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1244 Highland Avenue

1244 Highland Avenue

Clarence M. Benedict House

Contributing, ca. 1922-1926.
Vernacular Bungalow style one and one-half story house with a steep side gable roof and projecting front gable roof dormer in front. Original porch at the northwest corner is gone, replaced with a metal roof covering which runs the full facade, supported by iron posts. Sliding glass doors are in the original porch door framing. Walls are brick veneer. Windows are one-over-one and the front door is multi-light over panel. Original outbuilding gone. Small lot which sits level with the street. Clarence M. Benedict and wife Dorothy lived here from 1937 to 1938. Dr. Fred O. Trotter and wife Marguerite lived here from 1939 to 1942. George M. Flanagan, with Flanagan Printing Company, and wife Allene lived here from 1943 to at least 1949. Good condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Historic District
Hyman Heights