Tree Streets Historic District
557 Maple Ave
Keiser House, 1908
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
Two-story frame Victorian house with weatherboard siding and a metal-sheathed hip-and-gable roof with rectangular louvered gable vents. The one-story front porch has classical wood columns, turned balusters, and a curved end. Other features include a foundation with rough stucco finish, an interior brick flue, a front entry with transom flanked by a diamond-shaped window, a two-tier side porch with a sunroom on the lower tier and a sleeping porch on the upper tier, 1/1 and 8/8 windows, and a two-story ell and one-story back screen porch. A Mr. Keiser is thought to have built this house. Later occupants included a Mr. Ely and (in 1935, after the house had been made into a duplex) Mrs. C. A. Marks and Albert J. Mehler.
Date based on city building-license files.
Also on the lot
- Garage, 1910s
One-story frame with weatherboard siding, a metal-sheathed gable roof, a poured-concrete foundation, 6/6 windows, and probably a workshop section.
People
- Mr. Keiser builder (thought to have built this house)
- Mr. Ely lived here (later occupant)
- Mrs. C. A. Marks lived here in 1935 (later occupant)
- Albert J. Mehler lived here in 1935 (later occupant)
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