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Maple Street

519 Fourth Avenue West

Fred L. Cooley House

Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story Spanish Colonial Revival house with a flat roof, textured stucco walls, and hollow tile construction. Front exterior chimney, with a curved shoulder. Triple four-over-one windows at front with inset segmental arches above. Screened entry bay to the east. Fred L. and Lillian Cooley lived here from 1937 to 1938. Bruce A. and A. Marie Cox lived here from 1939 to 1940. Cox was a Justice of the Peace, and a "fingerprint expert." Leo H. and Elva L. Suggs lived here from 1941 to 1942. Suggs was produce manager at A & P stores. Everett C. and Kathleen P. Huggins, Jr. lived here from 1943 to 1951. Huggins was manager at Belk-Simpson Company. D. Simpson also lived there from 1945 to 1946.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

515 Fourth Avenue West

Walter D. Stepp House

Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a side gable roof and projecting front gable porch bay in front. German siding. Bungaloid details on porch, with brick cheekwalls at central steps to porch. Exterior end chimney. Six-over-one windows, and a bay window on the west. Door has sidelights. Walter D. and Annie Stepp lived here from 1937 to 1938. Stepp was an embalmer at J. M. Stepp Undertaker. Miss Willie Morrow, a stenographer at Duke Power Company, lived here from 1939 to 1946. Sherman E. and Willie M. Odom lived here from 1948 to 1949, and Clayton J. and Nell S. Vandiver, Sr. lived here from 1950 to 1951. Vandiver was a line operator at the Hendersonville Times-News.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

514 Fourth Avenue West

Jesse R. Whitley House

Contributing, ca. 1925.
One-story bungalow with a hip roof and front gable, arched entry to front porch. Yellow brick veneer walls. Porch details include arched entry, quarry tile floor, solid brick balustrade, brick posts, French doors opening onto porch, northwest corner an open patio. Brick interior and exterior end chimneys; six-over-one and multi-light casement windows; multi-light front door. Small level lot. Jesse R. Whitley, a pharmacist at Freeze Drug Company, and wife Ruth lived here from 1937 to 1940. Mrs. Mary West, widow of William, lived here from 1941 to 1942. Miss Berdie West, with La Vogue, lived here from 1943 to 1946. Paul and Marguerite, with Cornelius and Johnson wholesale produce, lived here from 1948 to 1949. Leo and Una Roos, with Fifth Avenue Antiques, lived here from 1950 to 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

511 Fourth Avenue West

John S. Forrest House

Contributing, ca. 1943.
Two-story Minimal Traditional house with an L-shape floor plan. Gable roof. Unusual brick was recycled by builder John Forrest to construct this house. Glass block windows are original, according to the current owner. One-story garage addition at east side. Attached porch has a hip roof, square brick posts, and an iron balustrade. Exterior end brick chimney. One-over-one and picture window in addition to glass block windows. Door is single light -over-panel. This is the second of Forrest's speculative houses in the neighborhood, along with 601 Fourth Avenue West (#180). John S. Forrest, a local builder, was listed as owning this property from 1943 to 1944. William L. and Patsy G. Harper, with Rose Pharmacy, owned the house from 1945 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)

510 Fourth Avenue West

Charles J. Turner House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story-plus-basement bungalow with a cross gable roof, knee braces. Small rear addition. Shingle siding. Engaged front porch with triple corner posts, shingle balustrade, and flat arch. Two interior brick chimneys, one-over-one windows, multi-light front door. Small lot, drops to rear. Charles J. and Leila Turner, of Unadilla, Florida, lived here part of the year from 1939 to 1942. Mrs. Emma Faulkner, widow of Ira Faulkner, lived here from 1943 to 1944. Roy M. Dougall, a carpenter, and wife Marley, lived here from 1945 to 1949, and Mrs. Otis V. Powers lived here beginning in 1950.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Garage. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story front gable garage with German siding.