619 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0082 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, stucco-finished dwelling between 1893 and 1901 before selling it to conductor R. M. Beasley. It has a hipped roof with central cross gables flush with the side elevations and another cross gable flush with the south bay of the east-facing facade. A hipped-roof porch approached by one low concrete step and supported by freestanding and engaged slender turned posts with knobs stretches across the entire facade. The posts also have delicate, fan-like, cutout brackets and a simple entablature. The north bay of the east-facing facade features the entrance, with a double door and a single-light transom above. The south bay of the facade features a single window. Each of the two bays on the 2nd story also has a single window and all windows are two/two-sash and have louvered shutters. All of the gables have fish scale shingle infill with a small vignette in the center and boxed cornices and returns. The roof is covered in asphalt shingle and the house has a single concrete chimney that emerges out of roughly the center of the roof. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1