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1013 Burch Ave. - Gates-Holt House

This two-story, front-gabled house is three-bays wide and triple pile. The earliest known occupants are Hiram W. and Nora L. Gates and Landon B. Holt (salesman, R.L. Baldwin Co.) with his wife Margaret L. in 1930.
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1012 Burch Ave. - G.N. Pickett House

This two-story, front-gabled house is three-bays wide and triple pile with a two-story rear porch. The earliest known occupant is G. N. Pickett (farmer) in 1919.
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1011 Burch Ave. - H.W. Gates House

This two-story, front-gabled Craftsman house is three-bays wide and triple pile. H.W. Gates (traveling salesman) is the earliest known resident in 1925.
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1010 Burch Ave. - M. Webb Thompson House Ii

"This two-story, side-gabled Colonial Revival brick house is three-bays wide and double pile. The house was constructed in the 1940s by contractor M. Webb Thompson, who also built the Craftsman house across the street (at 1009 Burch) in 1923.
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1008 Burch Ave. - William M. Riggsbee House

This one-and-a-half story, front-gabled bungalow is three-bays wide and triple pile with gabled projections on each side elevation. The earliest known occupant is William M. Rigsbee (foreman) in 1925
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1007 Burch Ave. - Lonnie Wesley Vickers House

(Below in italics is from the Burch Avenue District NR listing; not verified for accuracy by this author.) " This one-story, hip-roofed bungalow is three-bays wide and triple pile with a shed-roofed rear ell on the left side. The front-gabled porch is supported by red brick piers with decorative yellow brick detailing. A knee wall around the porch...
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611 Primitive St.

This one-story, side-gable house is three bays wide and double-pile. The earliest known resident is W. Clarence Kimbrell in 1934.
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609 Primitive St.

The high, hipped roof of this three-bay, double-pile house sets it apart from the triple-A-roofed houses the line the street. Residents changed frequently and included Miss Myrtle Downey and Madison Eakes in 1907, Herbert A. and Lilian F. Graves, William D. (laborer) and Veda Pope (laborer) in 1911, Joseph H. Lewis (clerk) in 1915, S. M. Murray (shipping clerk) in 1919. From 1924 to 1939, Dillie Johnson was the primary resident.
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607 Primitive St.

A typical one-story, triple-A-roofed house, like many others on the street, the house retains its original three bays wide and single-pile form. It has a stuccoed brick foundation, asbestos shingle siding, and vinyl soffits, eaves, and porch ceiling. The residents changed frequently and include Betty Rhodes (widow) and Samuel C. Southerland in 1907, Charlie Crabtree and Mrs. Annie Sykes (widow) in 1911, and Thomas E. Lasater (Met Life Insurance Company) in 1915.
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606 Primitive St.

This one-story, triple-A-roofed house is three bays wide and single-pile with a stuccoed brick foundation, vinyl siding, soffits, and eaves, and an asphalt-shingled roof. The house’s occupants changed frequently and include Miss Nettie Dudley (Golden Belt Manufacturing Company) in 1907 and 1911, George Gardner (clerk) and Jarvis C. Gooch (laborer) in 1915, W. Clyde Strickland (machinist) in 1919, and J. H. Malone in 1924.
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