501 Lexington Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0030 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1908 A two-story, two-bay frame building with a hipped metal roof and an exposed foundation of concrete blocks fashioned to look like masonry, this house was built in 1908 by plumber L. B. Taylor. A shed-roofed porch stretches the length of the facade and is approached via six concrete steps flanked by metal handrails. Four symmetrically distributed Tuscan columns support the porch, with a simple wooden balustrade and entablature. A door with sidelights and transom is located in the south bay of the east-facing facade. Single two/two-sash windows occupy the other 1st floor bay and each of the 2nd floor bays. A one-story frame addition flush with the north elevation extends the rear of the house, while the south elevation also has a one-story addition to its western side. Like all of the houses on this block of Lexington Avenue, 501 Lexington is separated from the street by a low retaining wall of the same rock-faced concrete blocks that compose the foundation. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Shed Non-Contributing Total: 1