Tree Streets Historic District
505 Maple Ave
Stanley Shumate House, 1890s
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Sanborn reused its drawings
From the National Register nomination
Two-story frame Queen Anne house with vinyl siding and an imbricated slate hip-and-gable roof with peaked louvered gable vents. The one-story wraparound porch has turned posts, modern square-section balusters, and a spindle frieze. A distinguishing feature of the house ts a two-story front bay window with a decorative roof with concave and convex surfaces and a finial. Other features include a stone foundation, an interior brick chimney, a front entry with transom flanked by an elliptical window, a diamond-shaped second-story landing window, a secondary front entry, a one-story bay window on the north side, modern 1/1 windows, and an integral story-and-a-half ell with a small wing with a slate gable roof. A brick sidewalk and wood fence extend along Thirteenth Street. Shumate lived here in
Date based on city building-license files.
Also on the lot
- Garage, 1940s
One-story cinder-block with an asphalt-shingled gable roof with exposed rafter ends.
People
- Shumate owner (Shumate lived here in)
Memories
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