Boyd H. Blanton House
House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with stone veneer walls and porch posts, and beaded mortar joints. The only example of a stone bungalow in the district. Hip roof with wide eaves. Engaged front porch has tapered posts and a solid stone balustrade. Interior end stone chimney. Windows are one-over-one and door is a modern replacement. Granite retaining wall. According to the current owner, this house may have been rented through the years to teachers from Judson College, located just across Fleming Street. Boyd H. and Rosa Blanton lived here from 1937 to 1938. Blanton was an agent with Standard Oil Company. Miss Iva B. Laing lived here from 1939 to 1942. William T. and Nora C. McMahon lived here from 1945 to 1946, with Mrs. McMahon continuing to live in the house until at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories, owner)
Apartment. Non-contributing, ca. 1950.
Two-story apartment which appears to encase an earlier one-story outbuilding. Several modern alterations.
Apartments
Non-contributing, 1960s.
One-story modern apartment building with side gable roof and brick veneer walls. Modern doors and windows, and recessed entry. 307 Fleming sits further back on lot from 305, but is joined to 305 at the northwest corner.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Oscar A. Meyer House
Contributing, ca. 1910.
One and one-half story late Queen Anne style house which retains its original form and massing, but has changes to the original door and replacement porch posts and balustrade. Original front door has been filled in, with current door to north. Typical irregular floor plan, frame construction. High hip roof with front gable dormers and stucco walls. One-over-one windows. Large corner lot. House appears by 1922, but may date closer to ca. 1910. Oscar A. and Frances Meyer lived here from 1926 to 1938. Meyer may have been the original owner. He was a manager at Duke Power Company. David M. and Roselyn R. Wells lived here from 1939 to 1940. Wells was a painter. C. Spurgeon and Delpha S. Edmundson lived here in 1943 to 1944 and again from 1948 to at least 1951. The house was vacant for part of the 1940s. Fair to poor condition.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Emma Thompson House
Non-contributing, ca. 1920.
Two-story Shingle Style house with many changes. Irregular floor plan with the original section appearing to be an L-shape. Several additions by 1954, including wings to south and east, and an addition to the north after this time. Hip roof with wide eaves and aluminum siding. Interior brick chimney. Upper level of original two-story porch at southwest corner of house has been enclosed to create a sunroom. The original shingle siding of the house is visible inside this sunroom. First level of porch is recessed. Porch has many elements encased in replacement siding. Windows are one-over-one, some replacement, and the front door is a replacement. Mrs. Emma Thompson, widow of J. C. Thompson, lived here from 1937 to 1938. The house was vacant through much of the 1940s. John Rena lived here from 1945 to 1946, apparently as a summer home. Rev. Nicholas C. Hughes and the School for Little Folks kindergarten occupied the building from 1948 to at least 1951.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)
Storage building. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story storage building with front gable roof and modern door and windows. German siding.
Rev. Fred G. MacKenzie House
Contributing, ca. 1910.
Two and one-half story late Queen Anne style house with a high hip roof and front gable dormers. Vinyl siding. Attached wraparound porch has been enclosed at the southeast corner. Fire escape stairs at southwest corner and a one-story wing at the southeast corner, now part of the enclosed porch. Central brick chimney. One-over-one windows, possibly replacements. Large lot with mature trees. While appearing by 1922, the house probably dates from ca. 1910. Reverend Fred G. MacKenzie, pastor at Grove Street Gospel Church, lived here from 1937 to 1938. James M. and Katherine Butler, with Tumble Inn Sandwich Shop, lived here from 1939 to 1940. Nathan Brenner of The Fashion Shop lived here from 1941 to 1942. Mrs. Lillian O. Morris, widow of Vernon Morris, lived here from 1943 to 1944. George W. and Elizabeth M. Taylor lived here from 1945 to 1946. Taylor was a civil engineer. The house was vacant in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)