301 5th St SW

From the National Register nomination

104-0213-0001 Primary Resource Information: Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Other, ca. 1870 This 2-story, 3-bay, brick I-house with a central-front gable is believed to have been constructed before 1876 when it was sold by John N. Fry to John and Rebecca Shelton, who were living in the house at that time. Architecturally the house appears to have been constructed ca. 1870. The front brick walls are laid in a 7-course-American-with-Flemish-bond and the side and rear brick walls and foundation in 7-course American bond. A Victorian interpretation of a vernacular I-house, the dwelling features a bellcast gabled roof of standing-seam metal, deeply overhanging bracketed eaves, and a projecting polygonal bay window on a brick foundation. The bay window and the 1-bay front porch, which has modern metal supports and a bracketed cornice, both have Mansard roofs. The 2/2-sash windows, two semi-exterior-end brick chimneys that break through the eaves, the 5-light transom and 3-light sidelight around the front door and the basement windows all appear original. A 1-story frame wing on raised basement extends the full width of the rear of the house and appears to have been constructed in several sections. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Shed Non-Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Shed Non-Contributing Total: 1