Tree Streets Historic District
505 Chestnut Ave
E. A. Eakle House, 1910s
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Oak, Cherry and Locust weren't on the 1913 map
From the National Register nomination
Story-and-a-half stretcher brick Victorian cottage with an asphalt-shingled hip-and-gable roof with hipped dormers with pressed metal shingle sides. The one-story wraparound porch has classical wood columns and rectangular-section balusters. A front gable is ornamented with houndstooth brick courses and has a segmental-arched 6/1 window. Other features include interior brick chimneys, a large three-part front window under a single segmental arch, a front entry with sidelights and a segmental-arched transom, and a back deck. A well-crafted stone retaining wall with a concrete coping and comer steps extends along Chestnut and Thirteenth. Eakle was a lumber dealer who also had an interest in the brickyard of Fred Leonard, an association that may explain his creative use of brick in his own dwelling.
Information supplied by Bowman, Waynesboro Days of Yore, vol. 1 p. 81.
Date based on Sanborn fire-insurance maps.
Also on the lot
- Carriage house and workshop, 1910s
One-story stretcher brick with asphalt-shingled hip roof, a pouted-concrete foundation, segmental-arched 3/3 windows, a sliding beaded matchboard door, and a modern vinyl panel door.
People
- Eakle owner in 1910 (lumber dealer)
- Fred Leonard owner in 1910 (brickyard owner)
Memories
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