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W1 hn=164004 <br />040 <br />Or ADPPwr AW 906- "0 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Paris Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuatiori Sheet <br />Section number 7 Page _5 9- <br />719 N. Spurgeon St. Brown -Baker House Colonial Revival 1905 <br />A high hipped roof, accented with a pedimented gabled . dormer <br />centered with a trio of vertical arched louvered vents, tops the Brown - <br />Baker House. Carved brackets accent the roof line. Wood shingles, added <br />in the 1940's, cover the second story, while narrow clapboard siding is used <br />on the first story. A cantilevered slanted bay window and trio of double - <br />hung windows, accented from below with a ledge and carved bracket, <br />form the fenestration for the second story. A frieze decorated with <br />closely -spaced carved brackets separates the first and second stories, <br />beneath a flared second floor. A trio of round columns, resting on a solid <br />clapboard rail, supports the the recessed porch in the northwest corner. A <br />plate glass window, flanked by double -hung sidelights and topped by a <br />row of multi -paned hansoms, is located to the south of the porch. A <br />cantilevered slanted bay, located between the floors, indicates the location <br />of the stairway on the north side. A slanted bay window .is centered in the <br />first floor of the south side. <br />Mr. and Mrs. Nate Brown were the first owners of this finely --detailed <br />Colonial Revival home. Mr. Brown is listed as a "capitalist" in the 1905 <br />Directory. He also was a member of an early Fire Commission. Eugene and <br />Mary Baker bought the house in 1907 and continued to live here for almost <br />forty years. Their daughter, Frances, married World War I hero, Jack <br />Fisher, for whom Jack Fisher Park on North Flower is named. The couple <br />lived here here with her parents for awhile after they were married. <br />720 N. Spurgeon St. Lindsay House Dutch Colonial Revival 1905 N. C. <br />A gambrel roof, with a large front -facing gable which forms the <br />second story, crowns the two-story Lindsay House. A classically -inspired <br />ornamental plaster panel is located above a pair of french doors and <br />double -hung sidelights. Wide molding -trimmed woodwork forms the lintel <br />and surround for the doors and sidelights. The single -storied front porch <br />has been enclosed and the entire building stuccoed. A wrought iron railing <br />borders the balcony on top of the flat roof. The original plate glass <br />window, transom and double -hung sidelights were moved forward and <br />reinstalled when the porch was enclosed. A plain door, not original, is <br />