Tree Streets Historic District
401 Walnut Ave
Leo and Nell Mehler House, 1910s
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?The Tree Streets' cross streets used to be 1st through 6th
From the National Register nomination
Story-and-a-half Craftsman house with a stucco exterior and an asphalt-shingled gable roof with a long shed dormer and three eyebrow dormers above. The engaged front porch [has stout Doric columns (apparently masonry) and a beaded matchboard ceiling. Other features include a south-end exterior brick chimney, a recessed front entry with transom and sidelights, a lunette in| the north gable, and 6/6 and casement windows. A terraced front yard and a flight of concrete steps with pipe handrails descend to a poured-concrete retaining wall along the street. Leo Mehler, ah orchardist, and his wife Nell Walker Mehler were the original owners of this house. Leo Mehler wag in the tobacco business, and he and his wife summered in Waynesboro before deciding to move there permanently. According to Mehler family tradition, Nell Mehler designed the house. Walter G. Fhiven lived here in 1935.
Information supplied by Helen Ogden; James K. Wnght.
Date based on Sanborn fire-insurance maps.
Also on the lot
- Garage, 1910s
One-story frame with T1-11 and stucco exterior, an asphalt- shingled] gable roof with a circular gable vent, and a garden shed addition.
- Outbuilding, 1st half 20th c.
One-story frame building (possibly a meathouse) with weatherboard siding, an asphalt-shingled gable roof, and a provisional railroad tie foundation that suggests the building was recently moved to its present location.
People
- Leo Mehler original owner (orchardist)
- Nell Walker Mehler original owner (designed the house)
- Walter G. Fhiven lived here in 1935
Memories
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