1111 Highgrove Road - Grandview Residential Historic District - Grandview, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 53.237 W 094° 31.891
15S E 367169 N 4305383
Historic house in the Grandview Residential Historic District in suburban Grandview, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHYV5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2013
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1111 Highgrove Road
Date of Construction: c. 1925
Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
Plan: T-Shape
Stories: 2
Structural System: Platform Frame
Wall Material: Vinyl
Roof Shape: Intersecting Gable
Integrity: Fair
Description:
This two-story Colonial Revival style house has a side-gambrel roof. This dwelling has two one-story projections with side gable roofs and a rear kitchen ell with a gable roof, resulting in a T-shaped footprint that is five bays wide and three bays deep. Sheltering the center bay entrance is a projecting gable-front porch roof supported by paired square wood posts and featuring boxed cornice returns. Flanking the entrance bay are wide single windows. In the corresponding bays above, wide single windows flank a small central window. A non-historic side-gabled porte-cochere extends to define the east end bay. Paired windows define the westernmost bay, which is a one-story wing that was once a porch. The original windows remain intact and are six-over-one light double-hung wood sash units. The decorative shutters are not original. The gambrel roof extends down the side of the primary fa9ade and terminates as a shallow pent roof dividing the first and second stories. This creates a shed roof dormer that spans the width of the facade on the second story. The application of vinyl siding compromises the integrity of this building, but because it does not obscure the character-defining gambrel roof form or other distinctive architectural features, the building retains sufficient integrity to communicate its architectural style, period of construction, and associations with the architectural continuum of the neighborhood.
Environment:
This building is within a residential district characterized by early twentieth century residences. Sidewalks, a narrow grassy easement strip, and shallow curbs flank the paved street. A concrete driveway at the east end of the house leads through the porte-cochere to a gable-front two-car garage with two bays at the rear of the lot.
- Historic Nomination