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1423 Ridgecrest Drive

1423 Ridgecrest Drive

Thomas W. Valentine House

House. Contributing, by 1926. 
Vernacular Bungalow style one-story plus basement at rear house with a hip roof. Walls are brick veneer. Attached front porch has brick posts and a hip roof. Windows are three-vertical-over-one. Small lot slopes away to the rear. According to the current owner, this house was built by Thomas Valentine. Valentine was a teacher at Hendersonville High School. The current owner's parents, Vernon W. and Hattie L. Harvey, bought it from Valentine in 1936. Harvey was a traveling salesman with Tidemore Supply Company. This was one of four houses on the street in the 1930s and 1940s when Vernon W. Harvey, Jr. was growing up. These houses were 1420 (#18), 1428 (#17), 1423, and 1419 (#13). Vernon W. Harvey, Jr.  continues to live in the house. Good condition. (Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)

Garage. Contributing, by 1926.
One-story hip roof brick veneer garage.

Historic District
Hyman Heights