national register nomination for boulevard park historic

shingle siding and dimensional lumber porch rails. Windows are double-hung wooden sash. Date of
construction is prior to 1915 per Sanborn map. The building is a contributor to the district.
47. 401-403 21st Contributor
This 1911 duplex features elements of both Craftsman and Colonial Revival. It has a hipped roof with
gable dormers and overhanging eaves, exposed rafters and knee brace brackets. A large full-width front
porch is beneath a second-story pedimented gallery, with brick piers on the ground floor and grouped
timber porch support posts on both the porch and gallery. The gable end over the porch and gallery has a
louvered vent and projecting decorative false beams. Siding is predominantly wooden shingles with boardand-batten
panels beneath the first-story porch, with stucco siding on the first story. The south side has
angled bay windows, with square windows and a gabled dormer on the north side.
48. 404 21st Contributor
This single-story Folk Victorian/Italianate residence has a hipped roof over a front-facing L plan with an
elaborately bracketed cornice. The porch has a hipped roof supported by rectangular columns. The walls
are simple drop siding. Under the porch is a large aluminum slider window, all other windows are narrow
double hung wooden sash windows with prominent lintels and sills. Although the building has been altered,
its overall scale and rare architectural style make it a contributor to the district, one of several older houses
moved to the neighborhood after the demolition of the Union Park racetrack. Its relocation occurred prior to
the end of the district’s period of significance, and it gains significance from the role it played in the district
as an inexpensive but architecturally distinct home in the affordable end of Boulevard Park. According to
Sanborn maps, the house was moved to the district no later than 1915.
49. 405 21st Contributor
This 1905 Neoclassic row house has a hipped roof and a hipped dormer with a fixed single-pane woodenframed
window. Simple wooden shingles are used as exterior siding, including the pillars of the porch. A
bay is located in front opposite the porch, with a basement window beneath the bay. Windows are doublehung
wooden sash with a single pane in each sash, except for the front bay, which has replacement metal
double-hung sash windows. The stairs are wooden, with wooden handrails. Date of construction according
to the building permit is December 1905, making this one of the earliest buildings in the neighborhood. The
building was constructed for Wright & Kimbrough. This building is a contributor to the district.
50. 408 21st Contributor
This 1928 cross-gabled cottage has elements of both Tudor and Craftsman styles. The main house roof is
side-gabled and of moderate pitch, with a large front gable containing the porch and main entry. Eave
overhang is slight and not boxed. Decorative beams protrude from beneath the front gable end. A louvered
vent is located near the peak of the gable end. A small porch is located at the northwest corner of the front
gable, with arched openings to north and west. Walls are stucco. Windows are double-hung wooden sash
with divided light upper and single pane lower sash.
51. 409 21st Contributor
This 1908 Craftsman bungalow is front-gabled with a smaller front gable over the porch. Roof rafters are
exposed, with extended and elaborated rafter ends. Stickwork decorates the peak of both the main gable
and the porch gable. A small divided light window is offset on the main gable adjacent to the porch gable.
On the porch gable are two small divided light windows. Walls are false bevel drop siding. The porch is
supported by two rectangular battered pillars with rectangular porch supports of false bevel drop siding and
a wooden balustrade. The stairs are concrete, with substantial concrete handrails. Beneath the porch are a
double-hung wooden sash window and the main entry door. Opposite the porch is a tripartite window with
two narrow double-hung wood sash windows over a wooden-sashed picture window. Beneath these
windows is a plywood garage door leading to a basement level garage. The building was constructed for A.
W. Norris. Despite the addition of the garage, this building retains almost all of its character-defining
features and is thus a contributor to the district.
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