700 Lexington Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0055 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1915 A two-story, two-bay, hipped-roof brick dwelling, 700 Lexington Avenue has strong Colonial Revival details and dominates its corner lot. Woods W. Coffey, a conductor, built the house in 1915 and the family continued to own the house until his wife, Eva Elizabeth Coffey, died in 1978. Constructed of brick laid in seven-course American bond, the house has off-center cross gables flush with the facade and north elevation and a slightly projecting, gabled wing extending the rear elevation beyond the south elevation. A wooden porch with simple Tuscan columns stretches across the east-facing facade and around the south elevation, terminating at the rear wing. It has a large cornice with exposed block modillions. The door is located in the facade's north bay and has sidelights and a transom with tracery, while the north bay has a single window. Each bay on the 2nd floor also has a single window. All of the windows have louvered shutters, segmental surrounds and arches and are one/one-sash. A prominent cornice marks the roofline also with exposed block modillions, and each gable has a boxed cornice with return and a small one/one-sash window in the center of the pediment. A brick chimney emerges out of the center of the asphalt-shingle roof and a one-story, frame addition is attached to the rear. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Garage Contributing Total: 1