national register nomination for boulevard park historic

This 1913 Craftsman bungalow has a two-story wood frame structure with stucco features and a lowpitched
side-gabled roof, with a wide front porch on rectangular stucco piers and terrace wall. The roof
rafters are exposed but covered by a contemporary rain gutter. The second story projects upward from the
main roof, presenting as a large shed-roofed gable from the front, but the first-floor roof extends to form
gables on the two-story side walls. Latticework vents are located at the peaks of the gable ends, and
decorative posts project from the gable ends. The walls are stucco. Windows on the upper level are located
in horizontal bands of three in front and two on the sides. Each is a large wooden sash transomed window
with a small upper pane and a larger lower pane. The porch windows are tripartite, the central window is
divided into upper and lower lights. The house was built for Cyrus B. Martin, president/manager of the
Willis & Martin Company, a drug company.
68. 512 21st Non-Contributor
This is a two-story apartment building with a hipped roof. It was built after the end of the district’s period
of significance and is thus not a contributor to the district.
69. 515 21st Non-Contributor
This is a two-story apartment building built after the end of the district’s period of significance and is thus
not a contributor to the district.
70. 516 21st Contributor
This 1908 Neoclassic row house has a front-gabled roof with a small shed roof over the partial-width
porch. The porch is supported by classical columns above clinker brick porch piers and terrace wall.
Concrete stairs are surrounded by brick handrails. A bay is located opposite the porch on the front of the
house. Siding is false bevel drop siding on the main floor, wooden shingles on the gable end (including two
rows of zig-zag patterned shingles, the remainder are single wood shingles) and simple drop siding at the
basement level. Two wooden sash windows are located in the gable end, each with a single light. Windows
on the main house level are double-hung wooden sash, with a wooden picture window in the basement
level beneath the bay.
71. 517 21st Contributor
This two-story apartment building is a mixture of Prairie and Colonial Revival elements. The roof is frontgabled,
with a low roof pitch and a slight eave overhang, with a symmetrical appearance. Three decorative
beams with diagonal braced supports project from under the front gable. The walls are simple drop siding
in two alternating widths. The area under the gable is decorated with false half-timbering, with the
alternating drop siding visible under the half-timbering, and two louvered vents are located beneath the
gable ends between the half-timbering. A small arched porch roof, supported by ornamental brackets, is
located above the main entrance, a wooden frame door with 15 window lights. Both the first and second
floor have pairs of double-hung wood sash windows with a single pane in each sash. Above the main
entrance is a small double-hung sash window with four panes in each sash, with a projecting sill and
window box beneath the window. Brick stairs lead to the main entrance. Date of construction is prior to
1915 per Sanborn map.
72. 520 21st Contributor
This two-story house was built in 1919 in the Prairie style. It has two parallel front gables with a moderate
roof pitch and eave overhang. Decorative beams with diagonal braced supports project from under the front
gables, and latticework vents are located at the peak of each gable around the diagonal braced supports. The
walls are shiplap siding. The porch is located under the northern bay, with an arched porch opening,
wooden stairs and wooden porch rails. Windows are pairs of vinyl single-hung windows, with a single-pane
vinyl window at basement level opposite the porch. Despite its replaced windows, this building still
conveys its character-defining features and is a contributor to the district.
73. 521 21st Non-Contributor
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