Tree Streets Historic District
740 Maple Ave
Hubert and Ethel Furr House, 1928-30
StoneContributes 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
Story-and-a-half Craftsman bungalow of cobblestone veneer or construction. The metal-sheathed gable roof has a stuccoed gable dormer. The front porch has square-section cobblestone pillars with an arched stucco span. Other features include a poured-concrete foundation with a basement garage with a fiberglass door, an interior brick flue with a cobblestone cap, 1/1 windows with decorative upper sash, and a glassed-in back porch with a stuccoed pantry. Hubert Harrison and Ethel May Furr began construction of this house in 1928 and completed it in 1930. They employed a black man to do the tock work--probably Jacob Fuller, who built similar houses in the Port Republic Road neighborhood during the same period. H. H. Furr was an electrician, and he died from electrocution a year after completing his house.
Information supplied by Lois Furr Bradley.
People
- Hubert Harrison Furr owner in 1928 (began construction)
- Ethel May Furr owner in 1928 (began construction)
- Jacob Fuller builder in 1928 (employed to do the tock work)
- Lois Furr Bradley owner in 2001 (information supplied by)
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