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door, a three-paneled door with a glazed upper panel. A small concrete porch on stucco base with concrete<br />

steps leads to the entry door. On either side of the main entry is a pair of angled bays with flat roofs. The<br />

second-story windows are single-hung wooden sash with divided light upper sash and single panes in the<br />

lower sash, arranged in horizontal pairs and decorated with wrought-iron planter boxes beneath the<br />

windows, directly above the first-floor bays. Multiple terra cotta chimney vents are located along the north<br />

and south slopes of the roof, one per apartment unit. The building is a contributor to the district. Date of<br />

construction is prior to 1915 per Sanborn map.<br />

165. 727 22nd Contributor<br />

This two-story Classical Revival foursquare was built in 1907. The hipped roof has an offset front gable on<br />

the southwest corner and a prominent clinker brick chimney on the south wall. Eaves are boxed, siding is<br />

false bevel drop siding. A wide horizontal frieze band divides the first and second floors. A partial porch is<br />

located on the first floor, supported by two cylindrical columns above a wooden terrace wall. Above the<br />

porch entrance is a wooden balustrade beneath the second-story windows. Stairs are wooden, with wooden<br />

handrails. An angled bay with hipped roof is located adjacent to the porch. Beneath the porch is a two-part<br />

barn door leading from a driveway to a basement garage, probably not original. Windows are double-hung<br />

wooden sash with divided light upper panes and single lower panes; tripartite windows are located on the<br />

front bay and on the second story above the bay. The building was constructed <strong>for</strong> Wright & Kimbrough.<br />

The building is a contributor to the district.<br />

23rd Street<br />

166. 716 23rd Non-Contributor<br />

This two-story fourplex apartment building was constructed after the end of the period of significance <strong>for</strong><br />

the district, and is thus not a contributor to the district.<br />

167. 720 23rd Contributor<br />

This one-and-a-half story 1907 Craftsman bungalow has a front-gabled roof of moderate pitch with wide,<br />

unenclosed eaves. Roof rafters are exposed. Decorative beams and braces project from the gable ends.<br />

Siding is simple wooden shingles. A smaller front gable is located beneath the main gable, above a corner<br />

porch that is located mostly beneath the main building roof, with the front edge of the porch beneath the<br />

projecting front gable. The porch is supported by three rectangular battered columns atop two clinker brick<br />

porch piers, with a clinker brick palisade wall on the porch. The porch stairs are terrazzo and clinker brick.<br />

A rectangular bay with hipped roof is located opposite the porch on the building front. Windows are<br />

double-hung wooden sash, including a mixture of windows with a single pane in each sash and windows<br />

with a divided light upper pane and a single lower pane. Windows at the basement level and an entry door<br />

set below the street grade indicates a basement apartment. The building was constructed <strong>for</strong> Anna R.<br />

Stinson. This building is a contributor to the district.<br />

C Street<br />

168. 2000 C Contributor<br />

This one-story 1918 Cali<strong>for</strong>nia bungalow has a side-gabled roof with a cross gable that is taller than the<br />

main roof and oriented towards the rear, creating a rear-facing T floor plan and multiple roof planes. A<br />

front gable covers a small porch, centrally located. All roof surfaces are of low pitch with hip-on-gable<br />

ends. A vent with stickwork louvers is located at the peak of the cross gable. Siding is asphalt. The porch is<br />

supported by two rectangular pillars that extend to the porch floor, with a stucco arch between the pillars.<br />

The porch is concrete with a single concrete step. Windows are double hung wooden sash with divided<br />

light upper panes and a single lower pane. The main entry door is a modern metal door with a fanlight<br />

window, surrounded by two sidelights. Despite alterations to the building, it retains sufficient integrity to<br />

remain a contributor to the district.<br />

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