887 Locust Ave

From the National Register nomination

104-5144-0128 Single Dwelling, Stories 2.00, Style: Late 19th and Early 20th C. American Movement, 1907 One of the earlier houses north of Hazel Street on Locust Avenue, this two-story, two-bay frame, hipped-roof dwelling has a slightly projecting south bay with a flush cross gable and flush central cross gables on the north and south elevations. Mary V. Jones, a widow, built this house for herself and her grown, single children in 1907. A hipped-roof porch shades the 1st floor of the facade; is approached by one shallow concrete step; is supported by pairs of engaged and freestanding, slender Tuscan columns on wooden plinths and connected by a turned balustrade; and has a simple entablature with block modillions. The door is located in the north bay of the east-facing facade and has sidelights and a single-light transom, while the north bay of the 1st floor has a single two/two-sash window. Both of the bays of the 2nd story have single two/two-sash windows. Each of the gables continue the cornice of the rest of the house; has a boxed cornice with return; is filled in with wooden shingles laid side-by-side; and has a central, circular vignette. A brick chimney rises out of roughly the center of the house. The roofs of both the porch and the house itself are metal and a small, semi-hexagonal bay window is attached to the south elevation. Individual Resource Status: Single Dwelling Contributing Total: 1 Individual Resource Status: Garage Contributing Total: 1