Margaret L. McGinnis House
Non-contributing, ca. 1952.
One-and-one-half-story Minimal Traditional house with an exterior end chimney of older brick. Side gable roof with front gable dormers. Attached side porch on east. Six-over-six and nine-over-nine windows. Mrs. Virginia Beaver, who lived next door at 707 Fourth Avenue West (#175), notes that the house was built with "Williamsburg" plans. House was subdivided from the Mauney-Blythe House property (#176). Mrs. Margaret L. McGinnis lived here beginning in 1952.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Dennis Blythe House
Non-contributing, 1964.
One and one-half story modern side gable cottage with front gable dormers. Walls are painted brick veneer and vinyl siding. Exterior end chimney. Twelve-over-twelve windows and modern door. Mrs. Virginia Beaver, who lived in this house for approximately thirty years, notes that this was built for Dennis Blythe on a portion of the property subdivided from the Mauney-Blythe House (#176).
(Sanborn maps, city directories, former owner)
Mauney-Blythe House
House. Contributing, ca. 1902.
Two and one-half story Neo-Classical Revival style house with two-tiered porch, typical of a summer home built by Charlestonians. High hip roof with projecting side gable bays. Wraparound porch, with the southeast corner enclosed. Porch details include round columns in pairs, turned balusters. Two interior brick chimneys. Wide one-over-one windows, and single light-over-panel door. Stone pier foundation. House currently under renovation, with vinyl siding being applied. This house was supposedly built as a summer home for a Charleston doctor on a portion of land that originally belonged to the Curtis family (#172). He brought servants with him every year from Charleston. Originally, there was a carriage house and a caretaker's cottage on the property. Land from this house was sold to build 707 and 711 Fourth Avenue West (#174 and 175), and the Christian Science Society Building on Fifth Avenue West (#144). The house was vacant in the late 1930s to early 1940s. Mrs. M. Daisy Angell lived here from 1943 to 1944. Reverend D. Mauney lived here in 1945 to 1946. Mrs. Bessie F. Mauney and Miss Elizabeth Mauney, a piano teacher, lived here beginning in 1948. According to the current owner, girls from the Fassifern School would come to the house for piano recitals and teas.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
Storage shed. Contributing, 1930s.
Small one-story frame building with front gable roof. Herbs were grown here.
Erin S. Kohn House
Contributing, ca. 1920.
One and one-half story Colonial Revival house with a cross gable roof. Vinyl siding. Wraparound porch has been enclosed on southwest corner. Porch details include Ionic columns, 2x2 balustrade. Three-vertical-over-one and one-over-one windows, some replacements. Modern door. Exterior end chimney with corbeling. This house remained vacant through the late 1930s to 1942. Miss Erin S. Kohn lived here from 1943 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Ashley H. Houston House
House. Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story Craftsman bungalow with a notable green tile hip roof, striated tan brick walls, and a porte cochere on the east side. Entry patio at the northwest corner has a corrugated awning over it. Patio has quarry tile, a solid brick balustrade, and corner brick piers. Multi-light casements and projecting bay windows at front; six-panel door with sidelights. Door has a portico over it, supported by round columns. Interior brick chimney. Corner lot with quarry tile in the front entry walk. Ashley H. and Arabelle A. Houston, with Houston Furniture Company, lived here from 1937 to at least 1951. They may have been the original owners.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
Garage. Contributing, ca. 1925.
Notable one-story, two-bay, brick veneer garage with green tile hip roof like main house.