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RE -RATE REPORT FOR 619 SHERMAN HISTORY This Gabled Ell style house was built in 1898 by Herman Glaser who sold it in 1900 to Joseph and Margaret Avery. Mr. Avery ran a storage warehouse on the property. ARCHITECTURE This is a two story Gabled Ell style house with an irregular plan, stone foundation and brick chimney at ridge. The walls are brick with wood clapboard on rear addition. The roof is a cross gable with gable single story addition to rear which has a gable prairie style dormer. The windows are one over one double hung with stone lintels and sills. The house boasts a large corner porch which wraps around the south gable. It has square stone supports set on random rubble piers and rubble rails with stone cap. This is a very uncommon style of porch for this type of architecture. CRITERIA AND EVALUATING All properties are evaluated in terms of historical significance, architectural merit and integrity. Each resource was evaluated by a professional using the National Register Criteria for.Evaluation. The three main criteria are: 1) Historic Significance: An association with exploration and settlement, Commercial or Industrial development and or the attachment to the lives of important people. 2) Architectural Merit: Representative of a particular architectural style. 3) Integritv: Determine how much of the original historic fabric remains by looking at any extensive alterations, such as the installation of synthetic siding, removal of architectural features, additions or structural modifications, all of which could lowering the property's rating. RATINGS After consideration of the above factors a rating was assigned, they are: 1) Outstanding: property has enough historic or architectural significance that it is or should be listed on the National Register by itself. 2) Significant: property does not quite merit an outstanding rating, but is still above average in its importance and may be eligible for the National Register.