Tree Streets Historic District

672 Pine Ave

William B. Gallaher House, 1929; 1976-77

FrameContributes to the historic character of the district

Did you know?Waynesboro and Basic City became one town in 1923

1929
18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

Two-story frame Colonial Revival house with weatherboard siding (cypress) and an asbestos-shingle gable roof with gabled dormers on the front and a large shed dormer across the back. The one-story front entry porch has paired slender classical wood columns and a gable roof with arched cutout. Other features include a poured-concrete foundation, a south-end exterior brick chimney, an entry, with an elliptical fanlight and sidelights, a lunette in the north gable, 8/8 and 6/6 windows with S-form shutter dogs, a 1976-77 one-story rear wing of similar style, and an engaged one-story back screen porch. Gallaher, a surveyor, hired Harry Brooks to build his house. The 1935 city directory shows a Ralph D. Lusk living at 672A--perhaps an apartment in the surveyor's office (see below). Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.

Information supplied by Pat Cook.

Also on the lot

  • Garage/Surveyor's office, 1930s

    One-story frame with weatherboard siding, an asphalt-shingled gable roof, and 6/6 windows with batten shutters with decorative strap hinges and S-form shutter dogs like the main house. This building is identified as a garage on the 1948 Sanborn map. It was later remodeled to serve as William Gallaher surveyor's office. The building may have been built in 1933.

  • Garden shed, Late 20th c. (noncontributing)

People

  • William B. Gallaher owner in 1929 (Gallaher, a surveyor, hired Harry Brooks to build his house.)
  • Harry Brooks builder in 1929 (Gallaher, a surveyor, hired Harry Brooks to build his house.)
  • Ralph D. Lusk lived here in 1935 (The 1935 city directory shows a Ralph D. Lusk living at 672A--perhaps an apartment in the surveyor's office (see below).)
  • Pat Cook owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)
  • Jim Cook owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)
  • William Gallaher Jr. owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)
  • William B. Gallaher House owner in 1929 (Gallaher, a surveyor, hired Harry Brooks to build his house.)
  • Harry Brooks builder in 1929 (Gallaher, a surveyor, hired Harry Brooks to build his house.)
  • Ralph D. Lusk lived here in 1935 (The 1935 city directory shows a Ralph D. Lusk living at 672A--perhaps an apartment in the surveyor's office (see below).)
  • Pat Cook owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)
  • Jim Cook owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)
  • William Gallaher Jr. owner in 1976 (Pat and Jim Cook purchased the house from William Gallaher Jr. in 1976 and added the rear wing.)

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