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707 Holloway St.

A somewhat denuded Craftsman, 707 Holloway was built prior to 1919. George A Webster, a "tobacco buyer," was the resident in 1919.
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705 Holloway St.

Robert P O'Briant, owner-operator of the grocery store at 613 Holloway St. lived in this house in 1919.
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1911 Taylor Street

This hipped-roof bungalow with 4-over-1 sash windows and an engaged Craftsman porch was originally owned by Ivey V. Poe, a carpenter.
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1909 Taylor Street

This side-gabled bungalow has exposed rafter tails, 9-over-1 sash windows, and a full shed Craftsman porch. Owner W. Heber Upchurch was a pressman at Seeman Printery).
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518 Spruce Street

Clarence Tippitt House. This side-gable Minimal Traditional-style house has a bracketed stoop, an original front door, and 6-over-6 sash windows. Clarence E. Tippitt was a bookkeeper.
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513 Spruce Street

This Tudor Cottage has a front chinmey, an asymmetrically- gabled entrance porch, and 6-over-1 sash windows.
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602 Maplewood Ave

This two-story, hip-roofed Craftsman house is three-bays wide and triple pile with a one-story hip-roofed projecting bay on the left side and a one-story, hip-roofed screened porch at the left rear. The earliest known occupant is Mrs. N. E. Ross, widow of C.G. Ross, in 1919 and through at least 1940 city directories list the street as Ross Street, named for her family. Later the street was renamed for nearby Maplewood Cemetery. The house was also featured prominently in the 1997 film Kiss the Girls.
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601 Maplewood Ave

This two-story, gable-roofed apartment building is twelve bays wide and double pile. On-line tax records date the building to 2006.
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1118 Burch Ave

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and four pile with a low gable on each of the side elevations. The earliest known occupant is Addison E. Warren in 1930.
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1116 Burch Ave

This one-story, front-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and triple pile with two low gables to the rear, one on each side of the ridge. The earliest known occupants are Howard L. and Nellie B. Younts in 1930.
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