740 Court Street
Architecture:
Style: Folk
House – Gable Front Style
Description: This is an asymmetrical two story wood frame building
with a block foundation and vinyl siding.
Decorative elements include a curved wraparound porch with Doric columns
on brick pillars and wood railing, and a one story semi-hexagonal bay on the
east side. A single story wing on the
rear extends west of the main structure, providing a small side porch.
Significant
Period:
Construction Date: circa 1870
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Context: Property
taxes were paid by S. A. Jones (resided elsewhere) throughout the 1870’s and
1880’s. The first documented resident
was John Manwarring in 1873. His business was wallpaper, blank books, and
stationary. Seldon
E. Jones (son of S.A. Jones) a bookkeeper, and Thomas Jones a laborer, lived
there in 1877. James or John Johnson,
oil speculator, lived there from 1883 to 1887.
Wesley W. Phelps, city engineer, resided in 1888. Myron E. Wright, a traveling salesman, lived
there in 1890. The Fillmore M. Taylor
family was there from 1893 to 1900. He
was a dealer in shelf and heavy hardware, stoves and tin ware at