717 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0093 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, ca 1893 This two-story house was initially a two-story, two-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof and central cross gables with boxed cornice and return flush with each elevation and the facade, but now includes a large addition attached to the north elevation of the original structure. The original dwelling was constructed on speculation by the Locust Grove Investment Company between 1893 and 1900 and was initially occupied by conductor Robert Mustoe. A hipped-roof porch supported by engaged and freestanding, slender Tuscan columns shades the entire east-facing facade and wraps around the north elevation to terminate at the modern addition. The north bay of the facade features the door and a transom, while the other bay of the 1st story and both of the bays of the 2nd story have single two/two-sash replacement windows. Each of the gables has a boxed cornice and return with a small vignette in the center and is filled in with fish-scale shingles. A brick chimney is visible roughly in the center of the roof of the original dwelling. The addition to the north of the original dwelling is in two parts, both of which continue the cornice and roofline of the original; a front-gabled, one-bay wing is attached to the original building by a two-bay, two-story connector. The connector has an additional entrance in its north bay, while the other bay of the 1st floor and both bays of the second floor have single square two/two-casement windows. The front-gabled wing has a single, narrow, one/one-sash window on the 1st floor, while a set of four casement windows are lined up underneath the gable, which is filled in with wooden shingles and has a boxed cornice and return to compliment that of the original facade. A set of stairs leads down to the house from the street because of the low site. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1