507 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0064 Medical Business/Office, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1915 A very similar two-bay, two-story, brick dwelling to 700 Lexington Avenue, 507 Locust Avenue was built in 1915 by engineer B. R. Lester. The house has a metal hipped roof with a gable flush with the south bay of the facade, a central gable flush with the north elevation, and a gabled wing to the rear of the building that projects from the south elevation. The brick is laid in seven-course American bond and a hipped-roof porch wraps around the entire facade and the south elevation, terminating where it meets the projecting wing with another entrance with a transom above. Freestanding and engaged slender Tuscan columns support the porch, along with a turned balustrade. The porch has a prominent cornice with modillions. The entrance is located in the north bay of the facade and has an elliptical fanlight with tracery and sidelights. The other bay of the 1st story, as well as each of the two bays of the 2nd story, is occupied by a two/two-sash window; the two windows of the south bay have segmental surrounds and arches, while the 2nd story of the north bay has a window topped by a jack arch. The building's cornice matches the porch with prominent modillions. Each of the gables has a boxed cornice with returns and a small, one/one-sash window in its center. The house has a brick chimney emerging out of the center of the metal roof and a one-story addition to the rear, flush with both side elevations, is enclosed in brick on the rear elevation's northern side and an open porch on the southern side. Individual Resource Status: Medical Business/Office Contributing Total: 1