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Maple Street

515 Third Avenue West

Tilden J. Hill House

House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a front gable roof and curved knee braces. German siding, wraparound porch with curved braces, battered posts on stone piers, beaded mortar joints on solid stone balustrade. Stone interior end chimney. Eight-over-one windows; multi-light door. Small level lot. Tilden J. Hill, a postal carrier, and wife Lydia lived here from 1937 to 1938. Robert L. Brown, a foreman at Rigby-Morrow, and wife Maysie lived here from 1939 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story frame, front gable garage with German siding.

514 Third Avenue West

Everett Shipman House

Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story-plus-basement bungalow with a clipped gable roof, shingle siding, and a small one-story addition at rear. Engaged, recessed entry porch with new iron rail. Interior brick chimney; some replacement windows; single-light-over-panel front door. Small lot. Everett Shipman, a carpenter, and wife Eliza P. lived here from 1937 to 1938. William H. Garren, a painter, and wife Ollie were here from 1939 to 1940; Mrs. Mazuri Reckling, a clerk with the county schools, lived here from 1941 to 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

510 Third Avenue West

Melvin A. Pace House

Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story front gable cottage with German siding, and replacement posts and balustrade on the front porch. One-over-one windows and replacement front door. Interior brick chimney. House set way back from street. Melvin A. Pace, a mechanic at Wing Paper Box Company, lived here from 1937 to 1938. Mark E. Briggs, a mechanic at Grey Hosiery Mill, lived here from 1939 to 1940. Jesse and Eula Briggs lived here from 1941 to 1942. Ernest Kaltenbach, a paper maker, lived here from 1943 to 1944. Rickman E. Orr, with Ecusta Corporation, and wife Alva lived here from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

416 Third Avenue West

Herman F. Branstetter House

Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story cross gable roof cottage with original weatherboard siding. Front porch originally a wraparound, currently removed on the west side, but house is under renovation and this may be replaced later. Porch details include square posts and 2x2 balustrade. Central brick chimney. New one-over-one windows, modern door. Notable stone retaining wall at west side of lot. Herman F. and Bertha W. Branstetter lived here from 1937 to 1938; Carroll N. Presson, manager at A & P Food Stores, lived here with wife Carolyn K. from 1941 to 1942. John J. and Margaret S. Emster were here 1943 to 1944; James H. and Emma Y. Sudduth of Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1945 to 1946; and Fritz H. Brauer, a machinist at Ecusta Paper Corporation, was here from 1948 to 1955 with wife Helen. Poor condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

408 Third Avenue West

Ralph R. Shelley House

Contributing, ca. 1950.
One-story Minimal Traditional house with a side gable roof, asbestos siding (original), and a central front porch with a front gable roof, iron posts, and no balustrade. Central brick chimney. Three-vertical-over-one windows; three-vertical-over-panel front door; rusticated concrete block foundation. Ralph R. and Rosalba Shelley were apparently the first occupants of this house. Shelley was a traveling salesman.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)