607 Lexington Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0048 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, ca 1893 The Locust Grove Investment Company built this two-story, two-bay, hipped-roof, stucco-finished dwelling on speculation sometime between 1893 and 1899, when they sold the house to widow Eliza H. Harris. It has a cross gable flush with the south bay of the east-facing facade and central, flush cross gables on each of the other elevations. Five wooden steps approach the hipped-roof porch that covers the facade, is supported on concrete block piers, and has four turned posts with knobs symmetrically distributed across the front with two engaged posts that terminate the porch against the facade. The porch also has a simple wooden balustrade. The entranceway is located in the north bay of the facade and features its original double glass doors and single-light transom. The other bay of the 1st floor has a single, shuttered, one/one-sash window, while the two bays of the 2nd floor each have a single one/one-sash window as well. The house is topped by a wide, simplified cornice and all of the gables have boxed cornices and returns and small louvered casement windows. The rear of the house has a porch that projects beyond the north elevation and a two-story addition flush with the wall, while the southern elevation has a projecting, one-story addition. The roof is metal and a brick chimney emerges directly behind the gable of the facade. Eliza H. Harris and her family are buried in Maplewood Cemetery. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Garage Contributing Total: 1