509 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0065 Medical Business/Office, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, ca 1893 The Locust Grove Investment Company built this two-story, three-bay frame dwelling on speculation between 1893 and 1895. They sold it in 1895 to Lulu M. and W. W. Keenan, who immediately sold it to J. Payne Carroll, a traveling salesman who later became a partner in Walker-Carroll-Adams Hardware Company with his brother Julian, Vice President of Charlottesville Hardware, Co. The house has hipped roof with a projecting, semi-hexagonal south bay on the east-facing facade; an identical semi-hexagonal bay on the south elevation; and a rectangular, projecting bay on the north elevation. A hipped-roof porch stretches across the entire facade, supported by three battered wooden piers supported on brick plinths connected by a solid brick balustrade. On each of the semi-hexagonal bays' floors, the central section has paired narrow windows, while each of the side sections has a single window. The north bay of the facade includes a single window on the 1st floor and a single window on the 2nd, while the central bay features the entrance with sidelights and a transom and no window on the 2nd floor. All of the windows in the building are one/one-sash. The facade's south bay and both of the side elevations have flush gables with small one/one-sash windows, while asphalt shingles cover the roof. Brick chimneys emerge close to the edge of each of the two side elevations. A one-story frame addition spans the rear elevation, while a modern ramp has been installed for access to the entrance on the south elevation, located just behind the elevation's semi-hexagonal wing. Individual Resource Status: Medical Business/Office Contributing Total: 1