91 Franklin St

From the National Register nomination

The circa 1900 2.5-story, wood-frame with brick veneer Colonial Revival rowhouses set on a limestone foundation under a predominately side gabled roof clad with asphalt shingles and accented with five projecting dormers. The building has 6,384 square feet, which is consistent with scale and massing within the neighborhood. The following addresses are currently used for this property: 91, 91 ½, 93, 93 ½, 95, 95 ½, 97, and 97 ½ Franklin Street. The façade of the building is symmetrical with a seven-bay arrangement with recessed points of entry accessed by brick steps from the street that are accented with metal awnings. The rear of the building also has points of access through three rear wooden decks typically providing access to the second-floor rental spaces. There are six-over-one, double-hung, wood-sash windows on the first and second floor and then the dormer windows have various examples of vinyl replacement windows. There are two brick interior chimneys set to the east and west of the building, as well as a central brick interior chimney. There is also a two-story, wooden porch on the west elevation of the building that serves to throw off the symmetry of the building, but it is possible that the east elevation also had a double porch at one point in time. The building serves as the best example of multi-family rental property in the city of Harrisonburg. It stands as a massive testament to the Shenandoah Valley craftsmanship of the early twentieth century, while housing large numbers of people in an urban setting.