853 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0116 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1922 Almost identical to its neighbor at 855 Locust Avenue, this three-bay, hipped-roof, seven-course American-bond brick dwelling was built in 1922 by John N. Page, secretary for the Charlottesville Real Estate Exchange, and his wife Roberta C. Page. The Pages also built the house next door at 855 Locust Avenue. The house has a hipped-roof porch that shelters the 1st floor. The porch is approached by a single step and supported by freestanding and engaged Tuscan columns with a simple balustrade. The doorway is located in the central bay of the east-facing facade and features sidelights and an elliptical fanlight with tracery, while the other 1st floor bays have only single one/one-sash windows. The north and south bays of the 2nd floor each have a single one/one-sash window with louvered shutters and segmental surrounds. The facade has a central cross gable with a boxed cornice and return and a single louvered window in the center. Both the roof of the house and of the porch is metal and a brick chimney is visible. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1