at the rear which has been added onto. Side gable roof with exposed rafter ends and braces. Center "pop-up" with front gable roof, which may have had screen or windows enclosed at a later time. Walls are brick veneer with weatherboard in gable ends. Full facade attached porch has battered brick piers to the ground with decorative concrete squares. Solid brick balustrade. Windows are four-vertical-over-one. House sits high on a hill above street with concrete steps leading up the terraced hillside to the entry to one side of the porch. The original outbuilding is gone. This house was also built by Phillip Dietz. He lived in the one next door and sold this one to Melvin Hatch. Hatch lived here with his sister and mother until he married. John M. Melvin, a salesman with Brunson Furniture Company, and wife Margaret lived here from at least 1937 to 1949. They may have been renters of Mrs. Hatch. From 1948 to 1949 Mrs. Ellen P. Hatch, widow of James A. Hatch, was listed as still living in the house. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
Harry Williams House
Contributing, by 1926.
Bungalow style one-story plus attic house with an irregular floor plan. Substantial two-story addition at the rear (northeast) built after 1954, but is not visible from the front of the house. Addition is clearly separated from the original house by a connecting one-story portion. Side gable roof with shed roof dormers at front and rear. Walls are brick veneer with stucco in the gable ends and dormers. Front porch at the southeast corner has been partially enclosed with screens and a modern doorway. New iron railing added on flat roof above former porch. Original corner brick posts and solid brick balustrade still intact. Entry patio is intact, with concrete steps leading up the hillside to the front door. Brick cheekwalls at the patio steps. Entry stoop has an arched covered supported by unusual curved brackets. Windows are six-over-one with some replacements. Front door is multi-light. House sits high on a hill on a corner lot with a concrete retaining wall and piers on either side of the steps at the sidewalk. Rear addition replaces where the original outbuilding was located. Harry Williams and wife Maude, part-time residents of Columbus, Georgia, lived here from 1937 to 1938. Fred W. Young and wife Leona Allen lived here from 1939 to 1942. Albert Gerson lived here from 1943 to 1944. Bertram M. Gerson and wife Clara lived here from 1945 to 1946. Miss Anna R. Marsh lived here from 1948 to 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
