Tree Streets Historic District
453 Walnut Ave
Charles S. Gaw House, 1923
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Waynesboro and Basic City became one town in 1923
From the National Register nomination
Two-story Colonial Revival house of stretcher brick-veneer frame construction with an asphalt-shingled gable roof with hipped dormers. The one-story front entry porch has classical wood columns and a roof balustrade. Similar one-story porches appear on the side and rear elevations. Other features include an interior brick chimney and interior brick flue, a front entry with sidelights and an elliptical fanlight, and 8/1 windows with concrete lintels. A poured-concrete retaining wall with brick gate posts and terminal pillars on paneled concrete bases extends across the front of ite lot, and the front yard has boxwood plantings. Gaw operated an agricultural supply business and was a real estate developer.
Information supplied by James I<. Wright.
Date based on city building-license files.
Also on the lot
- Apartment, Ca. 1923
Two-story apartment of stretcher brick-veneer frame construction with an asphalt-shingled hip roof with hipped wall dormers, 6/1 windows, and a deck.
People
- Charles S. Gaw owner in 1923 (Gaw operated an agricultural supply business and was a real estate developer.)
- James I<. Wright owner in 1923 (Information supplied by James I<. Wright)
Memories
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