national register nomination for boulevard park historic

from the main building, extending around the southern and western walls. The porch is supported by
battered rectangular wooden piers atop rectangular wooden porch supports, with a wooden terrace wall
running between the pillars. Stairs are wooden and flanked with clinker brick. Windows flanking the main
entrance and second-story bay are tripartite, double-hung wooden sash with one pane in each sash. The
second story bay has two double-hung wooden sash windows with divided light upper sash and a single
pane in the lower sash, divided by a paneled muntin. The dormer window is divided into two fixed picture
windows with wooden sash separated by a louvered vent. A double-hung window similar to that on the
second-story bay and two fixed wooden sash windows divided into six panes are located on the basement
level. The main building entrance is a wooden door with a large glass pane with sidelights. This building
was constructed for J.L. Mayden, a department store manager for the firm of Baker & Hamilton. The
building is a contributor to the district.
283. 2115 H Contributor
This 1909 two-story Craftsman/Colonial Revival foursquare has a hipped roof with an abbreviated rooftop
cupola and a hipped dormer. A large brick chimney is located on the eastern roof slope. Eaves are unboxed,
with extended and elaborated rafter tails projecting beyond the gable ends. Siding is simple wood shingles
on the second floor, flared outward where the second floor meets the first, forming a pent roof with
modillions on the cornice line. False bevel drop siding is found on the first floor. A shed roof extends over
the front porch. The porch roof has modillions on the cornice line and a wide frieze, and is supported by
four battered rectangular pillars atop rectangular wooden porch posts. A wooden palisade wall runs
between the porch posts. The wooden staircase has wrought-iron handrails. A rectangular bay is located on
the eastern wall, with a row of four small horizontal wooden sash windows with fixed panes. Windows are
double-hung wooden sash with a single pane in each sash and grouped in twos and threes. Three windows
above the main entrance have patterned upper panes; the dormer has two louvered vents flanking a
patterned pane. The building was constructed for George W. Smith, Vice President of the Ben Leonard
Company. The building is a contributor to the district.
284. 2119 H Contributor
This 1909 two-story Craftsman/Colonial Revival foursquare has a hipped roof and hipped dormer. Eaves of
the main roof, dormer and porch roof have a pronounced overhang, with elongated rafter tails. Siding is
simple wooden shingles. The porch has a hipped roof, and is supported by four cylindrical pillars atop
rectangular wooden piers. A wooden terrace wall runs between the piers. Stairs are terrazzo and flanked by
brick, with iron pipe handrails. A rectangular bay is located on the second floor above the porch roof, with
a wooden palisade running between rectangular piers atop the porch roof in front of the bay. Windows are
double-hung wooden sash with patterned upper panes and a single lower pane, including a tripartite
window on the second-story bay. The building was constructed for George W. Smith, who also owned the
adjacent building at 2115 H Street. The building is a contributor to the district.
285. 2131 H Contributor
This 1907 two-story residence features elements of Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Art Nouveau
architecture. The main roof is hipped, with flared ends and horn-like finials at the roof peak. A large wall
dormer on the building front contains a Palladian loggia, supported by two Ionic columns. A hipped dormer
is located on the western side of the roof. Eaves are boxed, with dentils beneath, and a frieze band of
rectangular wooden shingles. A two-story wing, with shed roof, is located on the northwestern corner of the
building, connected via the northern wall. Siding is a mixture of fish scale shingles and simple rectangular
wooden shingles, flared where the second story meets the first story. A full-width front porch is located
beneath the main building roof, supported by four rectangular pillars of large rusticated cast stone blocks,
connected by a terrace wall of rusticated cast stone blocks. The staircase is cast stone. The staircase is
slightly off-center between the two central pillars; a short terrace wall with a cast stone urn is adjacent to
the staircase. Above the staircase is a lion’s head in cast stone. A rectangular bay is located on the second
floor above the staircase. This bay contains a loggia supported by two Ionic columns, directly beneath the
columns of the loggia in the wall dormer. A second inset porch is located along the eastern building wall,
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