Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
305 S Liberty St
J. E. Summers House, Ca. 1920
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Craftsman/Colonial Revival two-story house with stretcher-bond brick veneer over tile block and a slate gable roof. The one-story front porch has a metal-sheathed roof, classical columns on brick pedestals, and a solid railing with fishscale wood shingles. The 1/1 windows have decorative upper sash and the exterior chimney on the south end has a single stepped shoulder at the first-story level. Other features include an entry with sidelights, a basement garage accessed through a rear garage door, and a reworked two-tier back porch with natural wood shingle siding and a second-tier sleeping porch with the same decorative windows as the house.
Also on the lot
- Garage, Ca. 1920
One-story frame with novelty weatherboard siding, a metal-sheathed hip roof, a concrete foundation, and two bays to the street. (This garage may have been shared with the house next door at 303 S. Liberty St.)