Tree Streets Historic District
677 Walnut Ave
Holbrook House, Ca. 1891
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Waynesboro and Basic City became one town in 1923
From the National Register nomination
Loudermilk; William C. Two-story frame Victorian house with weatherboard siding and a metal-sheathed hip roof. The one-story front porch has classical columns and square-section balusters. Other features include a brick foundation and interior chimney, a bracketed cornice, a front entry with transom and sidelights, a one-story side bay window, 1 /1 windows, and a one-story rear wing with a side screen porch. A terraced front yard steps down to Walnut. Mrs. S. Holbrook appears as the owner in e 1892 tax records, and an 1891 newspaper article mentions the B. C. Holbrook House as ome of the finest in the neighborhood. B. C. Holbrook may have been Byron Holbrook, a house painter who is listed as a Tree Streets Historic District Waynesboro, Va. resident of Walnut in the 1900 census. Harry W. Watson occupied the house in 1935. (Waynesboro Times, September 11, 1891)
Also on the lot
- Chickenhouse, 1st half 20th c.
One-story frame with matchboard siding and a metal-sheathed shed roof.
People
- Loudermilk; William C. architect
- Mrs. S. Holbrook owner in 1892 (tax records)
- B. C. Holbrook owner in 1891 (newspaper article)
- Byron Holbrook owner in 1900 (census)
- Harry W. Watson lived here in 1935
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