Tree Streets Historic District
545 S Wayne Ave
H. J. Rankin House, 1900
FrameContributes to the historic character of the district
Did you know?Sanborn's surveyors counted the town each time
From the National Register nomination
Two-story frame Victorian house with vinyl siding and an asphalt-shingled hip roof. The two-tier front porch has a wide first tier with turned posts and balusters and turned amd sawn brackets, and a narrower second ter with the same details plus a spindle frieze. The porch also has a pedimented gable with fishscale wood shingles and a small Palladian window. Other features include a brick foundation and interior chimney, a front entry with transom and sidelights and a decorative surround, 1/1 windows, and a two-tier back porch with a screened first tier and posts, sawn brackets, and rectangular-section balusters on the upper tier. A decorative iron fence and gate manufactured by the Stewart Iron Works extends across the front of the lot.
Date based on city building-license files.
Also on the lot
- Garage, 1st quarter 20th c.
One-story frame with vinyl siding, a metal-sheathed gable roof, and matchboard sliding doors.