Tree Streets Historic District
629 Chestnut Ave
Guy Wilson House, Ca. 1910
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Race Avenue has moved
From the National Register nomination
Story-and-a-half frame Queen Anne house with aluminum siding on the first story and staggered square-edged wood shingles above. The gambrel and hip roof has flared eaves and imbricated slate shingles. The one-story wraparound porch has classical wood columns and turned balusters. Other features include a concrete foundation (either of smooth block or poured concrete scored to simulate blocks), an interior brick chimney, a peaked window in the front roof end, a front entry with transom, modern 1/1 windows, and a two-story rear wing with an upper sleeping porch.
Date based on Sanborn fire-insurance maps.
Also on the lot
- Apartment, Ca. 1970 (noncontributing)
One- and two-story building with a cinder-block first story and a frame second story with wood-shingle siding. Other features include an asphalt-shingled gable roof, an exterior rear cinder-block chimney, and 6/6 windows.
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