Duplex on Mountain Avenue 5
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This vernacular duplex (originally) at 24-26 Mountain Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia was built circa 1920. The unusual roofline suggests a later date, but the bays on each of the sides anchor the structure to its time period. The stucco home is 2-stories high with hipped roof. The symmetrical (and unadorned) front façade is close to the street with a 1-story porch on either side. The rear of the building is much more interesting with its porch, the wooden steps leading to it, the unique square posts simulating columns with concave capitals, and an 2nd floor porch on one side. The overhang is wide with a bracketed cornice and a band of green that appears to encircle the structure. Shed dormers on the sides of the building have three windows; they provide a visual quirk in giving the roofline the appearance of levels. The house has subtle asymmetry seen, for instance, in the shape if the bays on either side—one is angled, the other straight. The duplex has a sort of timelessness about it as can be found in many stucco structures of this period. The building is part of the city of Roanoke’s Southwest Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places June 19, 1985—number ID 85001349.
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Duplex on Mountain Avenue 5
This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
This vernacular duplex (originally) at 24-26 Mountain Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia was built circa 1920. The unusual roofline suggests a later date, but the bays on each of the sides anchor the structure to its time period. The stucco home is 2-stories high with hipped roof. The symmetrical (and unadorned) front façade is close to the street with a 1-story porch on either side. The rear of the building is much more interesting with its porch, the wooden steps leading to it, the unique square posts simulating columns with concave capitals, and an 2nd floor porch on one side. The overhang is wide with a bracketed cornice and a band of green that appears to encircle the structure. Shed dormers on the sides of the building have three windows; they provide a visual quirk in giving the roofline the appearance of levels. The house has subtle asymmetry seen, for instance, in the shape if the bays on either side—one is angled, the other straight. The duplex has a sort of timelessness about it as can be found in many stucco structures of this period. The building is part of the city of Roanoke’s Southwest Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places June 19, 1985—number ID 85001349.
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