477 Walnut Ave

From the National Register nomination

Two-story frame Victorian house with vinyl siding and an asphalt-shingled staggered square-edged wood shingles, peaked louvered gable vents, and a hip roof with gables with three-part window in the front gable. The one-story wraparound porch has classical wood columns and turned balusters. Other features include a poured-concrete foundation, an interior brick chimney, a front entry with transom, modern 1/1 windows, and a one-story rear wing. A poured-concrete retaining wall extends across the front of the lot. Mr. Shirkey, apparently the original owner of the house, wag a police officer. In 1935 his daughter Anna and her husband David D. Young lived here. The seq tion of Thirteenth Street mily. (James K. Wright, passing near the house received its nickname

Date based on city building-license files and realtor Carl Bailey's property sheets.