Tree Streets Historic District

400 Walnut Ave

C. Leap House, Ca. 1930

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

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1930
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From the National Register nomination

Two-story frame Craftsman Foursquare-form house of stretcher brick-veneer frame construction with an asphalt-shingled hip roof. The front entry has a bracketed stoop. There ate two flanking one-story wings; the north one has a secondary entry and a corner porch with a tapered post on a brick pedestal. Other features include a poured-concrete foundation with a basketweave course at the transition to brick, 1/1 windows with basketweave lintels, and an enclosed two-tier back porch. A modern treated-lumber walkway and steps extend along the north side. The house contained two apartments. C. C. Leap, an executive at Rife-Loth, had this house built. James K. Wright)

Date based on Sanborn fire-insurance maps.

People

  • C. C. Leap owner in 1930 (executive at Rife-Loth)
  • James K. Wright architect in 1930

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