Two-story Foursquare-form house of stretcher brick-veneer frame construction with an asphalt-shingle hip roof with a hipped dormer and side gable. The one-story front porch has classical wood columns and square-section balusters. Other features include a poured-concrete foundation, a front entry with transom and sidelights, 8/1 windows, and a one-story rear wing with porch. A poured-concrete retaining wall extends across the front of the lot and a stone one across the south side. Descending from the sidewalk to the street are steps fashioned from various dressed stones--limestone, granite, and brownstone--and one of concrete. This house and its twin next door at 553 Walnut are labeled ‘from plans’ on the 1913 Sanborn map.
Garden shed (metal). Late 20th c.
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form 2/4/02