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529 Oak Hill Court

Dr. Walter O. Allen House

House. Contributing, ca. 1920.
One-story bungalow with front gable roof, knee braces, and brick veneer walls. Shingles in gable ends. Attached front porch has a front gable roof, knee braces, and battered posts on brick piers. One brick interior chimney at rear, and one interior end brick chimney on south side. Windows are four-vertical-over-one, and door is four-vertical-over-two panels. Small lot. Dr. Walter O. and Lucille K. Allen lived here from 1939 to 1940. Harry E. and Annie Turner lived here from 1941 to 1942. The house was vacant for several years, then Gardiner and Virginia Shipman began living here in 1948. They worked for Florida Fruit Company.
(Sanborn maps, city directories)

Garage apartment. Non-contributing, ca. 1955.
Two-story garage apartment, appears to be a replacement of an earlier outbuilding on the same location. Front gable roof, vertical board siding.

Historic District
West Side